2024 Schedule

Many organizations execute their asset management plans on incomplete asset registers. In many cases, this is the result of old and outdated engineering information, many MoCs that were not updated in the asset register, or insufficient rigour in managing the asset register. An incomplete asset register is one of the most basic risks in the asset management process; it is the "risk of the unknows," while assuming that "we have all our assets," or that "someone will do something about it." This presentation will demonstrate how a reality laser scan can be used to confirm the "as-is" state of the physical plant and equipment, how it can be leveraged to update the completeness of the asset register, and how it can identify outdated or duplicated assets in the asset register. The presentation will include the following: the value of ensuring that the asset register is up to date; how reality scans can be used in place of missing engineering drawings and information; how reality scans can be used to confirm the as-built status of engineering drawings or 3D models; and how the location and asset hierarchy in an EAM system can be updated and restructured based on reality scans. The presentation will include case studies and findings from two projects that leveraged reality scans.