This course aims to provide a sound background to the management of transport infrastructure assets, the planning of works associated with these assets and the decision making and solutions required for their maintenance. This course will cover such aspects as asset management systems, asset management plan, asset catalogue, asset knowledge, the use of geographical information systems, delivery (plan, design, risk & value management, procure, construct), audit and review. Maintenance issues to be addressed will include whole life costing, i.e. long term maintenance against replacement and condition assessment at periodic reviews. Several of the sessions will be conducted in laboratory conditions whilst others will involve some actual practical applications.

Those attending this course will receive detailed theoretical information together with practical, hands-on, experience of the considerations for the management of major infrastructure assets. In addition, they will have direct experience of working with industry practitioners.

1 - 2 Introduction to asset management AS
3 - 4 Asset condition assessment AS
5 - 6 Risk and Risk Registers AS
7 - 8 Concept of Whole Life Costing AS
9 - 10 Asset management systems AS
11 – 12 Asset location plans AS
13 – 14 Maintenance – Road/Rail AS
15 – 16 Maintenance – Structures AS
17 – 18 Work schedules AS
19 – 20 Project planning AS

Associated Activities:

Site appraisal project – valuation of assets (On site) AS
Asset catalogue and retrieval AS
Workload packaging AS
Introduction to Primavera (P3) AS
Project planning exercise AS
Seminar AS