On Thursday 12 May last, the KIVI Asset Management & Maintenance Department celebrated its 10th anniversary.

What have been the most important developments on maintenance and asset management in the past 10 years? And what challenges and developments do we face in the next 10 years?

With that question, KIVI's Asset Management & Maintenance department set out to investigate during the celebration of its 10th anniversary on 12 May this year at the KIVI building in The Hague. The anniversary afternoon consisted of 3 lectures and a panel discussion, together with the audience present.

With Martin Madern and Maarten Visser, we looked at a digital twin at the Aanpak Wegtunnels Amsterdam programme and the new training opportunities for operators that this offers. Eric van der Wel took us through Utrecht University's building management and the diversity of assets it contains. Timo de Vos concluded the afternoon with APM Terminals MVII's journey from sand flat to operation and the various transitions that have been and will be coming up on the organisation.

Some of the afternoon's conclusions:

  • maintenance is becoming more specialised, exploit knowledge in the market;
  • data is everywhere, use it in a meaningful way;
  • change with small steps is more effective than jolting;
  • investing in starting employees is important to make the profession more attractive;
  • be open to the knowledge and competences of the current generation to take the profession to state-of-the-art by incorporating current techniques and methodologies.

We would like to thank all speakers and participants for their contribution and presence.

Would you like to know more about the activities of the Asset Management & Maintenance profession? Then look here for our other activities in the coming months: https://www.kivi.nl/amm.