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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 18 February 2025

Big actions often create big results. However, sometimes small initiatives ramp up to become very large. This week, one of those seemingly small initiatives was announced by the Linux Foundation at the ASHRAE winter conference. The Linux Foundation will acquire the Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB). The non-profit C4SB will now become a Foundation and will provide the "umbrella" code and...
AI Asset Management Assessment Tool for Water and Other Assets – ALN Th@3

Tacoma Zach is Co-Founder and CEO at MentorAPM. Jennifer Zach is Chief Marketing Officer for the technology-driven MentorAPM and has been an invaluable member of the ALN Board of Directors.
As part of MentorAPM’s continual advancement of the Asset Management industry, the company has recently released Asset Lens an AI assisted asset assessment tool that allows anyone to take pictures of a...
Line-of-Sight Newsletter 4 February 2025

We are excited to facilitate the first 2025 ALN Roundtable Series focused on Water Utility Assets. This week's ALN Th@3 pm ET will feature the AIM-USA/ALN Paper on "State Asset Management Initiatives for Public Water Utilities" and will highlight the West Palm Beach County Water Utilities ISO 55001 certification…and recertification…journey. See more below in People, Sources, and Upcoming Even...
ALN Th@3 pm ET with David Totman, ALN Senior Fellow; ASCE liaison to ISO TC 251
Palm Beach County Florida ISO 55001 Certified Water – ALN Th@3

The ALN and the Institute of Asset Management USA Chapter are happy to co-publish the "State Asset Management Initiatives for Water Systems". The paper provides a State-by-State snapshot view of water asset management initiatives in the U.S. and a short case study of Palm Beach County Florida ISO 55001 certified water and wastewater system - the first to achieve this status in the U.S.
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 21 January 2025

We are excited to facilitate the first 2025 ALN Roundtable Series focused on Water Utility Assets. This week's ALN Th@3 pm ET will feature the AIM-USA/ALN Paper on "State Asset Management Initiatives for Public Water Utilities" and will highlight the West Palm Beach County Water Utilities ISO 55001 certification…and recertification…journey. See more below in People, Sources, and Upcoming Even...
Line-of-Sight Newsletter 14 January 2025

The first ALN Th@3 pm ET of 2025 began with strong statements that Asset Management governance is needed to advance mission outcomes for organizations. The web discussion program continues on a high note this week with the Government Finance Officers Association's Kyle Wedberg. See more below in People.
CGI Federal Inc., a wholly owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Inc.,...
ALN Th@3 with Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA and Anto Budiardjo, President, Padi

Anto Budiardjo, President, Padi, and Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, started 2025’s ALN Th@3 pm ET on a high note by agreeing that a main factor in organizations not realizing full value from assets that communicate with each other is owners not having an Asset Management governance system that covers all asset categories. During the discussion, Mr. Budiardjo indicated the Coalition for Smarte...
Line-of-Sight Newsletter 7 January 2025

Happy 2025! The year is starting with a bang for ALN Organizational Members and colleagues, so this is a big issue.
Federal, State, and Local Government Owners are advancing significant Asset Management initiatives. Asset Management Consultants are experiencing increased demand for high-level policy, strategy, and tactical assistance. Associations and are engaging in multiple, co-facilitat...