BCWWA Annual Conference 2013; Asset Management Series presented by Dan Todd of Urban Systems, Lisa Gallic Tseshaht First Nation and Danny Higashitani, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

1. BCWWA
Annual
Conference 2013
Tseshaht First Nation
Planning the Future of our
Water and Wastewater
Infrastructure
Lisa Gallic, Tseshaht First Nation
Danny Higashitani, AANDC
Dan Todd, Urban Systems Ltd.

2. Building a community’s asset management capacity
by:
 Creating a consolidated asset inventory
 Integrating inventory with tablets
Key Learning Objective

3.  AANDC’s Approach to Asset Management in BC
 Tseshaht First Nation Project Overview
 Tablet Demonstration
 Key Takeaways
Presentation Overview

4.  State of Asset Management Amongst BC First
Nations
 Capacity Building Workshops for BC First
Nations
 Capacity Building Pilot Projects
AANDC’s Approach to Asset
Management in BC

5. Tseshaht First Nation
Asset Management Project

6. 6
Identifying Key Assets

7. 7
Creating a Consolidated Inventory
and Integrating with Tablets
 Collect and review
available asset
information
 Digitize information into a
GIS inventory
 Review with staff and fill
data gaps
 Link digital record
drawings to inventory

8. 8
Field Testing and Training

9. 9
Establishing an Approach for Maintenance
Management Task Integration
 Benefits of having a
Consolidated Inventory on
tablets
 Next Steps for
Maintenance Task
Integration

10. 10
Tablet Demonstration

11.  Understand the O&M
challenges of community
before initiating an asset
management capacity
building project
 Tailor the tablet and software selection to satisfy the
user’s needs
 Ensure the end users take ownership of the project and
are comfortable with the technology to ensure ongoing
use and updating of consolidated inventory
Key Takeaways

12. Key Takeaways

13. ?
Questions

14. Contact Info
Lisa Gallic lgallic@tseshaht.com 250-724-1225
Danny Higashitani danny.higashitani@aandc-aadnc.gc.ca 604-666-9753
Dan Todd dtodd@urbansystems.ca 604-235-1701