Infrastructure Asset Management: Referees 2019

2009

Urban water infrastructures provide essential services to modern societies and represent a major portion of the value of municipal physical assets. Managing these assets rationally is therefore fundamental for the sustainability of the services and for the economy of societies. “Asset Management” (AM) is a modern term for an old practice – assets have always been managed. In recent years, significant evolution occurred in terms of the AM formal approaches, of the monitoring and decision support tools and of the implementation success cases. However, a long way is still to go. This paper presents the highlights of key recent developments in IAM main asset management , with an emphasis on the on-going Portuguese project AWARE-P. The paper also provides an overview, inevitably subjective, of the current drivers, challenges and trends of infrastructure asset management, at an international level. It finishes with some basic guidance on how to implement an infrastructure asset management...

IRJET, 2020

2000

Harness human competence in organizations 9 Maintenance Decision for Repair and Inspection Optimize repair and inspection policies 12 MR&R Decisions with Genetic Algorithms Compare trade off between maintenance or rehabilitation 18 Condition Prediction for Concrete Bridges Improve deterioration prediction of concrete bridges 18-Multicriteria Decision Making Simplify complex decision making issues 19 Performance Measurement Balancing performance measurement criteria Pavement Management Path 4 Network level Management for Pavements Optimize interventions across homogeneous road sections 11-Optimized Management of Pavement Predict pavement deterioration with Markov Process 13-Traffic and Maintenance Effects Understand interaction between failure and environment 14-Guidelines to Asset Management for Roads Inform on American Guidelines for Asset Management on Roads Water and Utility Infrastructure Path 1-Information and Data Quality Determine quality of business information to achieve goals 5 Deterioration and Decision Modeling of Sewer Pipes Improve deterioration prediction of sewer systems 10 Modeling Water Main Breaks Optimize replacement time to prevent water main breaks 16-International Guidelines for Asset Management Justify budgets to maintain deteriorating assets Implementing Asset Management In step 1, we explore whether the research community has a shared understanding of the management of infrastructure assets. This step is important because researchers discern a potential

The paper describes the immediate need for business process re-engineering related to infrastructure asset management. The paper uses the "Municipal Infrastructure Investment Planning" (MIIP) project to describe potential opportunities to improve the efficiency of maintaining constructed assets. The MIIP is a research project employing the following enabling technologies: maintenance management, life cycle economics, service life prediction, user requirement modeling, risk analysis and product modeling. The project focuses on a proactive approach to maintenance, repair and renewal of municipal infrastructure assets. In each of these enabling technologies, there are opportunities for business process re-engineering. The authors discuss other technologies available today to assist infrastructure asset managers, including innovative techniques and information technology tools. Techniques such as capital renewal/deferred maintenance planning, engineered management systems, level of investment studies and condition assessment surveys are described, as are tools such as computerized maintenance management systems, CD-ROM, the Internet, computer aided facilities management and mobile computing.

Infrastructure is vital for regions life, mean while the infrastructure is always onerous and complex. The region must be able to manage its infrastructure well. Therefore the Basic Principle of Infrastructure Asset Management need to be well defined. This paper presents the result of an attempt to define the Basic Principle Infrastructure Asset Management. The Infrastructure Asset Management is defined as the science, the knowledge and the program to manage the infrastructure life in order to be able to well function in sustainable way, efficient and effective. The Infrastructure Asset Management knowledge consists of 7 basic knowledges, i.e on infrastructure, infrastructure function, infrastructure physical structure infrastructure externalities, infrastructure life cycle, infrastructure economy, and infrastructure managing organization. To master the Infrastructure Asset Management analyse tools must be added such as: statistics, decision making, risk management, quality management, strategic management, etc.

