- Our Key Objectives
- Our subsidiary companies
- From Divisions
- From Colleges
- Committees and Panels
- Special interest groups
- Technical Societies
- Australasian Association for Engineering Education
- Australasian Fluids and Thermal Engineering Society
- Australasian Particle Technology Society
- Australasian Tunnelling Society
- Australian Composite Structures Society
- Australian Cost Engineering Society
- Australian Earthquake Engineering Society
- Australian Geomechanics Society
- Australian Society for Bulk Solids Handling
- Australian Society for Defence Engineering
- Electric Energy Society of Australia
- Electromagnetic Compatibility Society of Australia
- Industrial Engineering Society
- Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia Ltd
- Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia
- Manufacturing Society of Australia
- Mine Subsidence Technological Society
- Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineering Society
- Railway Technical Society of Australasia
- Red R Australia
- Risk Engineering Society
- Society for Engineering in Agriculture
- Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering
- Society of Fire Safety
- Systems Engineering Society of Australia
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia
- Joint Board Aerospace Engineering
- Joint Board for Naval Architecture Engineers Australia and Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia (MESA)
www.amcouncil.com.auI am pleased to present my first Annual Report as the incoming National Chair of the Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia (MESA), trading as the Asset Management Council.
The Asset Management Council has been working strongly to improve services and information for its members and the broader asset management community, through an improved website, monthly newsletter, and the Asset Journal, also available online.
Membership and Finances
Asset management and maintenance engineering practice continue to gain importance at all levels of enterprisemanagement, and our membership continues to grow slowly, now exceeding 1,200. The audited statement for 2008 was released in May, and isavailable on the website.
Continuing Professional Development
During 2008-09, the Asset Management Council held over 10 sessions of the training course Asset Management Fundamentals across Australia, with more than 270 attendees, in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. The annual conference ICOMS was held 1-5 June 2009, Sydney. While participation was slightly down, the conference was still well attended.
Road Show Seminar
Reliability for Asset Management – the seminar A Vital Business Management Tool was conducted in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth during October 2008.
Awards and Recognition - 2009 Recipients
Asset Management Excellence Awards
- Gold: EnergyAustralia
- Silver: RailCorp
Steve Maxwell Leadership Award
- David Spiteri, RailCorp
Student Awards
- Postgraduate: Hein Botes, Monash University
- Undergraduate: Adrian Kefford, UWA
Other Awards
- Founders Plate: EnergyAustralia
- Nominee Award: EnergyAustralia
John Hardwick
National Chair
