26 - 28 April, 2017 | Novotel Sydney Central, Sydney, Australia
Conference Day One: Thursday, 27 April 2017
8:30 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
9:00 am - 9:10 am Opening Remarks from IQPC and the Conference Chair
Digby Hall - Principal Sustainability Consultant, Umow Lai
9:10 am - 9:50 am Linking Strategic Asset Management plans to University Goals to Support Long-Term Operations
Vivian Straw - Research Fellow for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
Creating a strategic asset management plan for a
university would not be worthwhile unless it reflected
that university’s long-term, and often expensive, goals.
However it’s also important to acknowledge that a
university’s future plans must be sustainable in the face
of incredible financial investment in the maintenance,
operation and creation of its physical assets.
This session will review:
- Aligning the objectives of strategic asset management plan with university goals to ensure that they are working together to achieve the same objectives
- Prioritizing assets in relation to master-plans in order to discover the price of what the institution is willing to spend on maintenance and upkeep
- Determining the priority of assets by more than just monetary value be that historical, pastoral or potential significance
9:50 am - 10:30 am Evaluating Assets in Order to Measure Significance to the Institution by Using the World’s Best Practise Model: PAS 55/ISO 55000
Mick Serena - Director of Strategic Asset & Facilities Management, Donald Cant Watts Corke
University facilities are no use if their only value lays
in the potential of how they could serve the university
rather than how they currently do. All university assets
need to be measured on their current performance
and identify how well they need to perform in terms of
meeting strategic priorities.
This session will discuss:
- How an asset management framework should be based on a world’s best practice model (PAS 55/ ISO 55000)
- Improving service delivery outcomes through infrastructure
- Deciding whether to sell or update ageing infrastructure that isn’t currently configured to support contemporary service delivery outcomes
10:30 am - 11:00 am Thought Leadership Session
11:00 am - 11:30 am Speed Networking Session
11:30 am - 12:00 pm MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
12:00 pm - 12:40 pm CASE STUDY: Central Queensland University's Asset Management During its Dramatic 5 Year Growth
Ron Tollasepp - Director Facilities Management DFM, Central Queensland University
CQUniversity has undergone significant growth in
the past 5 years. In fact, its 2 year old Cairns campus
alone has already reached maximum capacity at 2300
sqm. The University's development model has been
based on meeting un-met demand in communities
through dual sector facilities, online education, an
study hubs. It is also the first university in Australia to
receive accreditation by ASHOKA U.
This session will review:
- The University's growth plan: how it develops learning facilities from a single study hub to an entire campus
- The lessons CQUniversity has learnt in asset management and development in order to be the most cost-effective and context appropriate
- How the University has become an important community resource to the cities and town it inhabits, through servicing low SES students
12:40 pm - 1:20 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Balancing the Need for IT Infrastructure Development with Energy Efficiency
Vivian Straw - Research Fellow for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of CanberraKim McArthur - Asset Services Manager, ATCO Gas Australia
Susanne Johnson - Senior Asset Planner, Department of Education
When implementing effective asset management
strategies the performance of the asset increases and
the return on the asset will improve. However sometimes
asset costs demonstrate the competing interests of
universities. Investing in IT infrastructure to create state
of the art research facilities can greatly increase the
value of a building to the university, but at the same time
also drastically increase its operating costs.
- What is the cost-benefit analysis of investing in IT Infrastructure when it does have expensive operation costs
- Is there such a thing as ideal energy consumption for existing buildings?
- When should a building place a limit on the amount of energy its IT infrastructure consumes?
- How can renewable energies assist in the highenergy consumption infrastructure
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: Reviewing Otago University’s Flexible Property Portfolio
Murray Gray - Property Manager, University of Otago
Otago University’s $1.6 billion property inventory is
constantly changing to reflect the evolving needs of
the real estate, through building development, land
purchases or leasing arrangements. This is achieved through a strategic asset management plan, which
provides an operations strategy for the entire campus
but also focuses on each individual asset.
This session will discuss:
- Establishing the need for a new rebuild rather than altering an existing structure in order to reduce costs in the long term
- Refurbishing the whole of a facility versus a piecemeal approach that often occurs in practice
- Identifying assets for disposal or demolition
- Owning versus leasing – what is best?
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Improving Sustainability of Assets through Free Energy Future
Mark Greig - Director, Umow LaiDigby Hall - Principal Sustainability Consultant, Umow Lai
We already get free data, free phone calls, free movies
and free cars - just by paying a connection fee. So
what will the world be like when energy is the same?
This session will outline the trends and indicators
that point towards ‘free energy’, will explore the
technical details and challenges of the various system
components that will allow free energy to become
a reality at a campus scale, the conditions that will
apply to such a deal, and will discuss the design
implications for master planning today’s campus.
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm The Internet of Things and Universities: Using Data to Create a Life-Cycle Plan for Each Asset
Brian Frankham - Director of Asset Performance Management, NSW Department of Education
Creating a lifecycle plan for each asset allows you to
predict the necessary inputs and requirements for
the asset throughout its entire life and resulting in
measuring its viability. The Internet of Things is one of
the most effective ways to collect accurate building
data. If this information is incorrect, the projections for
the asset’s life-cycle will be too. As such, this session
will look at
- Optimising the life-cycle of an asset from its conceptual design to decommissioning
- Using Smart-Metring to collect accurate building data
- Analysing this data to find key performance indicators on the condition of the building
- Using this data to develop a life-cycle cost analysis that will be used in the evaluation of whether it is viable to maintain the building
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
4:50 pm - 5:30 pm Developing Strategic Options for University of Western Australia’s Ageing Utilities Infrastructure through Extensive Maintenance and Renewal
George Anderson - Associate Director, FacilitiesOperations, University of Western Australia
24 000 students are enrolled across the University
of Western Australia’s three campuses. In order to manage its energy consumption, University of
Western Australia has just gone through the process
of carrying out extensive maintenance and renewal
of the electrical main substations. In doing so, the
university has completed extensive strategic planning
for the future maintenance of any and all UoWA
assets.
This session will discuss:
- Developing programming and planning to ensure that maintenance is carried out in a timely manner to ensure that an extensive backlog does not accumulate
- Establishing a changeover management methodology to ensure a smooth transition from previous systems
- Reviewing the lessons learned from this process and how they can be used to improve future developments
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm CHAMPAGNE ROUNDTABLE
Grab a glass of wine, beer or soft drink and join your
industry peers to discuss and work through these
pressing challenges. You’ll get 15 minutes at each table
to talk through the talking points with the facilitator
Table 1
5:35 pm - 6:15 pm Rapid Asset Acquisition and Release Murray Gray - Property Manager, University of Otago- Discussing the appropriate life-cycle length of a university asset
- The benefits of leasing university assets for noneducational purposes
- The key indicators of a commercially viable real estate purchase
Table 2
5:35 pm - 6:15 pm Strategies for Decreasing Energy Consumption Kim McArthur - Asset Services Manager, ATCO Gas Australia- Automated electrical processes, such as motionsensory light switches, that can reduce costs of energy consumption
- Utilising the Internet of Things to measure and monitor energy consumption
- Discussing renewable energies as a way to subsidize energy costs
Table 3
5:35 pm - 6:15 pm Tactics for Improving Maintenance Operations Gary Higgins - General Manager of Assets and Maintenance, Murdoch University- Using software to improve job logs
- Addressing backlogs through prioritizing, scheduling and planning
- Using condition monitoring to predict future needs
