History of Infrastructure Assets Management in Canada
- Speaker: Dr. Guy Félio, P.Eng., IRP [Climate], Fellow CSCE, Fellow IAM
- Time & Date:
14:10-15:30, Friday, November 11, 2022Rescheduled to 13:10 – 14:30 EST, Monday, November 21, 2022 - Location: Online
- Zoom Link: https://ryerson.zoom.us/j/4612874120
Abstract
In the 1970s, the US Army Corps of Engineers was asked by the US Air Force to develop a tool to manage the runways they operated in the USA and around the world, and thus was born PAVER (a process and software still available and used today). Pavement management, which used the basic steps found in modern asset management frameworks, was Dr. Felio’s first introduction (in the late 1970s) to the tools and processes that today form asset management planning.
The presentation covers three key periods in the development, adoption and evolution of Asset Management in Canada: the pre-2000 years – a period of recognition and first actions; the decade between 2000 and 2010 when the AM industry was born; and the years since 2010 during which AM has been institutionalized across the country. Some of the major milestones and key people in these periods will be presented.
About the Speaker
Dr. Guy Félio (LinkedIn profile) is a national leader of infrastructure asset management. He has an exceptional research and professional experience in Infrastructure planning, management, climate risks assessment, mitigation and adaptations. Guy obtained a PhD in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University after undergraduate and graduate studies in Ottawa and a few years of consulting work. He started his career as a university professor at UCLA and returned to Canada in the early 90’s, spending 2 years as a consultant and then joined the National Research Council to become the Head of the Urban Infrastructure Rehabilitation research group. The research conducted by the group focused on finding practical solutions to municipal infrastructure challenges, including the management of their assets. It is during that time that he developed the concept and built awareness and engagement to create the “National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure” – known as InfraGuide. While at NRC, he was also seconded to Infrastructure Canada’s Program Operations to support the development and implementation of programs. After leaving the National Research Council, Guy worked in various consulting functions; he also did a tour of duty as an elected city Councillor in the eastern-Ontario municipality he and family have called home for the last 30 years. Recently, he has continued working as an independent consultant focusing on asset management, climate risks assessments, and adaptation projects in Canada and internationally. He was involved in the ISO Committee that developed the ISO 55000 Asset Management Standard, and now is on various ISO Committees related to Climate Change and Infrastructure Resilience.