NAMS.PLUS Asset Management Tools for Practitioners Vancouver, Oct 2009 Chris Champion Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia cchampion@ipwea.org.au
Work within a na,onal framework Provide the tools Add some drivers!
Sustainable Communities 3 KEY ELEMENTS 1. Stewardship: Role of Elected Members 2. Managing existing as well as new: Asset Management Planning 3. Essential part of Business: Long Term Financial Planning 3
Sustainable 1. Stewardship: Role of Elected Members Communities NAMS.AU FRAMEWORK 1. Stewardship: Role of Elected Members 4
Australian Infrastructure Financial Management Guidelines > National consistency Sustainable Communities A FRAMEWORK 1. Stewardship: Role of Elected Members 2. Managing existing as well as new: Asset Management Planning 3. Essential part of Business: Long Term Financial Planning
International Infrastructure Management Manual > National consistency Sustainable Communities A FRAMEWORK 1. Stewardship: Role of Elected Members 2. Managing existing as well as new: Asset Management Planning 3. Essential part of Business: Long Term Financial Planning
NAMS.PLUS Asset Management A New National Resource Key Outcomes: 1. A structured pathway for writing asset management plans 2. Cash flow projections & inputs for long term financial plans 3. Up Skilling Council Staff the how to
NAMS.PLUS AM Tools Series of 4 Training workshops PLUS ebook: Guided pathway to AM Planning Suite of AM planning templates & guidelines On-line modelling tools On-line help desk forum support pooling resources of NAMS.PLUS users NAMS.PLUS e-news hands on assistance help councils write their own AMP s
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NAMS.PLUS Training Workshops Series of 4 workshops 2 months apart Block 1 Asset management planning & data Block 2 Service levels & risk Block 3 Expenditure projections Block 4 Towards sustainable service delivery
NAMS.PLUS Training Workshop 1 Block 1 Asset management planning & data Step 1 Introduction to AM planning Step 2 Establish corporate AM team Step 3 Review of asset register data Step 4 Commence AM Plan Step 5 Maintain the corporate approach
NAMS.PLUS Training Workshop 2 Block 2 Service levels & risk Step 6 Step 7 Service levels Infrastructure risk management plan
NAMS.PLUS Training Workshop 3 Block 3 Expenditure projections Step 8 New assets from growth Step 9 Renewal planning Step 10 Expenditure projections
NAMS.PLUS Training Workshop 4 Block 4 Towards sustainable service delivery Step 11 Managing a funding gap Step 12 Completing the AM plan Step 13 Improvement plan Step 14 Links to long term financial plan Step 15 Asset management policy
NAMS.PLUS Workshops Workshop documentation includes tasks to do before the next workshop
NAMS.PLUS web site www.namsplus.org.au
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NAMS.PLUS Templates Asset management plan Asset management policy Infrastructure risk management register and plan Remaining & useful life assessment Growth, renewal and expenditure projections Capability gap analysis
NAMS.PLUS Planned Expenditure Template
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NAMS.PLUS Online Support Forum 1,300 Users
NAMS.PLUS Templates & Guidelines Moloney AM System Inputs Knowledge & capacity? Draft policy? Write AM Plan? Growth? Remaining Life? Renewal Costs? Projected cash flow? Gap Analysis AM Policy Template AM Plan Template New Assets from Growth Model Remaining Life Template Asset Renewal Model Financial Cashflow Model 23
NAMS.PLUS Subscription based service Upfront fee to join program Fee includes12 months subscription to On-line access to templates Access to on-line modelling Newsletters, Help Desk
NAMS.PLUS NAMS.PLUS Membership: Council Size: Small Medium Large Population < 30,000 30,001-70,0 00 Includes 12 months subscription value NAMS.PLUS Membership Fee > 70,000 $500 $900 $1,200 $2,500 $4,500 $6,000 Access to templates, ebook, HelpDesk Plus cost of Workshops
NAMS.PLUS Australia wide participation National approach Up-skilling Council in-house staff State/Country No Councils No attendees SA 69 150+ NSW 76 262 WA 11 66 Qld 14 107 Tas 11 37 NT 1 1 Vic 12 25 Scotland 1 NA Total 195 650+
Almost 200 councils with a population <5,000! Small Communities Almost 200 Councils Population < 5,000 Asset Management for Small Communities >5,000 <5,000 <10,00 0 >10,00 0 Total NSW 28 27 100 155 Vic 2 8 69 79 Qld 38 35 73 WA 85 13 41 139 SA 30 10 34 74 Tas 5 9 15 29 NT 5 6 5 16 193 73 299 565
Centre of Excellence in LG $8m Endowment Federal Govt Consortium Bid 4 partners UTS, UCan/ANZSoG, LGMA, IPWEA Program Areas Policy, research, capacity building, governance, innovation, workforce development Build on existing organisations, networks Major focus on AM & LTFP
NAMS.PLUS Tools to assist Nationally consistent approach Achieve 3 important Outcomes: 1. Write Asset Management Plans 2. Financial projections input into long term financial plan 3. Up skilling Council Staff www.ipwea.org.au/namsplus
Thank You Chris Champion cchampion@ipwea.org.au