Newsletter 14 March 2023

We are in the heart of NPMA’s Asset Management Awareness Month. See more in Upcoming Events below. Jacobs: Challenging today.Reinventing tomorrow. People David Totman will be our guest on ALN Th@3 pm ET this week and will talk about the recent ASCE “Fly In” activities on Capitol Hill. Mr. Totman is Thought Leader Strategy with Autodesk’s Innovyze and he is the American Society of Civil Engineers voting member to the US Technical Advisory Group to the ISO Techn...
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Newsletter 7 March 2023

Our Australian Asset Management colleague, Peter Kohler, informed us that the U.S. DoD was instrumental in establishing the asset management systems approach that led Australia to become a leading country in this industry. But the U.S. commercial industry did not necessarily cash this asset management “Defense Dividend” as early as Australia did. This week’s newsletter shows how the thoughts and actions of people highly involved in the U.S. DoD are still leading us forward in different, but uni...
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Newsletter 28 February 2023

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Asset management can be complex, messy, frustrating, and challenging – yet ultimately highly beneficial to an organization’s mission. The process of helping an organization improve with a structured approach to asset management is captured very well in proven ALN BIMStorm web-based workshops. A new session of interactive workshops starting again on March 1 at 4 pm Eastern. See more below in Sources and far below in Upcoming Events. Register at this link. Jacobs: Challenging today...
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Newsletter 7 February 2023

See why more than 600 Australian asset leaders and asset managers have signed up for today’s “Value and Benefits from Asset Management” webinar program at 4 pm Eastern Tuesday 7 February. The featured presenters are Peggy M. Quijada de Franke, Director of Facilities, Planning, and Development, Los Angeles Community College District; James Conway, Maintenance & Operations Standards Coordinator, Los Angeles Community College District; Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, Inc.; and, John Hardwick, E...
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Newsletter 10 January 2023

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The Institute of Asset Management (IAM) and the Asset Leadership Network (ALN) are delighted to co-publish Asset Management Leadership: A White Paper. See more about the paper and companion web program below in Sources. ALN Th@3 pm ET will feature Jack Kelly, ALN Board of Directors Member and ALN Senior Fellow. Mr. Kelly is driving a new approach to ISO 55001 certification listing and active in establishing the ISO 55011 document for government organizations. Jacobs: Challengi...
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Managing Data as an Asset – Value and Benefits Series

Value and Benefits from Asset Management Register Here An International Web Program Series of Asset Management Success Stories AEST - Sydney time: Wednesday 8 February 8am - 9am AESTEST - Washington, D.C. time: Tuesday 7 February 4pm - 5pm EST Two presentations that focus on how strategic decisions about addressing data as an asset, enables the delivery of customer outcomes, through asset management. Kimon Onuma is President of Onuma, Inc., a consultant to Californi...
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Newsletter 3 January 2023

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Happy New Year Everyone! We get to start the year by announcing a new membership type - ALN Platinum Membership. ALN Platinum organizational membership get increased focus on their products and services through leadership demonstrations, workshops, training, and education. ONUMA, Inc. has become the first ALN Platinum Member. By proving funds, supporting ALN Industry Asset Leadership Boards and committing to revenue-generating education and training services, ONUMA, Inc. is assisting the mut...
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Newsletter 20 December 2022

Please join us on December 22 as we continue the special month of ALN Th@3 pm ET focused on “Advancing Outcomes with Asset Leadership.” We will have an open program for people to discuss how they address policy, strategy and tactics that contribute to dramatic improvements in achieving organizational mission success. David Brewer from Jacobs will be our featured panelist and others are invited to speak. See more about retired USAF Col. Brewer below in People. Register Here ALN Th@3 pm ...
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Microgrid BIMStorm – Focus on Ukraine

Workshop Digital Twins representing microgrids can be created on your computer and “landed” in Ukraine to help model restoration of power. Combine that with the coordinated input of expert participants who have been pre-planning for the workshop, and meaningful microgrid asset management planning can be established. Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, Inc., an ALN Patron Organization, and William Heegaard, President of Footprint Project renewable microgrid provider to Ukraine. Pres...
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Kimon Onuma – ALN Th@3

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Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, Inc., an ALN Patron Member, discusses the California BIMin’, the Summer 2022 BIMStorm that will feature the Los Angeles Community College District and others who use a web-based Building Information Modeling approach to asset management. This “digital twin” approach to asset management captures planning decisions and information in cloud databases to be used throughout the life of a project – and all the assets in it. Mr. Onuma has led award-winning public BIMStor...
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