ASCE Joins U.S. Technical Advisory Group To Committee Responsible For Asset Management Standards

David Totman, Past-President of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) will represent the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on the United States Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the Technical Committee 251, responsible for the International Standards Organization (ISO) standard on Asset Management (ISO 55000). On June 30, 2020, the UESI Board of Governors unanimously voted approval for Totman to represent UESI and ASCE as a Voting Member to the US TAG. "I am proud to represent ASCE in the pursuit of advancing asset management and applying it to our physical infrastructure on which we depend," said Totman.

"American families are losing at least $3,400 a year in disposable income due to aging, outdated infrastructure -- not to mention we are facing a $2T investment gap across 16 infrastructure categories, according to ASCE's Infrastructure Report Card ," said Emily Feenstra, American Society of Civil Engineers Managing Director of Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives. "A key strategy to help solve this crisis is turning to asset management to set priorities and pinpoint repairs amidst strained budgets, and policymakers are starting to take note."

This membership supports multiple ASCE initiatives; most directly with the Utility Asset Management Division of UESI, managing aging infrastructure under the Infrastructure Report Card and the corresponding Grand Challenge, promoting life-cycle cost analysis throughout the infrastructure life cycle. Understanding the interplay between infrastructure, management processes, people, and policy is at the heart of ISO 55000 and corresponds well with the innovative civil engineering technologies highlighted in ASCE's Future World Vision.

"This membership continues to show the importance of the mission and goals of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute. David is a leader for UESI and in the asset management industry," said Diane Swecker, Director, ASCE Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute.

In January, ASCE released Changing the Infrastructure Equation: Using Asset Management to Optimize Investments , a report providing best practices for asset management implementation with 'lessons learned,' as well as policy recommendations. For more information, go to www.asce.org/asset-management-report.

About the American Society of Civil Engineers
Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE works to raise awareness of the need to maintain and modernize the nation's infrastructure using sustainable and resilient practices, advocates for increasing and optimizing investment in infrastructure, and improve engineering knowledge and competency. For more information, visit www.asce.org