Maintenance assessments (sometimes called “audit” although we prefer the term “assessment”) represent a growing part of our business in China. This article will explore the principles, practice and benefits of such assessments.

Capital Eco-pro Group, one of China’s largest environmental groups, operates public-private partnerships (PPP) water companies all over the country. To further enhance the reliability of its service to municipalities across China, Capital Eco-pro Group launched a project to optimize its Asset Management system, based on the ISO 55000 international standard.

Organica (www.organicawater.com), a global provider of innovative wastewater treatment solutions, and Siveco China, a pioneer of Smart O&M with a long presence in the Chinese water market, have launched a partnership to deliver Digital Twin solutions for the Operation & Maintenance of wastewater treatment plants.

bluebee® X enables companies operating physical assets in China’s tough business environment and fast-changing regulatory landscape to enforce Asset & Risk Management best practices from board room to field workers.

On May 28, 2021, Siveco China team attended the French Gala Shanghai 2021 with high level representatives from our clients Yingde Gases (Asia’s largest industrial gas supplier), Baosteel Packaging (China’s leading metal packaging manufacturer), Urbaser (global waste management company), our ecosystem partners Schaeffler (integrating our solutions in their condition monitoring suite) and the Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association (APUEA).

I am writing this editorial from the Three Gorges Dam, visiting as a simple tourist, 20 years after having implemented the maintenance management system there! I feel greatly privileged to have come to China at the right time to build the teams that delivered so many first-ever (and other superlatives) CMMS/EAM projects! Even before Three Gorges, we worked on Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (phase 1 followed by the others), Shanghai Metro (line 2 had just opened!) and many more.