Guidance Documents and Best Practices

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• InfraGuide: National guide to sustainable municipal infrastructure

• Tool: Starting the Asset Management Conversation in your Municipality

• Tool: Asset management Readiness Scale

• Learning journey: Climate resilience and asset management

• Talking it through: Guide for local government staff on climate adaptation

• Integrating Climate Considerations: Community planning

• Integrating Climate Considerations: Governance and Operations

• Integrating Climate Considerations: Service Delivery Planning

• Tool: Assess flood risk and develop sustainable management plans

• Tool: Climate adaptation maturity scale

• Tip Sheet: Scoping your asset management project

• Tips for working with an asset management consultant

• Tip Sheet: Owning the products developed with an asset management consultant

• Tip Sheet: Ensuring continuation of asset management once consultant services are complete

Asset Management Ontario (AMONTARIO)

• Guides and Templates

• Municipal Metrics Catalogue (Levels of Service)

Municipal Finance Officers' Association (MFOA)

• Strategic Asset Management Policy Toolkit

• Asset Management Self-Assessment Tool & Maturity Framework

Asset Management British Columbia

• Asset Management for Sustainable Service Delivery - A BC Framework

• Climate Change and Asset Management - A Sustainable Service Delivery Planner

Municipal natural assets initiative (MNAI)

• Legal Primer – Natural Asset Management by Local Governments in Canada

NOVA SCOTIA FEDERATION OF MUNICIPALITIES

• Integrating Asset Management & Climate Change – A Path Forward

• Data Collection Standard Operating Procedure Guide for Linear Assets

Asset management software

• FCM Guide: Questions to ask before your Municipality considers Asset Management Software

Institute of Asset Management (IAM)

• Video: The Asset Management Journey

• Asset Management - An Anatomy

• Competences Framework

• Subject Specific Guidelines: Asset Management Policy, Strategy and Plans

• Subject Specific Guidelines: Risk Assessment and Management

• Subject Specific Guidelines: Asset Information, Strategy, Standards and Data Management

• Subject Specific Guidelines: Capital Investment Operation and Maintenance Decision-Making

Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (Ipwea)

• Asset Management Basics - Applying Infrastructure Asset Management Principles

• International Infrastructure Management Manual (IIMM)

• Guidance for the Preparation of a Long-term Financial Plan

• Parks Management - Renewal Planning, Valuation and Asset Management Plans

ISO Technical Committee for Asset Management

• Managing Assets in the Context of Asset Management

• Achieve Better Value for your Organization by Aligning Financial & Non-Financial Functions

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