Geoff Barrow appeared in the April/May 2010 Edition of Professional Network Magazine (vol17 No 19) for APSEMA Members in an article on Breaking the Retirement Tradition. Read the article here.
Jane Waldock appeared in the February/March 2010 Edition of Professional Network Magazine (Vol17/No 18) for APESMA Members in an article looking at finding lasting solutions to the profession’s labour market problems. Read the article here.
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IPWEA website is having a face lift. If you want a say in redesign of the website please have your comments to Anne Gibbs or Mark Varmalis before 19 April 2010. A National workshop has been organised to assist in planning of the new website and IPWEAvic has been allocated 2 places at this workshop. If you would like to represent IPWEAvic at this website redesign workshop planned for 19th April please contact Anne Gibbs by 9th April.
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NAMS. PLUS Workshop – “a guided pathway to sustainable asset management” – is coming to Melbourne 24-25 May 2010 and 24-25 June 2010. These workshops are a great way to obtain tools and guidance to assist organisations to write their own asset management plans
State Government is gradually moving towards requiring long term financial plans founded on sound asset management plans to demonstrate financial sustainability. It is good practice to commence your planning as early as possible.
The NAMS.PLUS training program provides the tools to up-skill staff to assist and encourage them to develop their first Asset Management Plan based on a ‘core’ or ‘advanced’ approach. NAMS.PLUS provides a series of templates, workshops, guidelines in the form of a comprehensive eBook, online modelling, help desk forum and newsletters.
Participants enrol in a series of 4 x 1-day workshops (Blocks) spaced a few months apart, to take them through the NAMS.PLUS program. Tasks are set for completion between workshops. The topics covered in the 4 building blocks include:
- Block 1 – Asset Management Planning and Data Asset Register data, Condition assessment and remaining/useful life review template, Asset Management Plan (AMP) template.
- Block 2 – Service Levels and Risk
- Block 3 – Expenditure Projections
- Block 4 – Towards Sustainable Service Delivery
Who should attend
Asset managers, finance managers, engineers, technical staff, parks managers.
NAMS.PLUS: How it works
To find out how to join in a nationally consistent approach to asset management planning, visit www.ipwea.org.au/namsplus.
Further information: IPWEA National national@ipwea.org.au .
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View WHK Economic Outlook for 26 March 2010 here.
For more information visit WHK website here.
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For those working in the construction industry, Minter Ellison’s construction lawyers have prepared a 24 chapter online resource entitled Construction Law Made Easy explaining legal concepts and terms.
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