Line-of-Sight Newsletter 13 February 2024

Kahua’s construction program and project management software enables innovation with collaborative purpose-built solutions for owners, program managers, general contractors and subcontractors. People Jon Shelness, President, My Property ID Registry, is a tireless advocate of organizations better understanding the value and uses of 21st century tracing technology to assist law enforcement in returning the billions in U.S. dollars of lost and stolen pr...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 6 February 2024

The National Academies’ Federal Facility Council and the ALN held a program on January 10, 2024 that contained a wealth of information and dynamic interactive discussions. We previously highlighted the keynote by the United Nations’ Daniel Platz, Senior Economic Affairs Officer Department of Social and Economic Affairs. In this edition, we are featuring three more video presentations from the day. See the videos at this link. Mentor APM - Intelligent Asset Management for Industry...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 30 January 2024

Our members and supporters have such good content so far this year, we are referring to them below. Just back from the ISO TC 251 meeting in Brazil, Lindsay Ziegler, President, Andrew James Advisory Group, and Chair of the US TAG to ISO TC 251, will talk with ALN’s Jim Dieter and Nick Knoke about the event and its impact on asset management at this week’s ALN Th@3 pm ET. Register at this link. Wednesday 31 January at 4 pm Eastern the Value and Benefits from Asset Management program co-fac...
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The Intersection of AI and Building Sciences: A New Era of Intelligent Infrastructure – ALN Th@3

Amazing presentation from the National Institute of Building Sciences Speakers: - Roger Grant, Vice President, Building Technology, NIBS - Jay Kline, PE, LC, Director, Project Management, NIBS - Kimon Onuma, President, Onuma, Inc. Then a followup discussion with many esteemed panelists! https://youtu.be/x4u28K0MYWE
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 23 January 2024

2024 continues with more insightful programs, including the NIBS AI Program “Watch Party and Discussion” for this weeks’ innovative ALN Th@3 PM ET (see more in People). Also, next week’s Value and Benefits from Asset Management” featuring MentorAPM’s client, the aboriginal community of Pormpuraaw, Cape York, Australia will be our first look at asset management in First Nations communities (see more below in Ideas). Mentor APM - Intelligent Asset Management for Industry & Infr...
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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (WY) and Nick Knoke, ALN, Director, Technology

The following are Nick Knoke’s personal insights on the importance of the ALN meeting with his Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis. (“Rhymes with hummus,” as it says in her office, on her website, and in emails from her staff.)*_____ There could not have been a better culmination of our events at the National Academies, meetings with the United Nations, and engagement with federal agency executives!  Meeting directly with my one of my U.S. Senators gave me a chance to describe why and how ...
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ALN Line-of-Sight Newsletter Special Edition

Below is another Special Edition of ALN Line-of-site that reports on the powerful ways events from last week will positively impact 2024 and the next 10 years of the ALN. But first, we are happy to point to another episode in the Value and Benefits from Asset Management web series co-hosted with Australia’s Asset Management Council. See details about the Water-focused asset management web program on Wednesday 31 January at 4 pm Eastern below in Upcoming Events and at this link. ...
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ALN Line-of-Sight Newsletter Special Events Edition

A week of Asset Leadership Network activities in Washington DC started last night at the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board Asset Management Committee reception.  The ALN was honored to be the guest of Earl Jackson, CFO, Denver City and County, Transportation & Infrastructure Department. Mr. Jackson leveraged ALN Executive Briefings to have his team create an Asset Management Policy and a Strategic Asset Management Plan. More about these documents will be shared later...
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