1. Developing Asset Management Capacity
Deborah Duncan and Wendy Fulla
City of Nanaimo
Developing Asset Management Capacity

2. Fast Facts Located on Vancouver Island ‘The Harbour City’
Population 90,000
Nanaimo Bar
Geographic area – 91 km2
$3 billion current infrastructure replacement cost

3. Bottom up approach Strategic Planning Management Planning Operational
Service Levels
Legal and stakeholder requirements and expectations
Strategic
Planning
Strategic Planning
City’s Strategic Plan, Official Community Plan, Master Plans
Asset Management Policy
To be developed
Asset Management Strategy
To be developed
Management
Planning
Asset Management Plan –
Long Term
Infrastructure investment plan
Operational
Planning
Organizational Resources
Knowledge, Asset Information Systems
Bottom up approach

4. Asset Management Progress
In- House ‘Bottom- Up’ Approach
Education and Communication
AM Champion
AM Steering Committee
2012 Asset Management Update
All City Infrastructure Renewal Funding Gap
20 Year Investment Plan and Asset Management Update
Level of Service Pilot
Performance Measures
2008
2010
2012
2013
2017
2017
2018
TBD
2010 Asset Management Plan
Engineering and Public Works Infrastructure
Council Approved New AM Reserves, Annual Increases to Property Taxes and User Fees
Adopt AM Policy and Strategy
Risk Framework Pilot for One Infrastructure Type

5. In-House, Bottom Up Approach
AM Champion
Team meetings
Education and Communication
AM Steering Committee
Call to action!

6. Asset Management Updates
Focus and impetus for AM
Informs Council
Informs decisions

7. 20 Year Investment Plan Assess current funding strategies
The funding gap is shrinking!
Initiatives to improve City’s AM system

8. Continuous Improvement
LAMP
Governance
Levels of Service
Risk Management Framework
Future AM Updates

9. Challenges… Time and resources! Lack of asset information
Process changes

10. What Worked… AM Champion AM Steering Committee
In-house knowledge, expertise and tools
AM Updates
Continuous improvement

11. Keep Moving Forward… Asset Management Governance Levels of Service
Performance Measures
Risk Management
Next AM update

12. Questions? Contact Me: Deborah Duncan City of Nanaimo
Deputy Director, Financial Services