Canada

Australia

Asset Management Expert advice on an asset management strategy to the largest transportation agency in Canada Methodology to apply Life Cycle Costing to roadway maintenance strategies Strategic audit of asset management capabilities for two provinces and one city Executive briefing on asset management for three provinces and two cities in Canada and a U.S. state. Development and implementation of an integrated asset management system for a province Development and implementation of a Maintenance Management System for two provinces and a city Design and implementation of a privatized maintenance operation for a Canadian provincial government Development of condition survey methodologies Full scale implementation of a Pavement Management System for a Canadian city The development of empirical pavement deterioration curves Development of zero-based budgeting methodologies Development of quality assurance policies and procedures Development and implementation of surface condition rating processes for a number of agencies Training Asset Management Training seminars for three provinces and two cities  An asset management training session and diagnostic for four provincial highway agencies A seminar on asset management methods and systems for a city  A seminar series on the fundamental asset management concepts in five provinces Briefing seminars to prepare contractors for the complete outsourcing of provincial highway maintenance Briefing seminars for provincial highway maintenance employees whose jobs were being outsourced Train three provincial and one municipal agency to collect roadway surface condition training data Quality Assurance training related to asset management Trained three provincial and one city agency for asset inventory data collection Information Technology Development of a database to record data on the performance of alternative pavement overlay designs Development of a Bayesian statistical software program along with training  Data collection and analysis related to vehicular movements in central business district  VEMAX (Canada) was short listed to final four for strategic plan for infrastructure technology to be used for the 'Sydney 2000' summer Olympics site Development of databases to collect surface condition ratings for rural and urban road networks Developed a system to calculate the replacement cost of roads Developed Maintenance Management Systems Developed Performance Prediction Technologies Upon request, a full list of projects undertaken by the company since 1975 can be supplied. The above list is only a summary of recent projects.

Asset Management Training and implementation of a Pavement Management System for a national maintenance contractor. Outputs from the PMS used to demonstrate long term preservation of the State Road Network in a ten year performance contract bid in 1997. Implementation of Maintenance Management System for a national maintenance contractor in 1999. Included staff training, organizational analysis, business process design, and change management. Development of detailed business processes for data collection and pavement management analysis for a number of Victorian councils in 1999 and 2000. Key outcomes included training council staff to evaluate condition measurement methodologies, analyze condition data, develop 20 year strategic plan and two year operational plans. Undertook a community consultation project for a metropolitan council in Victoria in 2000. The outcomes included the establishment of current levels of service for all asset types (roads, parks, gardens, footpaths, bridges and buildings) based on physical condition, community perspective and owner perspective. Outputs also included an analysis of costs to improve the current level of service over a period of time and is an outstanding example of the city's commitment to Best Value Victoria. Pavement Condition Rating for a number of Victorian and Tasmanian councils (1999) Pavement Condition Rating for the Department of Transport Tasmania (1999) Developed over twenty long term pavement performance models for local government and State Highway authorities Awarded the AMQI - International Asset Management Award in 1999 for Strategic Pavement Modelling work done for a metropolitan road network Conducted seminar on advanced pavement modelling techniques Assisted two cities to develop standard work methods Implemented predictive PMS for numerous councils throughout the state of Victoria Implemented full MMS for councils in Victoria and South Australia Developed an outline strategic plan for asset management for an Australian state road authority Reviewed Compulsory Competitive Tendering routine maintenance contract documents for two councils Developed a contracting maintenance strategy for a council Supervised contract condition rating for councils Information Technology Designed asset condition databases for councils Designed and developed work tracking software for a maintenance contractor Assisted a council to perform an AAS27 valuation of the road network Implemented condition databases for various councils Training Conducted implementation training sessions in Total Asset Management Systems for: Roads Water and Sewer Systems Properties Parks and Gardens Co-sponsor with Australian Asphalt Paving Association (AAPA) for the International Forum on Contracting of Routine Maintenance (1996) Designed and delivered Victorian Asset Management seminars each year from 1994 to 2000 Conducted Advanced Performance Modelling Seminar in Melbourne (1996)  Trained road surface condition raters in numerous councils throughout Victoria Trained councils' staff in Victoria and South Australia to identify and collect road related inventory Upon request, a full list of projects undertaken by the company since 1993 can be supplied.