Tag: Asset Management
FCM launches Phase 2 of MAMP program
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced new training opportunities to help local governments across the country optimize...
67 new infrastructure initiatives receive federal funding
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced funding for 67 initiatives in communities across Canada through three programs:...
Municipalities receive infrastructure funds through FCM programs
The federal government and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced funding for 72 initiatives in communities across Canada through three funding programs:...
Municipalities team up to tackle climate change
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced the participants in the Climate and Asset Management Network (CAMN). For...
FCM Leadership in Asset Management Program (LAMP)
What happens when you bring 12 municipalities of varying sizes and experience together, in one room, to work towards the common goal of integrating...
Nothing to Fear
Big data is all the rage these days. Many facilities managers, especially those in the public sector, may believe it has no relevance to...
A Guide to Change
The new ISO 55000 standard identifies four fundamentals of proper asset management: value, alignment, leadership, and assurance. Of those, some of the biggest challenges...
Smart Assets
The long-awaited ISO 55000 series of standards was officially released in January 2014 and is composed of three separate standards.
The first—ISO 55000, “Overview, Principals...
A Smarter City
By Jim Dobbs
Urban theorist Jane Jacobs called cities “problems in organized complexity.” Consider Jacobs’s example of a public park: a park’s use depends on...
Silent but Deadly
A massive explosion rocked the Regina Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries in October 2011, injuring 52 people. Investigators concluded that there was “a catastrophic failure” in...