2004

Scope of Asset Management for Municipal Infrastructure 1.1 Why Asset Management? Managers of mixed urban infrastructure assets in federal departments, provincial governments, municipalities, school boards, and universities, etc. have to manage a diversified set of built assets, from complex underground networks (e.g. water distribution, sewers) to buildings, roadway systems, parks, transit systems, and other assets collectively known as infrastructure. These built assets are subject to deterioration due to ageing, climate, geological conditions, or changes in use. Because of a lack of adequate funding and appropriate decision support technologies, certain components of our urban infrastructure have been neglected or receive only remedial treatments. Consequently, these built assets do not last their originally predicted service life, unless they undergo major rehabilitation and renewal. Asset and property managers are faced with many challenges regarding when and how to inspect, maintain, repair, renew, and replace a diverse set of existing facilities in a cost-effective manner. There are few tools in the form of standards, guidelines, technical literature, or best practices to assist them in their decision-making. In addition, there are now many information technology (IT) solutions claiming to address the needs of municipalities; however, it is extremely difficult for all organizations to evaluate all these solutions for suitability to meet all their needs. 1.2 Definition of Municipal Infrastructure Several definitions are required to advance this discussion on municipal infrastructure asset management. A more exhaustive glossary and list of abbreviations are included as Appendices A and B, respectively.

Growth and Change, 2009

2013

The infrastructure in the Netherlands is crucial for economic development on a national scale. Dramatic increases of transport and mobility accelerate ageing of infrastructure. The GNP of the Netherlands is strongly related to transport and to the two main ports (Port of Rotterdam and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol). The Netherlands is used to a high standard of infrastructure and expectations of the Dutch are that this will continue. But in the public mind new capital works are predominating and renewal of existing infrastructure is taken for granted. This paper focuses on the maintenance and renewal of existing infrastructure. The economic growth and finance conditions, that gave rise to its initial development, has changed and financing of renewal and acquisition of new projects needs to be accomplished in a new and more complex economic climate. In order to provide a reliable, well-manufactured infrastructure, which satisfies public expectations, planning of the necessary activities...

Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), 2018

The inventory of deteriorating infrastructure is increasing, and government resources are contracting inversely. The added expenditures of "emergency" repairs caused by asset mismanagement is too expensive and untenable. In response to the funding shortfall for transportation projects throughout Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) needs to develop a strategic level asset management analysis tool for strategic planning. Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) is a cohesive process that integrates data storage, software systems and analytical methods for strategic planning. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the WisDOT currently manages their infrastructure assets and demonstrate how IAM technologies could improve efficiency and cost savings. Interviews were conducted with WisDOT staff on multiple occasions to ascertain current methods of asset management and project planning. Case study research and comparisons of successful asset management by other progressive state agencies were utilized to formulate the results. It was determined that the only instrument that can effectively realize long term performance, dependability in financial assessment, and prevent an unanticipated inflow of repair work is an Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) system.

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2014

Public works departments have responsibility to manage and operate (transportation/water/power) infrastructure assets through careful planning and adoption of appropriate (facility) management techniques. Efficient asset-management becomes all the more important for countries subject to post-conflict/post-disaster adversity, not only to reactivate essential services, but also because programs that stimulate civil-engineering industry participation contribute much to recovery rates and can make-up 10% of a (recovering) nation's Gross Domestic Product. A good asset-management model needs to address key activities, communicate respective interconnectivities, and realize best practice. Limited study has been done into asset-management model frameworks that link directly with the change-management strategies required by recovering societies; this presents an obstacle to the prompt implementation of essential asset-management systems in sectors operating in adverse conditions. Asset-management techniques able to take account of the full range of factors in less stable environments require to link contributory variables including: dynamic user-needs analyses, life-cycle analysis, national design specifications, building codes, prefabrication opportunities, procurement routes, and project management tools towards re-build/retro-fitting. This early stage research project presents progress thus far in developing an integrative asset-management framework for infrastructure facilities in adverse/high-alert conditions using a multitude of North African case-study locations. Discussion centers upon developing framework(s) as a basis for workable procedures able to be amended with regard to (changing) design specifications/standards/legislation. Secondary research is presented that addresses the need to integrate economic whole-life evaluation techniques, asset-management tools and scopes in flux, and the extent to which such examination allows future development of flexible change-management for adverse situations towards incorporation into an integrative asset-management framework for infrastructure and civil engineering assets.