01 Strategy & Planning

Hydro facilities rely on spillway gates to protect the dam integrity by releasing water when too much water is entering the reservoir.  Spillway gates are critical flow discharge components in the dam design and need to be available to operate on demand.  This session explores the learnings from BC Hydro projects, over an 8 year period using reliability methods for project planning and spillway system equipment analysis for improvement projects and for new spillway systems.  See how Spillway projects can benefit by including reliability methods in their pre-detailed design phase. Early deployment of reliability analysis allows for optioneering work and the development of suitable design alternatives.  Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) can be applied to improve design and to evaluate alternative design configurations.  

This presentation is designed to assist the attendees to understand the concepts and principles of asset management.  It will then develop the vision for the maintenance and reliability organizations in an asset management compliant organization. The attendees will leave the presentation with a set of guidelines to insure that their maintenance and reliability organizations can properly support their company's asset management initiatives. 

The evolution of Preventive Maintenance (PM) is based on analyzing equipment operating conditions, its criticality to production and maintenance cost. In this case study, participants will see the journey starts with setting safe PM schedule and parts stock to sustain production. Then root causes of failures are analysed, and plans for improvement are launched. Learn how plans-in-action should be supported by motivating everyone to the expected achievement. Ahmed will share that implementation is not the end of journey - it is where we need to evaluate whether we landed on the right solution from all aspects. He will also show that sometimes, touch ups are needed. Participants will see the real journey of RajhiSteel, started with a greenfield mini mill 8 years ago. See real examples of doing more than PM in the harsh environment of steel melting Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) and its specific equipment as Water Cooled Cables (WCC).

In the face of global competition organizations must innovate to achieve their strategic goals as cost effectively as possible. In this session hear how the BHP Billiton Maintenance and Improvement team worked to validate the capability of the world’s biggest greenfield potash project. Using key pillars such as: asset management plan aligned with business goals, reliability design, maintainability by design, work management implementation plan, and asset care strategy development, this team unlocked new horizons of effective development for reliability and maintainability professionals. Thinking outside the box, using common and accessible tools, while determining the best stage each method should be implemented has been key to the team’s success.

EPCOR Water Services Inc (EWSI) began development of their Asset Management Roadmap / Framework in 2011. The initial Framework was closely aligned with BSI PAS 55 (later revised to reflect ISO 55000). In this session learn how EWSI attempted a typical management system development process over a 24 month period, and why this initial approach was unsuccessful.  In late 2013, a revised approach that looked at the asset management related gaps within EWSI operations and used process improvement methodology to develop procedures and tools to resolve those gaps was attempted. One of the major gaps identified was lack of asset management plans.  In 2014, a pilot project focussing on the 10-Steps of asset management (SIMPLE) was completed.  Learn how this pilot project allowed demonstration of the start-to-finish development of an asset management plan, and the development and field testing of several standards, procedures and tools that will become part of the asset management framework.   This approach demonstrated the value of asset management, resulting in greater understanding and acceptance of asset management throughout EWSI.  

Nova Scotia Power owns, operates and maintains the majority of its power production. This is in the form of thermal steam units, combustion turbines, hydro, tidal, wind and biomass. The age and complexity of the power production facilities and equipment ranges from 90 years in some hydro stations, 40 years in some steam turbines, 40 for many combustion turbines  and as new as 3 months old in our wind turbines. Like any business, the stakeholders expect cost efficient and reliable electricity supply. Technical people expect to understand the risks, operators and maintainers expect safe and trustworthy equipment.  A need to run leaner and more profitably is a challenge that a strong asset management program can support. This presentation will highlight NSPI's approach to building an asset management program in our power generation fleet. We consciously chose innovative technologies and techniques to get results and avoid the pitfalls when following the process "by the book". Finally participants will discuss what we learned along the way and will discuss how to improve as we move forward in the never ending journey of asset management.

The Asset Management Council, based in Australia, is a non-profit, member network committed to advancing asset management knowledge and capability of members and the broader community. In June 2014, the AMA released an ISO 55001 Companion Guide as a ‘must have how to guide,’ that delivers an instructive approach when implementing ISO 55001. Sally Nugent, the executive director of AMC will share highlights of the guide during this session, and share why it has become an essential document for every asset management professional.

Asset Management is on the minds of many decisions makers as they struggle to maximize the investment of their assets. This session will provide some key insights along the AM journey and provide attendees with ideas about on how they can develop their own AM Roadmap to get to their destination of maximizing their asset investment. As well, learn about the new AM rules that should be applied in the face of new and emerging business drivers such as AM policy, vision, strategy and framework, as well as business process and maintenance effectiveness, and risk management.

Using background from the RAMS study and the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), learn how the development a maintenance strategy is an important activity that determines the operational Availability. This presentation will show asset managers and reliability engineers the elements required for a Maintenance Strategy Development, and how to drive that strategy. You will learn how to select an effective maintenance task, as well as the risk of a static asset strategy.

With over 100 years of transmission and distribution experience in Calgary, ENMAX has only been in the power generation business for a few years following the acquisition of the Shepard Energy Centre (SEC). The addition of SEC has doubled the generation operated portfolio for ENMAX requiring significant work to ensure the facility conforms to the company’s Operations and Maintenance programs. This presentation will describe various integration strategies that ENMAX undertook including: building an organizational design to fit with the asset use plan; identifying all individual assets and use a structured approach for risk assessment and maintenance recommendations; developing spare parts purchasing plan based using risk based methodology; establish complete regulatory compliance program and EHS procedures and systems; and integrating everything into ENMAX’s existing systems. This presentation will explore both the challenges and benefits of this major endeavor.