ALN Newsletter 23 March 2021

The ALN will facilitate a web panel discussion today at 4 pm on the American Society of Civil Engineer’s 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure that was released this month. Leaders from the ASCE will be on an interactive web panel. See more below in Upcoming Events. Register at this link.

This week’s ALN Th@4 pm ET March 25th, will feature Mildred Chua-Ulger, recently retired as Director and Program Executive, Enterprise Information and Asset Management, New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority in a chat with ALN Director, Communications, Mike Bordenaro. Register at this link and, as usual, see more below in the People section.


People

Mildred Chua-Ulger was with New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority for 34 years before retiring in January 2021. She was CFO of MTA Tunnels and Bridges before becoming Director and Program Executive, Enterprise Information and Asset Management, where she led an organizational transformation, much of which she based on ISO 55000. Learn how Ms. Chua-Ulger leveraged ISO 55000 to dramatically improve mission success, hear about equity in asset management and managing asset digital data from a frontline leader.


Sources

Unmanned Navy Assets Report

Last week, the U.S Department of Navy issued a report titled “Unmanned Campaign Framework”.  At a hearing on Capitol Hill Navy Vice Admiral James Kilby, deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities, said that up to 40% of aircraft could eventually be unmanned. The report also discusses the value of unmanned sea surface vehicle.

House T&I Report

ALN supporter David Totman (see more below) attended a U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Virtual Townhall on Clean Water Infrastructure and COVID Relief last week. His report is at this link. See more about this week’s T&I meeting in Upcoming Events below.


Ideas

Support ASCE Legislative Outreach

 The American Society of Civil Engineers leverages its Report Card for America’s Infrastructure to inform Congress on the important legislation that positively impacts U.S. Infrastructure. This afternoon at 4 pm Eastern, the ALN is honored to facilitate an interactive discussion on the Report Card: what they ASCE is doing to impact legislation, how ISO 55000 can play a role, and what we can do as individual citizens and an organization to help their efforts. See more about the speakers below and register at this link.


Upcoming Events

2021 National Issues – Tuesday Webinar Series

American Society of Civil Engineers 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Tuesday 23 March 4 pm Eastern

Every 4 years since 2001 the ASCE has issued an Infrastructure Report Card on the state U.S. infrastructure assets. It’s first Report was issued in 1998. This year, experts graded 17 infrastructure asset categories individually and generated an overall U.S. Infrastructure grade. The overall grade improved to a “C-”. Learn why some categories improved, while others did not. And learn why the ASCE sees how improved asset management can contribute to the U.S. continuing to raise the grade.

  • Anna Denecke, Director, Infrastructure Initiatives, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Caroline Sevier, Director, Government Relations, ASCE
  • David Totman, ASCE representative as a Voting Member of the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 251 responsible for the ISO 55000 standard on Asset Management and Vice President, Asset Manager with Innovyze

2021 National Issues Continued

Tuesdays at 4 pm EasternRegister Here

March 30 –

ALN Senior Fellows 2021 Paths to Success

April 6 –

Advancing Equity with Asset Leadership in 2021

April 13 –

ALN 2021 National Asset Leadership Strategy

ALN Th@4 ET

Thursdays at 4 pm EasternRegister Here

March 25 –

Mildred Chua Ulger, recently retired Director and Program Executive, Enterprise Information and Asset Management, New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority

U.S House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Meetings

Tuesday, March 23rd at 11:00 AM EDT the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment will hold a hearing on “The Water Resources Development Act of 2020: Status of Essential Provisions.” On

Thursday, March 25th at 11:00 AM EDT the Full Committee will hold a hearing featuring Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg titled “The Administration’s Priorities for Transportation Infrastructure.”