Newsletters - Asset Management BC

Newsletter 33, fall 2021

Topics include:

Feature Article: Operations and Maintenance: The Savior of the Capital Budget
Balancing Community Growth and Operations & Maintenance Staff Capacity
Optimizing Operations and Maintenance with GIS to Improve Performance and Defer Capital Costs
Worlds Colliding: An Operator’s View on Operations and Maintenance, and Asset Management
What’s in a word!
Operationalizing EAP, the Ecological Accounting Process, within an Asset Management Plan
AMBC Fall Conference – Registration Open
Advancing our Asset Management Practices: You Asked, We Listened (MAMP Project Updates)
FCM provides New AM Resource Library
AM – A Review of Consulting Best Practices: An Opinion from a retired Public Works Manager
AMBC honoured as a “Champion Supporter”
UBCM announces Awards for Excellence in AM
A Global first: New resources for Engineering and Geoscience Professionals
Upcoming Events

October 29, 2021/by Brad Kynoch

Topics include:

Feature Article: It is All About the Provision of Services: So why not strategically incorporate natural assets and climate change?
2020 UBCM Award: Town of Gibsons’ Natural Asset Management Journey
UBCM Community Excellence Award: Village of Ashcroft
Coquitlam wins CNAM Tereo Award
AMBC to hold Fall Conference On-Line
Natural Asset and Asset Management are not separate entities
Restore the Balance in Water Balance
Social Media
Civic Info Platform
CNAM Director for BC and AB
New Partner: Municipal Finance Authority of BC
Milestones in Asset Management
New Community of Practice Chair: Doug Allin
Are we asking the right questions?
Tips and Tactics: Valuing Natural/Green Assets
Upcoming Events

July 15, 2021/by Brad Kynoch

Topics include:

Feature article: Asset Management – Service, Asset and Financial Sustainability
What is REALLY important for Asset Management?
Case Study: qathet Regional District – Alternatives to Concrete and Asphalt – Integrating Natural Assets into Capital Projects
Congratulations on awards:
- LGMA award to David Allen, Co-chair, AMBC
- BCWWA/AWWA award to Glen Brown, General Manager, Victoria Operations, UBCM
- AGRiP leadership award to Tom Barnes, CEO, MIABC
Gas Tax Funding Supports Asset Management
Elephant in the Room: Drainage and the Unfunded Infrastructure Liability
Atlantic Infrastructure Management (AIM) Network
PEOPLE: Managing Assets of Infinite Value
Municipal Politician’s View of Asset Management
Asset Management BC offers Training opportunities
Tips and Tactics: Connecting Service Risks to LOS
Upcoming Events

February 5, 2021/by Brad Kynoch