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Property Asset Management Easy As 1-2-3
By Smartpath Marketing
September 7, 2009
By Smartpath Marketing
September 7, 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT EASY AS 1-2-3
~ new, affordable online service helps local government
with asset management ~
Sydney, September 7 , 2009 - Local governments moving to adhere to NAMS, National Asset Management Standards[1], as per the recently released IPWEA recommended guidelines on Building Condition and Performance Assessment Standards, can now simply log on and use a new service from Australian companies, Smartpath and SPM.
The new service, the first of its kind in Australasia, has been designed to provide councils with a comprehensive asset management system directly aligned to NAMS principles. It will deliver the best in asset management, planning and financial modelling from operations to strategy. Delivered online, the service enables Councils to trial and sign up easily at an affordable per user per month cost.
The service offers Local governments a ‘software
The solution sits within one highly scalable system that provides for specific local government requirements and extracts the value of the Smartpath and SPM asset knowledge libraries, including maintenance regimes, total useful lives, unit rates, criticality grades, and quality statements such as 5 star ratings, and general functional or quality standards.
"We recognise that local governments want to improve their asset management but many need guidance on where to start, and how to ensure that it becomes an ongoing sustainable process that delivers real value," explained Steve Lyons, Managing Director, SPM. "Between Smartpath and SPM, we've established a holy grail for asset management."
"The joint solution offers proven asset management and modelling gained from expertise in both the public and private sector, and it's available here and now with low pricing and easy technology set-up - all users need is a web browser," said David Hodges, Managing Director, Smartpath. "With ‘cloud computing', the sharing of information and benchmarking between organisations will be an automated output through dashboards and provide information that is only possible through the Smartpath / SPM solution."
The two companies are showcasing the solution at the IPWEA International Public Works Conference at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 6-10 September 2009, stand 14.
For more information, please visit www.smartpath.c
ABOUT SMARTPATH
Founded in 2001, Smartpath publishes Loc8, a web 2.0 asset, maintenance, helpdesk and mobile workforce management solution.
Headquartered in Sydney with an office in Melbourne, and a global partner program, Smartpath works across all industries, predominantly engineering, health, IT, petro-chemical, resources, manufacturing, transportation, building and construction and government.
Customers include Royal North Shore Hospital, ARA Group, Multiplex, Spastic Centre, Cue Clothing, Department of Human Services, Spotlight, Microsoft, William Angliss, Nortel Networks, IJN Hospital (Malaysia), St John's Grammar and Morgan FM.
For company information, please visit: http://www.smar
For media information, interviews or photography, please contact:
Jo Balfour
Telephone: 02 9365 6258
Mobile: 0405 542 018
Email: jobalfour@progr
ABOUT SPM
Established in 2001 with offices in Auckland and Sydney, SPM is a recognised thought-leader in asset management planning, providing specialist solutions to a diverse range of clients utilising innovative asset management principles and analytical techniques which are embodied in its proven suite of web 2.0 applications.
SPM software is widely used by asset intensive organisations across across a diverse range of market sectors including Local / State Government Property & Infrastructure; Facilities Management; Social Housing; Health and Education.
Customers include Spotless Services Australia Pty Ltd (supporting a growing number of its Public Private Partnership contracts in Australia including Sydney Water; ACT Housing; University of New South Wales and Orange Health); Housing New South Wales (the largest social housing provider in the Southern Hemisphere); and seven of the top 10 largest Councils in New Zealand.
For company information, please visit www.spmassets.c
For media information, please contact:
Roger Jameson
General Manager, Sales & Marketing
Telephone: +64 9 921 4021
Mobile: +64 21 466692
Email: roger.jameson.s
[1] Please visit www.ipwea.org.a
