Monday Sessions
Focused Learning Session 1 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | 30 participants maximum
Developing Level of Service for Roadways
Nico Bernard, City of Calgary
Lessons learned from the process of modeling level of service for roads in terms of customer expectations with linkage to operational and asset measures. This interactive session will look at the process the road business unit went through and will engage attendees on applying the results from the process.
Concurrent Session 1 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Developing a Sustainable Service Based Strategy – Getting from A to Z
Greg Chartier, City of Saskatoon
This session will draw on the experience Saskatoon gained in developing a long-term strategy for its water distribution system. The session will focus on the critical elements and policies, and the key organizational and technical challenges it addressed in developing and communicating its long-term strategy. These are framed within a simple Decision-Making Framework founded on the three pillars of sustainability – social, environmental and financial – and used to guide the key policy development and reporting milestones to City Council. Elements of the framework were also consistent with a national initiative sponsored by Infrastructure Canada to measure the state and performance of infrastructure in Canada. The session will also provide a follow-up to the community consultation methodology presented at CNAM 2007 in Halifax and how it was used to validate service expectations and service levels around structural condition, capacity and water quality.
Model Framework for Sustainable Core Public Infrastructure
Dr. Zoubir Lounis, National Research Council Canada
The National Research Council, Engineers Canada through the National Round Table on Sustainable Infrastructure, and Infrastructure Canada united to develop a robust model framework for the assessment of the state, performance and management of Canada's core public infrastructure. In this session:
- Discover the building blocks of this new Model Framework for performance assessment that is harmonized with the "Triple Bottom Line" evaluation approach to achieve sustainability.
- Learn how this framework can be used as a support tool for decision-making at the detailed project level, tactical level and senior strategic level.
- Conduct holistic performance assessments of infrastructure with the three pillars of sustainability through seven key objectives: public safety, public health, public security, mobility, environmental quality, social equity and the economy.
Determining the State of Core Public Infrastructure in Canada
Konrad Siu, City of Edmonton and Nancy Hill, AECOM
Participants will learn about the Government of Canada's efforts to develop a complete inventory of the quantity and condition of all core public infrastructure in Canada and the asset management practices currently being used. This project grew from Infrastructure Canada's desire to strengthen its knowledge base to ensure that its policies, programmes, decisions and advice to the Minister are evidence-based, reflecting credible and objective analysis. The presentation will briefly describe why the survey was developed, how it was developed, how it is being implemented and how the results will be used. It will then show the preliminary results from the survey and the benefit to infrastructure managers across Canada.
Focused Learning Session 2 (Part 1 of 2) | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | 30 participants maximum
Coordination and Prioritization of Right-of-Way Works: Case Studies, Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Cities of Winnipeg and Hamilton, AECOM
Engage in a collective discussion and working session defining common issues and potential solutions. The goal of the session will be to encourage discussion and information sharing on the coordination and prioritization of right-of-way works, identify common issues and challenges, and highlight potential solutions based on the group's collective experience.
Concurrent Session 2 | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Asset Management – Getting Started and Moving Forward
Richard Pinder, Region of Waterloo
The Region of Waterloo (ROW) has just completed an asset management assessment (Gap Analysis) and are planning to start improving some of these areas, enhance what is being done well and expand the knowledge of asset management. This session will explain how they got started. The intent is to get people engaged and provide their input; Are we doing it right? Are there other options? What are others doing?
Bridging the Gap Between Land Use Planning and Asset Management
Gary Buxton, Town of Canmore
Most Municipal Councils, Planning Committees, and Planning Departments make upfront land use decisions without considering the implication to municipal assets, and asset managers have to cope with the aftermath. This situation creates a disconnect in the decision making process. Land Use Planning affects the future downstream requirements for all municipal assets including capital, replacement and annual operating and maintenance costs. During the upfront planning process there is a need to bridge the gap and connect the upfront decisions with the future needs and funding requirements for all municipal assets. Participants in this session will learn how the Town of Canmore, Alberta, has implemented a process that connects upfront decisions with the future requirements for all municipal assets. Participants will also learn how internal and external partnerships contribute to successful outcomes.
Corporate Asset Management – The Forgotten Facility
Leanne Brannigan, Region of Peel
Corporate Asset Management (CAM) was established at the Region of Peel to develop robust enterprise-wide asset management processes to support the long-term sustainability of Peel's services through an integrated platform that encompasses strategic and tactical asset planning and reporting, business processes, policies and technology to optimize the assets through their life cycle. The presentation tracks the development of the Facilities Asset Management Model. The methodology connects the building asset to the end service requirements of the programs. Through categorizing facilities into asset classes with similar technical levels of service and risk, a model was developed that allows the evaluation of the adequacy of each facility class to meet service needs, based on a combination of facility condition and facility performance.
Focused Learning Session 2 (Part 2 of 2) | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | 30 participants maximum
Coordination and Prioritization of Right-of-Way Works: Case Studies, Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Cities of Winnipeg and Hamilton, AECOM
Engage in a collective discussion and working session defining common issues and potential solutions. The goal of the session will be to encourage discussion and information sharing on the coordination and prioritization of right-of-way works, identify common issues and challenges, and highlight potential solutions based on the group's collective experience.
Concurrent Session 3 | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Implementation Details to Support a Generalized Framework for Municipal Infrastructure Management
Dr. Dana Vanier, National Research Council Canada
The Framework for Municipal Infrastructure Management for Canadian Municipalities (the MIM Framework) is described in two Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning reports. The first report details the top level processes for municipal infrastructure management (MIM), describing "WHY" asset management is important. The second report delves into the details of the "WHAT" and the "HOW" of the proposed MIM Framework. This session will
- present a methodology and framework to implement a strategic asset management plan at a local government level;
- describe a body of knowledge outlining best practices for strategic and sustainable infrastructure management; and
- outline a generalized framework to manage diverse infrastructure assets for small, medium and large organizations.
A Changing Climate for Infrastructure Assets: Is your plan adaptable?
City of Ottawa, Michael Mortimer, P.Eng, Canadian Standards Association
Many local communities are experiencing increasingly severe weather events such as more intense storms, more frequent heat waves, and more rapid freeze-thaw cycles, which can prematurely degrade your municipal infrastructure assets, add O & M costs and impact service levels. In this session, municipal asset managers will gain practical knowledge of how and where to incorporate climate change adaptation considerations within asset management plans. Learn about the available tools for identifying risks and developing effective local responses to increasingly variable climate hazards. Through a case study, see how modern asset management processes can work in synergy with municipal climate change adaptation plans.
Download Presentation Part 1 | Download Presentation Part 2
The City of Edmonton's Risk Based Infrastructure Management System
Bradley Leeman, City of Edmonton
The Office of Infrastructure first started looking at Risk Analysis Methodology with the help of SMA Consulting in 2003. The current risk model being used by the City of Edmonton is housed at SMA Consulting in a variety of excel spreadsheets and access databases. The model as it exists now is large and not easy to use by personnel outside SMA Consulting. The presentation will detail how the City of Edmonton worked with the consultant to turn the existing risk model and data into a user-friendly format that itself will be part of a larger initiative to integrate asset management into a corporate-wide comprehensive process that links strategic goals to operating and capital budgets.
