A55K Professional Certification Training Courses through the SMRP Kansas City Chapter Hosts a Course Feb. 3 – 6, 2020 The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is offering training that leads to A55K Professional Certification in 2020. The first course, being offered by the Andrew James Advisory Group (an approved provider of training to the ALN and SMRP), will be ...

The first Law Enforcement Symposium on Logistics and Asset Management was facilitated by the Asset Leadership Network at the Partnership for Public Service in December 2019. Grant Thornton Public Sector was the ALN Organizational Member that coordinated the event, which included a keynote presentation by Richard K. Cline, Deputy Director of the Federal Protective Service. More than 50 peopl...

The Asset Leadership Network now offers A55K Professional Certification in Spanish. The translation of the approved course material available from the Andrew James Advisory Group has been validated by the Asset Leadership Network and the A55K Professional Certification exam has been translated. Those interested in learning more about the Spanish language version of A55K Professional Certificat...

After the warm reception to the National Asset Leadership Strategy (NALS) on Capitol Hill as part of the 6th Asset Leadership Week, advocacy is taking a structured approach. NALS sponsor, Grant Thornton, hosted an advocacy meeting where options for targeted presentations and general promotions were discussed. ALN Senior Fellow Jack Kelly has been meeting with Congressional staffers to promote ...

Sightlines, a Gordian Company, will provide a webinar on Unversity Facilities Condition Assessment. Join campus leaders from Rice University and the University of Maryland on Thursday, November 21 at 2 p.m. EST to learn how they have taken the FCA to the next level to effectively communicate investment priorities across campus and create actionable funding plans. Jack Baker, Ph.D, PE, Executi...

Dominic Townsend, President of ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc., will be a featured speaker at the 6th Asset Leadership Week in Washington, D.C. September 23 - 26, 2019.  ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE) is an accredited ISO 55001 certification body. Certification to ISO 55001 provides assurance to stakeholders that an organization has an effective management system in place for the manage...

Gary Merrow, Vice President of Facilities for Atlanta Airport Terminal Company, lead his team in achieving ISO 55001 certification for the terminal facilities and related assets at the busiest airport in the country. Mr. Merrow will be speaking at the 6th Asset Leadership Week and participating in a breakout session for airport related professionals. For more information about the breakout sessio...

The Asset Leadership Network's National Asset Leadership Strategy will make its public presentation debut at the NPMA Education Seminar, this year in Washington, D.C. https://npmaconferences.org/nes The National Asset Leadership Strategy aims to provide organizations a structure for establishing an asset management strategy that can be applied across all asset categories and any numbe...

To accommodate the growing demand for national and international ISO 55000 training, Asset Leadership Network organizational member Andrew James Advisory Group, has launched a Computer Based Training program for A55K Professional Certification. Starting in May, 2019, the first Tuesday of every month will be the start of a 3-week training series that combines recorded lectures with group web mee...

The Government Accountability Office was asked by Senators Claire McCaskill and Tom Carper to study the potential impact of the ISO 55000 management system for asset management on the U.S. Federal Government. The report was published November 5, 2018 and is titled "Federal Real Property Asset Management: Agencies Could Benefit from Additional Information on Leading Practices."   The GAO report r...