Each NAMS manuals and guidelines are well recognised and distributed worldwide. Each provide the background and skills for best practice in asset management. 
The NAMS Group Seminars are a mix of theory and analysis of actual case studies and are tailored to each audience. 
At NAMS we have a team of industry leaders who support our organisation and enable us to drive asset management innovation and share best practice on the international front. 
Designed for anyone seeking a range of asset management resources, expertise and knowledge. 2013 Seminar Synopsis & Locations
It’s the Putting Back that Counts
This workshop will examine the inter-relationships between operational, maintenance and renewal strategies for assets - in many ways the ‘heart’ of asset management. It will explore the different activities that make up each of these strategies, how best to define the boundaries between each strategy and how best to forecast and disclose the activities, both in a descriptive and financial sense. The workshop will also tackle the vexed question of how best to record, disclose and communicate deferral of maintenance and deferral of renewals. Learn More...
21 May
Millenium Hotel, Corner Eruera & Hinemaru Streets, Rotorua
Valuing Customer Values
Previously known as Developing Levels of Service and Performance Measures, this seminar is designed to help organisations develop levels of service measures which both aid the organisation in improving its performance and which the community can understand. Based on the NAMS Developing Levels of Service and Performance Measures Guidelines this seminar covers; linking levels of service to community/strategic outcomes, consulting with the community to understand the key levels of service, developing focussed and meaningful levels of service measures and implementing and reviewing levels of service. Learn More...
22 May
Millenium Hotel, Corner Eruera & Hinemaru Streets, Rotorua
The Art of Parks
(Asset Management for Parks)
Although Asset Management as a practice has been used successfully in New Zealand for the last 15 years many public sector organisations have realised that there are some differences in the application of asset management principles to recreation and community assets. This seminar is designed to explain asset management planning processes specifically as they relate to the management of parks, reserves and community facility assets. Learn More...
19 June
Kingsgate Hotel, 100 Garnett Ave, Te Rapa, Hamilton
Beans for Beams
(Accounting for Asset Managers)
A key output of the asset management planning process is financial information which is used by the organisation to forecast both the finances needed to deliver the agreed levels of service and the decline in service potential of the assets used over time. In order to produce this financial information, the asset manager needs a good understanding of accounting principles as they relate to asset management. This seminar is designed for people involved in any aspect of asset management that do not currently have a financial background. It also looks at the linkages between Asset Management plans, Long Term Plans and Annual Reports. Learn More...
26 June
DLA Philips Fox, Customhouse Quay, Central, Wellington
Asset Management 101
Previously known as Introduction to Asset Management, Asset Management 101 has been refreshed and will accommodate those people who have been managing assets for a while at an operational level and need to understand the strategic context of what they do. Asset management as a practice has been used successfully in New Zealand for the last 17 years with those organisations applying its principles seeing real business gains in the management of infrastructure assets. The Asset Management 101 seminar is designed specifically for managers and staff for whom asset management is a new process.
2 July
Venue TBA, Christchurch
The Write Asset Management Plan
Asset Management Plans are a key planning document for organisations which deliver levels of service through assets. Complementary to the Introduction to AM seminar, this seminar is a practical ‘how to’ write and update an asset management plan. The seminar covers each topic of the asset management plan in turn - what is needed, the linkages to others sections of the plan, good practice examples and how these might relate to different situations. The seminar will help participants to identify what they should focus on to get the most organisational value from their plan.
3 July
Venue TBA, Christchurch
Keeping to the Key Plan
(Capital Asset Management in Central Government – CAM)
This workshop was introduced in 2011 as our Capital Asset Management in Central Government – CAM Seminar. This seminar covers the basic principles and drivers for asset management as a business process for Central Government. The workshop sessions explore the nine elements of the Treasury CAM framework and the use of these to drive increased asset management capability. The seminar will help participants to identify what they should focus on to get the most organisational value from CAM. Learn More...
17 July
Venue TBC, Wellington
Valuing Customer Values
Previously known as Developing Levels of Service and Performance Measures, this seminar is designed to help organisations develop levels of service measures which both aid the organisation in improving its performance and which the community can understand. Based on the NAMS Developing Levels of Service and Performance Measures Guidelines this seminar covers; linking levels of service to community/strategic outcomes, consulting with the community to understand the key levels of service, developing focussed and meaningful levels of service measures and implementing and reviewing levels of service. Learn More...
6 August
DLA Philips Fox, Customhouse Quay, Central, Wellington
Mutual Comfort; Building Audit Relationships **New Seminar
This workshop is to provide asset and activity managers of audited public sector organisations with the background of the ”why, what and how” of an audit relevant to asset management issues and long term plans .It will look at the audit mandate, the audit process, the likely lines of inquiry and the audit reporting mechanisms. Common audit issues and concerns will be examined with the intention that a better understanding of respective roles and responsibilities will bring enhanced outcomes for all parties.
7 August
DLA Philips Fox, Customhouse Quay, Central, Wellington
Real State of your Real Estate
(Asset Management for Property)
This seminar is designed for those managing publicly owned property assets. Based on the NAMS Property manual, property case studies are utilised to demonstrate the key considerations when managing property assets. The seminar specifically covers: an overview of asset planning frameworks and lifecycle management, asset information management, condition and performance assessment, using levels of service to define property needs, demand and demand management, capital project decision making.
21 August
Auckland
Driving the Assets **New Seminar
(Asset Management for Transport)
Driving the Assets is a new seminar and will be introduced in 2013. We are currently developing this seminar and the synopsis will be available online in the new year. Please check for this again soon.
10 September
Auckland
AMP up your AMPs
(Updating your Asset Management Plans)
This course is aimed at people who have an existing asset management plan that needs updating. The workshop objective is to provide participants with the skills to update their plan to enable the organisation’s asset management story to be told in a logical manner using language that is easy to understand. Industry best practice examples will be highlighted.
20 March - Postponed to a later date
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