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Challenges in infrastructure asset management

Published version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Conference Object

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Authors

Parlikad, AKN 
Jafari, M 

Abstract

Infrastructure owners are facing a number of challenges in an increasingly difficult economic and political setting, and are seeking novel approaches to are required to meet the demands of operators, shareholders and other stakeholders. Owners are demanding greater value, for less overall cost, from their assets. New technologies enable higher performance and greater safety, but at a price. Initial purchase costs are rising, leading to longer periods in service. Maintenance requires a more highly skilled, and so more expensive, workforce. This paper summarises the outputs of two industrial workshops carried out in the UK and USA targeted at identifying the major challenges faced by infrastructure owners and operators. These challenges provide guidance to the academic community for directing research activities to address the needs of industry, thus delivering maximum impact.

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Keywords

asset management, whole-life cost, infrastructure management, maintenance, investment

Journal Title

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Conference Name

3rd IFAC Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Service and Technology

Journal ISSN

1474-6670
2405-8963

Volume Title

49

Publisher

International Federation for Automatic Control
Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (645733)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K000314/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L010917/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N021614/1)