It takes a consistent approach to planning and decision-making to properly manage municipal infrastructure assets. This guide will show you how to develop an asset management policy, strategy and governance framework for your Canadian municipality.
Learn how to develop asset management practices that are aligned with your municipality's strategic goals. You'll also learn:
This guide is designed for municipal staff and elected officials in Canadian cities and communities of all sizes.
This free publication was created through FCM's Green Municipal Fund, funded by the Government of Canada.
This resource was developed by the Municipal Asset Management Program(MAMP)
MAMP is designed to help Canadian municipalities strengthen their infrastructure investment decisions based on reliable data and sound asset management practices. This eight-year, $110-million program is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. It is being implemented in partnership with municipal, provincial and territorial associations and other key stakeholders.
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Discover best-in-class reports, guides, case studies, templates and more, all aimed at helping you advance your community’s climate resilience.
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Discover how your community can combine its climate action and asset management approaches, with our learning journey. Watch a video and read our easy-to-understand factsheets and guide.
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Share our ready-to-use, customizable presentation with your municipal council to raise awareness of asset management and its value to your community. Download it today.
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Discover how to make asset management practices a part of your municipality’s daily business decision-making framework. Learn from a video, case study and checklist, developed to support your municipality.
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Learn strategies to improve your community’s climate resilience through your existing assets and programs. Check out our handbook, worksheet and factsheets.
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Learn definitions for common asset management terms. Read the key concepts here.
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How can you ensure that your municipal employees are engaged with your asset management journey when you are working with a consultant? Read our tips.
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Are you thinking of developing a Request for Proposals for an asset management project? Would you like some guidance on defining your scope? Discover key tips to help you meet your objectives.
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Questions to ask before your municipality considers asset management software.
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Are you working with a consultant on an asset management project—and do you want to make sure you can update the deliverables in the future? Read our tips on how to address this concern in your Request for Proposals and contract.
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Is your municipality thinking of hiring an asset management consultant? Discover tips that help you avoid challenges, get the most value and articulate what you need to make your project a success.
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Watch this video series to learn how municipalities across Canada are making climate action a part of their municipal asset management practices and decision-making.
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Municipal day-to-day operations need to integrate climate change data and considerations. Read this page to learn questions and tools that can help you take climate action in your community.
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Is your municipality updating or renewing its community plan? Check out this page to learn what climate considerations you should be integrating in your planning activities and learn about what tools you will want to use before you create your plan.
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Is your municipality reviewing its service delivery planning? This page can help you discover climate considerations you should be integrating in your service delivery planning activities and learn about what tools you will want to use before you create your plan.
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Help your municipality understand, value and manage its green infrastructure in the context of climate change with these resources.
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Watch our webinar to hear lessons learned and practical advice that will help your municipality tackle common asset management challenges.
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Access reports designed to help you maximize returns on your community’s infrastructure investment and support sustainable infrastructure decisions and actions. Learn more.
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Download the guide now and see how this tool can help your municipality get started on building asset management practices.
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Use our Asset Management Readiness Scale to assess your municipality's asset management practices and identify areas for improvement to help you advance.
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Check out these beginner asset management resources from across the country.
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Discover how asset management practices help municipalities sustainably manage infrastructure and deliver services over the long term.
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Is your municipality struggling to plan for growth, the effects of climate change and infrastructure updates? Watch this video to see how asset management planning can help.
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Are you searching for the best guides, tools and templates to help you implement asset management at your municipality? Check out our curated library organized by topic.
