Municipal Asset Management Webinar Series
AMO engaged AMONTario to deliver a four-part webinar series to more than 250 attendees that delved into the intricacies of infrastructure asset management.
Asset management is a strategic approach to proactively manage and efficiently invest in municipal infrastructure. Such strategies are critical for effective infrastructure planning under the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF). This series offered critical knowledge for beginners and valuable insight into advanced strategies in asset management.
Experts in asset management developed tools, templates, and lessons on asset data, levels of service, risk assessment, and financial strategies.
1. The first session on Asset Hierarchy and Data Gaps provides actionable strategies to enhance asset hierarchies, fill data gaps, and optimize information to improve operational efficiencies.
2. The second session on Levels of Service enables robust levels of service reporting with a useful toolkit that includes templates and guides for information gathering. This session highlights how enhanced strategic planning is possible through detailed levels of service reporting.
3. The third session on Risk Assessment explores strategies to identify, evaluate, and mitigate the evolving risks faced by infrastructure assets. A comprehensive risk management system can be a critical tool for communicating your infrastructure needs and prioritizing your decisions.
4. The final strategies on Financial Strategy/Lifecycle Costing equips participants with knowledge and tools needed to develop effective financial strategies for sustainable service delivery. Lifecycle costing and financial planning techniques are provided to optimize budgets, funding, and resource allocation for long-term infrastructure sustainability.
These sessions and the associated tools and templates are made available to the public here.
AMO’s CCBF Team launched this series as part of their continuous efforts to support municipal asset management advancement. This initiative was made possible in part by the Municipal Asset Management Program, which is delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.
