Newsletter 8 November 2022

Posted on November 8, 2022November 7, 2022 by mbordenaro

ALN Th@3 pm ET on October 10th will feature Shirley Ben-Dak, CEO & Founder at Bird-Eye Consulting and Vice President of Strategy & Innovation at the Smart Water Network Forum (SWAN). Advancing Outcomes with Asset Leadership is a month of web programs starting December 1, 2022. We will start with a special hour-long edition of ALN Th@3 pm ET featuring ALN Board Chair Jim Dieter, and ALN Board Members Jack Kelly and Jack Dempsey discussing documents that help leaders set policy, establ...

Brandon Kriner – ALN Th@3

Posted on October 27, 2022October 28, 2022 by access account

Brandon Kriner, CGI Federal, Director, Consulting https://youtu.be/rb7hsv5dj68 https://youtu.be/WBUXDmpmD-A https://youtu.be/qn4Iu75Elck

Iain Cranston – ALN Th@3

Posted on October 24, 2022October 27, 2022 by access account

Iain Cranston, President and Founder of new ALN Organizational Member icInfrastructure https://youtu.be/B2EwqQHvTbg

Video Highlight of the Week

Posted on March 28, 2022April 14, 2022 by Nick Knoke

In this 35-second highlight, Hugh Sinclair, Division Manager, Asset Management for WSSC Water, makes a clear and concise argument that properly incorporated asset management is about gathering information and presenting it for stakeholders to make a decision. In this manner, it is possible to trace why asset management decisions were made, understand the desired outcomes determined by the stakeholders, and have a basis for evaluating results. Simple and clear...but not easy. https://y...

Learning from the City of Greater Geelong, Australia

Posted on March 8, 2022March 10, 2022 by Contractor ALN

Michelle Walker, City Manager, City of Greater Geelong, Australia will discuss balancing municipal needs with restricted federal, state, and local resources to achieve maximum value for citizens. Ms. Walker has focused on municipal asset management for the past 14 years after being a Senior Engineer in the Australian Department of Transport and Main Roads. She will discuss the success achieved with intentional federal and local asset management integration. https://youtu.be/BbZ7rS-U0P...

How the U.S. can Benefit from International Approaches to Asset Management

Posted on March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 by Contractor ALN

Ashay Prabhu, Founder and President of Assetic by Dude Solutions, will describe and model proven infrastructure asset management strategic approaches that maximize financial value in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere. The U.S. can consider this model when addressing IIJA fund distributions. https://youtu.be/FbHKVcmKTq4

How to Achieve Long-Term Success with IIJA

Posted on March 1, 2022March 3, 2022 by Nick Knoke

Chris Vick, Asset Management Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at the ALN 2021 Annual Event, “…(our 30-year) Asset Management Report was due to Congress in March 2021. The $1.4 billion Infrastructure Bill came out and Congress referenced the Asset Management Plan… They copied it word-for-word and took out our needs for the next five years…It is an opportunity to address all of our repair needs for the next 5 years. It is $3.2 billion.” https://youtu.be/UqMndotXa3U https://youtu....

Recent Events

Posted on January 19, 2022February 1, 2022 by Nick Knoke

How can Asset Leadership Influence Infrastructure Spending? Video Recording and Podcast ALN CEO Jim Dieter has said for years, “Our bridges are not falling down because we don’t know how to maintain them. They are falling down because political leaders have not marshalled the will to address the complex issues of maintaining our infrastructure.” Now that legislation is in place to provide funding for infrastructure improvement, what do federal, state, and local leaders need to...

Value from Federal Asset Management Panel

Posted on October 14, 2021November 22, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Bob Leitch was one of the first federal executives to study and implement ISO 55000 while he was at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He coalesced an informal federal asset management group that shared best practices and lessons learned. That group has presented at past ALN programs. And even though Mr. Leitch is now at Woolpert, he still facilitates presentations by his former federal executive colleagues. https://youtu.be/BI0IpbGs9rE https://youtu.be/G0jCop-6R9A Panel:- Bo...

What About Value from Government Personal Property Assets? A Roundtable

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Government real property assets get a fair share of attention. Should more attention be given to government personal property assets? Most definitely. This panel will discuss the ways to dramatically improve government personal property asset management. Special thanks to the National Property Management Association (NPMA) Dr. Douglas Goetz, CEO, GP Consulting, (and Asset Management Wizard, ALN unofficial designation); Jim Dieter, ALN CEO; Scott Smith, Director, Reliability...