by Heidi | Feb 14, 2024
Puffing Billy Railway is a Victorian tourism icon with a history that spans 125 years. With over $100 million of assets under management, the Railway’s portfolio covers everything from heritage-listed rolling stock to internationally awarded, ultra-modern architecture, all along 25 km of managed rail corridor. Its unique placement offers both challenges and opportunities to the Asset Manager. Five of Puffing Billy’s asset management challenges will be outlined, spanning pre-COVID to the years to come.
About the speaker:
Bret Butler, Group Manager, Infrastructure, Puffing Billy Railway
Bret has 40 years of operations and executive management experience in manufacturing and technical service companies in both Australia and New Zealand, across the tourism, facilities, property, engineering, forestry, and chemical manufacturing sectors. Bret has a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science and a Master’s in Business Administration. For the past seven years, Bret has been employed by Puffing Billy Railway as the Infrastructure Manager, responsible for the management of the majority of the Railway’s assets, including rolling stock, land, track infrastructure, bridges, buildings, the environment, construction projects, and the Museum. Bret is an ultra-marathon runner, part-time cook, book reader, has two daughters, a mad Kelpie named Harry, and is proud to be an active member of his local CFA brigade in Yinnar South.
by Heidi | Nov 2, 2023
Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is in the process of upgrading its Infrastructure Management Support System (IMSS), whilst also simultaneously implementing an Asset Management Eco-System (AMES) to align with ISO 55001. The Corporation seeks to formally define Stakeholder Value with a view to implementing Value-based Decision-making via the IMSS.
As part of formalising its Asset Management System, SLSMC developed an Asset Management Value Framework with significant Internal and External Stakeholder engagement. The analysis of the Internal and External Contexts provided the opportunity to further define stakeholders’ needs more clearly in a way that might be used to define Value. This process enabled SLSMC to identify key Internal and External Risk Factors crucial to the sustainable seaway service delivery.
In this presentation, Iqbal Singh Biln will share how SLSMC went about defining stakeholder value from Seaway Assets by exploring the Drivers of Value, the associated risks, and their impact on Seaway services in the current operating context.
About the speaker:
Iqbal Singh Biln, Manager, Corporate Technical Programs, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, Canada
Iqbal Singh Biln is a “hands-on” certified engineering professional with 35 years varied experience in management of engineering, maintenance, operations, and infrastructure in the heavy industrial industry (mining & inland navigation).
Iqbal holds a Bachelor of Mech. Engineering Degree from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia and an MBA from State University at Buffalo, New York, USA. He also is a Certified Asset Management Assessor and a Certified Maintenance Management Professional. As a Six Sigma Champion, Iqbal is committed to excellence through continuous improvements, and always has the desire to accomplish and exceed business goals and initiatives.
For the last 25 years he has held various management positions at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, Ontario, Canada and currently serves as the Manager, Corporate Technical Programs.
