Infrastructure Management: Dynamic control of assets

Infrastructure Management: Dynamic control of assets

Verlaan, J.G.
Schoenmaker, R.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Structural Engineering

2013-08-12

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 should be carried out on tactical as well as strategical levels. The research is based on systems theory, and conditions for effective control are developed. The conceptual model is validated in real life cases in the Netherlands. The result of the research could be used as a framework for controlled, tactical asset management processes. It involves the application of detailed asset management processes, procedures and standards. This allows development of sub-plans for the allocation of natural, physical and financial resources, which may serve to achieve strategic goals by meeting defined levels of service.

infrastructure
assets
control
process
maintenance
traffic load
valuation
accounting standards

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IPWEA 2013: Biennial Conference of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, Darwin, Australia, 12-14 August 2013

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