CIVE1140

Infrastructure
Management

Dr David Law

Room 12.13.31
Recommended Texts
E BOOKS in Library
• Testing of Concrete Structures, Bungey, Millard and
Grantham
• Concrete structures : protection, repair and rehabilitation,
Woodson
• Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures : Assessment and
Repair of Corrosion, El Reedy
• Corrosion of reinforcement in concrete : mechanisms,
monitoring, inhibitors and rehabilitation techniques, M
Raupach
• Australian Standards, Eurocodes, ASTM, DIN

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Recommended Texts

• Corrosion Damaged Concrete, Puller-Strecker

• Durability of Concrete Structures, Mays
• Concrete Structures : Repair and Maintenance, Campbell-
Allen
• Concrete durability : a practical guide to the design of
durable concrete structures, Soutsos
• Assessment and renovation of concrete structures,Kay
• Management of deteriorating concrete structures,
Somerville.

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Durability Failures

• Cheesegrater
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news
bysector/constructionandproperty/11344
111/Third-steel-bolt-breaks-on-
Cheesegrater-

• Bay Bridge
• http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaki
ng-news/ci_27569473/corrosion-found-
some-anchor-rods-new-bay-
bridgeskyscraper.html

• Minneapolis Bridge collapse

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdv2wRaq
o4&feature=related

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Infrastructure Asset
Management

Infrastructure assets
Provide the platform for social and
economic development
Meet the needs of the community
Enables cost effective
management of individual and
networks of structures
Advance the sustainability of
infrastructure services

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Infrastructure Systems

Examples
•Waste water reticulation system managed by a water authority
•Water supply scheme owned and managed by a semi-government authority
•Road network owned and managed by the state road authority
•Apartment complex owned and managed by the government
•Rail transport network managed by a semi-government agency
•Power supply network owned and managed by a private company

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 Total asset management process

Legal and stakeholder requirements

and expectations

Organisational strategic plan

Asset management policy –

Strategy, objectives, level of service, targets and plans

AM procedures & processes for each asset type

Implement Asset Solutions

Asset Data and Information systems

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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan

Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Asset Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
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Best Practice and Best Appropriate Practice

Considering the strategic goals of the organisation and

the industry recognised requirements, best appropriate
practice can be established.
Other factors which influence best appropriate practice
are:
1.Legal requirement
2.Customer Expectations
3.Nature of Assets
4.Exposure to risk
5.Availability of resources

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Austroads Best Practice Diagram
http://www.austroads.com.au/asset/index.html

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Best Practise for Buildings – Queensland
Government
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/sam/sam_web/frames/guidelin.htm

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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan

Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
No Is the plan Yes
Affordable
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Strategic Objectives of Organisations

A water authority’s corporate Asset management Objectives

(IIMM pg 2.7):
1. To work closely with customers to meet their needs, taking
into account an appropriate balance between service
delivery, risk, reliability and cost
2. To act in a manner which is consistent with the preservation
of the natural environment and the sustainable management
of resources
3. To achieve a position of leadership in water utility industry

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A Parks authority policy statement
• We allocate funding to provide agreed services adequate
to meet current and future needs
– We promise to
– Review our financial policies to ensure that treatment of assets align
with the best practice
– Clearly show in financial reports and asset plans any deferred
replacement of assets
– Give priority to funding new projects that achieve identified strategic
outcomes

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Strategic Vision of FHWA
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov

Vision
–To Create the Best Transportation System in the World

FHWA moves ahead with its strategic goal to -

Preserve, improve, and expand the Nation's highway transportation system while, at the same
time, enhance the operation of the existing highway system and intermodal connectors; and
to protect and enhance the natural environment and communities affected by highway
transportation; and

EPA advances its strategic goal to-

Preserve, improve, and expand the Nation's water and wastewater infrastructure and assure
that these systems are sustainable and that future communities can continue to enjoy the
water quality and human health protection that water infrastructure provides.

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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan

Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
No Is the plan Yes
Affordable
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 Core and Advanced Asset
Management

Core Early AMPs,

Core System Level
Top Down
System Knowledge
Analysis

Advanced
Advanced AMPs
Bottom Up
Knowledge
Asset Components/Data of individual
assets
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Figure 2.2.4 of IIMM gives a comparison of Core and Advanced AM
AM Core AMP needs Advanced AMP
Attribute
Description Adequate description in physical and financial Core plus
of assets terms A reliable physical inventory
Remaining useful lives of assets both at individual asset
Financial description – depreciation etc. level and network level
Physical attributes- location,
material, age
Systematic monitoring and
analysis

Levels of Should define the level of service or performance Core plus

Service required linked to strategic/community outcomes For each significant service
Define the length of time for which the asset Evaluate level of service
network must provide service options
Consultation with stakeholders

Establishing agreed service

levels
Public communication of the
levels established
Link AM plans to the est. level
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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan

Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
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Establishing Level of Service

Understand your customers

Develop levels of service

Develop performance measures

Consult with Customers

Communicate the outcomes

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Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
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Lifecycle Analysis

• Assess the existing situation

• Establish Objectives
• Quantify the benefit
• Use case studies to demonstrate the benefit

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 Performance Measure of Levels of Service Figure 3.1.4
of IIMM

Level of Service Performance Measure

Tangibles Extent of Pot Holes Number of complaints about potholes
Clarity of signage Road Users satisfied with street signs (%)

Suitability of lighting Residents satisfied with street lighting (%)

levels
Reliability Levels of Congestion AverageDuration of rush hour trip A to B
Number of signal Number of complaints about signal outages
Breakdowns
Responsive Time to repair XXX
ness Response to complaints

Empathy Understanding users XX

needs
Scheduling of
disruptions

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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan
Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
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Financial implications of the asset management plan

• Estimating the cost of implementing the plan is extremely important

• Typical cost elements are:
– Cost of the condition monitoring
– Cost of the wages of the team needed for AM
– Cost of the information system
– Cost of staff training

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 Road map for preparing an asset management plan

Corporate Planning

Review/Collate Asset Information

Establish Levels of Service

Life Cycle Management

Financial Forecasts

Improvement plan AM plan

Iteration
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Improvement plan

• The final plan should be

– Cost effective
– Environmentally sustainable
– Agrees with levels of service identified earlier
– Aligns with the best appropriate practice for the type of organisation

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