Because the human evolution of tools and processes grows increasingly complex, information management becomes a critical element of Asset Management. A policy requiring the use of secure, open standards can allow information from all categories of assets to flow to top leadership and others for confident decision making. Once a policy is in place, a Strategic Asset Management Plan establishes the overarching direction for many elements of operation and then specific Asset Management Plans estab...

ALN Th@3 pm ET this week will address the false dichotomy of “We can’t afford to maintain our bridges.” We can’t afford not to. ALN Senior Fellows and guests will address the anniversary of the Key Bridge collapse and the Pittsburgh Fern Hallow Bridge in a panel on solutions to the challenge of maintaining public infrastructure. Panelists: - Marty Rowland, PhD, ALN Senior Fellow - Rich Culbertson, ALN Senior Fellow & Board of Directors Member - David Totman, Founder & CEO at WaterVe...

There are times to plant a flag in the calendar and say, “From this day forward things were different.” February 11, 2025, was such a day. That is when the Linux Foundation announced the acquisition of the Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB) so it could be the entry into solving building industry operating system issues was such a date. Rick Justis, C4SB Executive Director, joins us this week to discuss the implications of the acquisition for not only facility asset management, but a...

Nicholas Johnson, Kahua's Chief Evangelist

Tacoma Zach is Co-Founder and CEO at MentorAPM. Jennifer Zach is Chief Marketing Officer for the technology-driven MentorAPM and has been an invaluable member of the ALN Board of Directors. As part of MentorAPM’s continual advancement of the Asset Management industry, the company has recently released Asset Lens an AI assisted asset assessment tool that allows anyone to take pictures of asset inventories and assets tags to quickly fill out an asset register and gain initial assessments....