The Northern Councils Asset Management Forum is an asset management special interest group consisting of representatives from the following Victorian Councils:
- Banyule City Council
- Brimbank City Council
- Darebin City Council
- Hobsons Bay City Council
- Hume City Council
- Manningham City Council
- Maribyrnong City Council
- Melton City Council
- Moonee Valley City Council
- Moreland City Council
- Murrindindi Shire Council
- Nillumbik Shire Council
- Whittlesea City Council
- Wyndham City Council
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Meetings
The Forum has been meeting since late 2007 or early 2008 with the first few meetings being hosted by Hume City Council. The Forum typically meets three or four times a year at different venues to share and discuss asset related projects and ideas.
1 August 2018
To be hosted by Whittlesea City Council
Suggested agenda items include:
- Capitalisation of Open Space Assets
- Building Asset Hierarchies
- Building Asset Structure
- Stormwater Data Capture
- Status of Asset Management System Implementations
- Road Management Plan Inspections for Roads & Footpaths
22 February 2018
Hosted by Banyule City Council
22 November 2017
Hosted by Hume City Council
19 August 2016
The August 2016 is to be hosted by Whittlesea City Council.
Attendees: Wayne Eddy, Chris Meulblok, Hugh McCarry, Lucille Yu, Mohammad Rashid, Suman Nagpal, Elina Wu, Bill Cheung, Emma Gillbee, Steve Ryan, Aaron Ottobre, Clancy Philippe, Amanda Appleby, Julia Geiberras
Apologies: Colin Myers, Punam Rana, Anthony Kyrkou.
Topics discussed included:
- The history of the Northern Councils Asset Management Forum & South East Metro Councils Asset Management Group.
- The Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base
- Planning for 2017 (Dates, Themes & Working Groups)
- NCAMF Mailing List
- Tasks we can do better as a group than as individual Councils
- Victorian Local Government Act Review
- Communication Plans / NAMAF
- Asset Management Team structure and how the asset registers including GIS are updated particularly contributed assets
22 April 2016
The April 2016 meeting was hosted by Nillumbik Shire Council - Minutes
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Apologies: Suman Nagpal
Topics discussed included:
- Asset Handover process
- Drainage Condition Inspections
- Road and Footpath Condition Audits
- Local Government Asset Management Best Practice
- Road Management Plan reviews
- Building Componentisation
30 October 2015
The 30 October 2015 meeting was hosted by Hobsons Bay City Council.
Attendees: Wayne Eddy, Hugh McCarry, Mohammad Rashid, Lucille Yu, Peter Zagaorac, Spencer Evans, Emma Folino, Chris Meulblok, Elina Wu, Nan Ben Cheng, Joseph Vericherla, Azad Abul, Brendan Andersen, Robert Fitzgerald
Topics discussed included:
- Capital Works Planning Methodology
- Mobile Devices for Asset Data Collection
- Drainage Mapping
- Civica / Technology One Asset Management
- Open Data
- Retaining Walls
- How to ensure Car Parks are not forgotten part of Council's Resealing program.
22 May 2015
The 22 May 2015 meeting was hosted by Brimbank City Council - Agenda
Attendees: Dominic Di Martino, Wayne Eddy, Hugh McCarry, Guy Parker, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Rashid, Paris Zenonos, Sandra Chelliah, Lucille Yu, Nick Varvaris, Peter Zagaorac, Spencer Evans, Abu Rahman, Emma Folino, Dee Kumudu, Suman Nagpal
Apologies: Chris Meulblok.
Topics discussed included:
- Hume City Council's use of zoom cameras to inspect stormwater pipes.
- Brimbank City Council's experience using RMIT's methodology for estimating stormwater pipe condition.
- What each Council is doing with respect to Service Planning. 1,2
- Proposal to meet together with the South East Metro Councils Asset Management Group on an annual or six-monthly basis.
28 November 2014
The 28 November 2014 meeting was hosted by Moonee Valley City Council - Agenda
Topics discussed included:
- Moonee Valley's use of SQL Server Reporting Services to extracted & develop web-based reports from their asset management system (Confirm) and make them available via Sharepoint.
- Asset Data Standards
- RMIT's efforts to develop a system based on LIDAR and Aerial Photography capable of mapping, identifying and assigning a range of attributes to trees.
- Open Data / Socrata
- Capital Works Prioritisation
4 July 2014
The 4 July 2014 meeting was hosted by Darebin City Council - Minutes
Topics discussed included:
- ISO 55000
- In-house Mobility Solutions
- Asset Management Resourcing
7 March 2014
The 7 March 2014 meeting was hosted by Hume City Council
15 November 2013
The 15 November 2013 meeting was hosted by Whittlesea City Council.
Attendees: Wayne Eddy, Bill Cheung, Kamal Signh, Hugh McCarry, Guy Parker, Mahbubur Rahman, Nadine Sinclair, Anuja Adhikari, Mohammad Rashid, David Fricke, Chris Meulblok.
Topics discussed included:
- The use of "zoom cameras" within stormwater pipeline networks.
- Tender specifications for the use of zoom cameras & conventional CCTV survey for the stormwater network.
- Which NCAMF Councils are making it mandatory that any new subdivision which is built - the developer needs to carry out CCTV survey of the stormwater network to see what condition the pipeline is in before it is handed over to Council.
- RMIT Drainage Infrastructure Study
- Inter-council collaboration
- National Asset Management Assessment Framework
- Asset Management Systems
- Asset Management Plans
8 March 2013
The 8 March 2013 meeting was hosted by Brimbank City Council
- Collaborative opportunities for stormwater management – John Thompson
14 August 2012
The 14 August 2012 meeting was hosted by Melton Shire Council
17 April 2012
The 17 April 2012 meeting was hosted by Wyndham City Council.
Items discussed included:
- Power Point presentation about the process of producing the annual Roads Capital Works Program using both AMIS and MyPredictor.
- MAV Step Program
Future Meetings
Topics
- Road Management Plans
- Asset Valuation
- Unit Rates
- Buildings
- Open Space Assets
- Predictive Modelling / Renewal Planning
- Service Levels / Intervention Levels
- Asset Data Standards & Specifications
Dates
- Meeting 4, 2016
- Meeting 1, 2017
- Meeting 2, 2017
- Meeting 3, 2017
- Meeting 4, 2017
Related Pages
- Local Government Knowledge Sharing Networks
- Local Government Communities of Interest, Groups and Forums
- Victorian Inter-Council Asset Management Working Groups
External Links & References
- Google Search
- Mailing List (Google Groups)
- Mailing List (HTML)