Key Resources & Links

The following list is a partial list of asset management resources that the NEWEA Asset Management Committee has found useful and especially informative. We believe these resources could provide important information to assist workshop participants in their asset management endeavors. The presence of web links to a specific company’s asset management services or products should not be construed as an implicit or explicit endorsement of said services or products by NEWEA or the NEWEA Asset Management Committee.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Penn State Handbook: Operating Equipment Asset Management-Operating Your 21st Century Competitive Necessity. Penn State University, Applied Research Laboratory Pennsylvania State University, P.O. Box 30, State College, PA 16804, (814) 865-9036, found at site: www.bmpcoe.org/

International Infrastructure Management Manual. National Asset Management Steering Group, C/- Ingenium Executive Officer, PO Box 118, Thames, New Zealand, Ph/Fax 64-7-868 3930, Email jeff@ingenium.org.nz, site: www.ingenium.org.nz/publications/iimm/

General Accounting Office (GAO). “Comprehensive Asset Management Has Potential to Help Utilities Better Identify Needs and Plan Future Investments” March 2004. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04461high.pdf

NASA: Reliability Centered Maintenance Guide for Facilities and Collateral Equipment. Website: www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codej/codejx/jxdocuments.htm, go to “Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Guide, March 2000”

Kotter, John P. Leading Change. Harvard Business School Press: 1996.

Moubray, John. Reliability Centered Maintenance. Industrial Press Inc.: 1992

O&M Best Practices Guide, Federal Energy Management Program. http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/operations_maintenance/om_best_practices_guidebook.cfm

Maintenance Managers Standard Manual, Westerkamp, Thomas. A., Prentice Hall 1997.

MAGAZINES

Maintenance Technology Magazine. (free) Website: www.mt-online.com
Reliability Magazine. Website: www.reliability-magazine.com
Plant Maintenance Magazine. (free) Website: www.plant-maintenance.com
Machinery Lubrication. (free) Website: www.machinerylubrication.com
Practicing Oil Analysis. (free) Website: www.practicingoilanalysis.com
MRO Today (free) Website: www.mrotoday.com
Buildings (free) Website: www.buildings.com

WEBSITES 

Asset Management
Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals www.smrp.org
Brown & Caldwell www.bcwaternews.com
Strategic Asset Management Inc. www.samicorp.com
MCP Consulting Group www.mcp-cg.com
The Institute of Asset Management www.iam-uk.org
Reliability Web www.reliabilityweb.com
Management Resources Group, Inc. (MRG) www.mrginc.net
Best Manufacturing Practices www.bmpcoe.org
Maximo www.mro.com
McGraw Hill Construction – Asset Management Smart Report Overview 2013 and Complete Report

Condition Monitoring (Monitoring asset health via vibration, oil, infrared, ultrasonic and motor current signature analysis)
Bently Nevada www.bently.com 
Entek www.entek.com 
Mobil www.mobil.com 
Predict DLI www.predictusa.com
Machinery Lubrication www.machinerylubrication.com
Practicing Oil www.practicingoilanalysis.com
Framatome ANP www.us.framatome-anp.com
Flir Infrared www.flir.com

Condition Assessment
Vanderweil Facility Advisors www.vfa.com
TechniScan www.techniscan.com

CMMS
Maximo www.mro.com 
Ivara www.ivara.com 
Synergen www.synergen.com
Hansen Information Technologies www.hansen.com
Indus www.indus.com
Champs www.champsinc.com
New Standard Institute (CMMS Planner & Scheduler Training) www.newstandardinstitute.com

Maintenance
Maintenance Resources www.maintenanceresources.com
Pumps and Systems www.pump-zone.com
Maintenance Benchmarking www.maintenancebenchmarking.com
Best Practices, LLP www.globalbenchmarking.com
Maintenance Tips www.maintenance-tips.com
New Standard Institute (Maintenance Training Programs) www.newstandardinstitute.com
Aladon (Reliability Centered Maintenance II) www.aladon.co.uk

GASB 34
Governmental Accounting Standards Board www.gasb.org
City of Saco, ME GASB information www.sacomaine.org/departments/finance/gasb34.shtml
ESRI GIS and Mapping Software http://www.esri.com/industries/localgov/gis-government/gasb34.html
North Carolina State Treasurer http://www.treasurer.state.nc.us/dsthome/StateAndLocalGov/GASB34/
American Appraisal Consulting www.american-appraisal.com/americanappraisalus.htm
Brown and Caldwell http://www.bcwaternews.com/AssetMgt/#GASB%2034

Transportaion
AASHTO http://assetmanagement.transpotation.org/tam/aashto.nsf/home

Energy
Watt Busters www.wattbusters.com
LEED/US Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org
NSTAR http://www.nstaronline.com/customer_service/energy_efficiency/links.asp
Energy User News http://www.energyusernews.com
USDOE – US Building Energy Codes http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/89_compliance_manual.stm

Water Quality Links
Water Environment Federation http://www.wef.org/
Water Environment Research Foundation http://www.werf.org/
AMSA http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org/
American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/
American Water Works Research Foundation http://www.awwarf.org/