Training Link - Asset Management Culture with Barry Buchanan

In February 2008, I got a chance to have an interview with Barry Buchanan, of the Pacific Northwest AMUG, to get his perspective on Culture Change and Asset Management. Barry first encountered the principals of Asset Management in 1989 while working with Thames Water (http://www.thameswater.co.uk/) in the UK. Under Margret Thatcher, the water and wastewater utilities across the UK were privatized with specific contractual requirements that drove Asset Management principals for the entire industry. Barry had the opportunity to participate in this dramatic shift, which for Thames, included the integration of 26 regional water companies into a single entity in just 4 years. The organizational cultural change required by this shift in paradigm was significant and Barry had the opportunity to learn from some of the best consultants in the industry. Join me in listening to a few of the lessons he has learned over the years.

"CMMS ..... is a tool to facilitate performance measurement", Barry Buchanan, February 2008.