SLIDE 1 BC Asset Management Webinar
September 24, 2010
Gaetan Royer Leadership and Asset Management
SLIDE 2 Infrastructure
Roads are crumbling Pipes are rusting Parks are unsafe
MMCD WORKSHOP 2010
SLIDE 3 Infrastructure
Roads are crumbling Pipes are rusting Parks are unsafe If a tree falls in one of your parks and no one is around, do you still get sued?
MMCD WORKSHOP 2010
SLIDE 4 Your Questions?
- Why adopt an asset management policy and plan?
- What do we need to deliver?
- What are the paybacks?
- What resources do I need?
- What are the obstacles?
- What decision making processes should we use?
- How do we integrate all our processes?
- What is the role of council and staff?
- What has to change to make it work?
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ASSET MANAGEMENT Why?
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ASSET MANAGEMENT Why? Because you have to…
SLIDE 7 Development of Asset Management in BC
1996: Local governments (LG) begin implementing comprehensive Asset Management (AM) programs 1996-2006: Some AM programs in place. Many LGs use Geographic Information Systems to provide limited AM services 2007: PSAB 3150 compels numerous LGs to initiate AM programs
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FROM SCARCE TO SUPERABUNDANT
SLIDE 9 Perfect Information storm
By 2009, 41% of the average worker’s time was spent managing email.
Source: Advertising Age
SLIDE 10 Why Asset Mgmt?
To know more about your city & its infrastructure
- How much you are spending on what
- Which taxpayers are likely to be happy …or not
- Who is doing what …who is not doing much
- What you need to do this year… and next
To better manage your infrastructure
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What do we need to deliver?
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What you need to deliver:
An answer to the question: Does your budget allow your city to replace its assets at the same rate they depreciate?
PSAB boils down to a few lines in your annual financial statements
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To get there, you need to know the true value of each of your assets
- How much it cost originally
- How old it is
- How much you spend maintaining it
- How long it will last
- When you plan to replace it
- Whether you set enough $ aside to replace it
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ASSET MANAGEMENT
What resources do I need?
$
SLIDE 16 Resources you need
- Planning & implementation team
- Integrated solution vendor(s)
- Asset Management Plan
- Change Management Plan
– Internal communication plan – Employee buy-in – Staff involvement – Clear responsibilities / timetable – Feedback loop
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Communicating w ith employees
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Assets are gold
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What are the obstacles?
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What are the obstacles?
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What are the obstacles?
Sheer amount of information Excessive layers of assets Quality of the information Training Cost
SLIDE 22 Jumping to the wrong conclusions
One mechanic is costing half as much in spare parts.
- Is she a better mechanic?
- Is he a lazy mechanic?
What’s important is using information as a stepping stone.
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What decision making processes should we use?
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What is the role of council and staff?
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What has to change to make it work?
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What has to change to make it work?
Everything is changing. Asset Management helps to track and manage change.
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SLIDE 28 Now… where did I put that “keep your desk tidy memo?”
Integrating processes
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User departments City Hall Residents Community centres Fire & Police Mayor & Council Works Yard Staff after hours (Remote Login)
Benefits of integration
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AGRESSO MC GIS Land / Property Asset Management
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ASSET MANAGEMENT What are the paybacks?
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Payback: Better information
“Torture statistical information long enough and it will confess to anything,”
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60 ft. 60 ft. 150 ft. 150 ft. x Problem: find x Problem: find x
Payback: Better data analysis
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60 ft. 60 ft. 150 ft. 150 ft. x Problem: find x Problem: find x
Payback: Better data analysis
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Payback: Better field decisions
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Payback: Better field decisions
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Payback: Better field decisions
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Payback: Sleeper needs
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Payback: Sleeper needs
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Payback: Sleeper needs
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fixing
Payback: money hogs
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Payback: cool colored charts
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Questions?
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SLIDE 50 Working Examples
Example Gas Leak / Chemical Spill An emergency situation has been reported due to a suspected gas leak or a chemical spill.
Gas Leak / Chemical Spill Location
Location of leak / spill is marked on GIS map (e.g. St. Johns Street & Mary Street).
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100m radius map is created for evacuation or notification purposes.
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Properties affected by 100m radius from leak / spill location. A list of selected properties can be created using Tempest or the GIS
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Properties affected by 100m radius from leak / spill location.
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Outline
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Example 1: Water Main Leak
Resident on Dundonald Drive reports to city staff by phone that there is a water main break in front of his home. Staff creates a work order through Maintenance Connection and issues to utility crews.
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Example 1: Water Main Leak
- identify potentially affected
residents
- help crews to locate pipe in the
field by measuring offsets from property lines on GIS
- pipe size / material
- as-built drawings
- proximity to other utilities
- identify nearest location of
valves and shut offs
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- identify all water pipes of the same material in the City
Query for all ‘Cast Iron’ water mains