About the Team

Industry Recognized

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) – Participating member of the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) Technical Working Group
Canadian National Research Council (NRC) – Asset Management Research Publication – Lifecycle Optimization Modeling
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) – Asset Management Conference Publication – Lifecycle Optimization Modeling
First International Conference for New Information Technologies for Decision Making in Civil Engineering (Montreal) – Asset Management Lifecycle Optimization Modeling – Selected for special edition publication
Hermes Scientific, Journal of Decision Systems (Oxford and Paris) – Special Edition Publication - Asset Management Lifecycle Optimization Modeling
International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (Calgary) – “Investing” category award for asset management case study application with the City of Prince Albert
Alberta Minister’s Award of Excellence in Technical Innovation
Alberta Minister’s Award of Excellence in Process Innovation
Alberta Legislature, Minister of Economic Trade and Development – Honored for innovation and successful application of asset management practices
University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Applied Science, Civil Engineering Program, Asset Management guest lecturer

Gordon Molnar, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., President and Asset Management Specialist

Gordon has over 36 years experience in developing, implementing, and managing asset management processes and technology. Gordon is a seasoned workshop facilitator and has been recognized for his balanced approach as a technical expert and trained mediator, which is very effective in facilitating workshops involving diverse interests.

Gordon was a member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) Technical Working Group. He also led the recent and successful delivery of over twenty-five FCM MAMP projects. Most of these projects included compiling the inventory (TCA and GIS), assembling the data in an Asset Management Database, completing the condition assessment for all asset classes, performing the lifecycle analysis to determine the infrastructure sustainability level, and compiling the details of capital renewal budget programming.

Gordon also led the development of major asset management initiatives, including the "Alberta State of the Infrastructure Report".

Gordon is recognized by the national and international research and scientific community in this area of practice. Gordon is a dual certified professional civil engineer and software systems engineer. He has developed numerous asset management systems and programs.

Historically, Gordon was on the asset management systems development team for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, where he also managed a comprehensive asset management program. Gordon is also a former senior and executive manager in municipal government. His areas of responsibility were public works, utilities, solid waste, regional airport, and fleet management. Gordon understands the inner functions of municipal government and direct application of asset management as an internal City employee.

Jeannie Paterson, P.Eng. Asset Management Engineer and GIS Specialist

Jeannie has over 29 years of engineering experience in a wide range of infrastructure groups, including hydrogeological investigation and installation of high capacity industrial and municipal water supply, transportation corridor route selection and design for road and rail, and engineering works related to solid waste landfills. She is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) expert in application to asset management works and is certified in the NASSCO, Pipeline, Manhole and Lateral Line Assessment Certification Programs (PACP, MACP, LACP).

Jeannie’s current applied practice includes setting up asset management inventories, including database and GIS. She also assists in the organization and facilitation of asset management workshops for development of asset management organizational and system frameworks and implementation planning.
Jeannie has conducted on-site condition assessments for a variety of asset groups, including roads, sidewalks, culverts, facilities, water distribution, and wastewater collection.