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....

The ALN and the Institute of Asset Management USA Chapter are happy to co-publish the "State Asset Management Initiatives for Water Systems". The paper provides a  State-by-State snapshot view of water asset management initiatives in the U.S. and a short case study of Palm Beach County Florida ISO 55001 certified water and wastewater system - the first to achieve this status in the U.S. Speakers: - Pollop Phonpornwithoon, Asst. Department Director Operations, Maintenance, Technology...

Anto Budiardjo, President, Padi, and Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, started 2025’s ALN Th@3 pm ET on a high note by agreeing that a main factor in organizations not realizing full value from assets that communicate with each other is owners not having an Asset Management governance system that covers all asset categories. During the discussion, Mr. Budiardjo indicated the Coalition for Smarter Buildings (www.C4SB.org) will be making an announcement in February that the Linux Foundation will...

George Guszcza, D. Eng., CEPM, CCM, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with BS in Sociology / Computer Information Systems Engineering. He also has a Doctor of Engineering from The George Washington University. He held numerous U.S. and overseas positions with the U.S. Army. He has also served in the U.S. Army Reserve and has almost 20 years of corporate and philanthropic work with organizations ranging from the United Nations to Michael Baker, where he served as Chief T...

Rich Culbertson, ALN Board of Directors Member, was with Lockheed Martin for 40 years when he ended his career as Senior Manager, Asset Management. Mr. Culbertson is familiar with federal processes on a “chapter and verse” level. He sees the 2024 U.S. Department of Defense Agency Financial Report as a transparent expression of achievements and shortcomings. Mr. Culbertson will lead a civil discussion of the ways Asset Management can assist the DoD goals of “achieving an unmodified (clean) f...