Asset management beschrijvingen
"Asset management may be defined as a comprehensive
and structured approach to the long term management of
assets as tools for the efficient and effective delivery
of community benefits. The emphasis is on the assets being
a means to an end, not an end in themselves."
(Austroads 1997 Strategy for Improving asset management
practice, p4).
The World Road Association (PIARC) has adopted an OECD
definition of asset management, which in turn was derived
from a FHWA definition, viz:
"A systematic process of effectively maintaining,
upgrading and operating assets, combining engineering
principles with sound business practice and economic rationale,
and providing the tools to facilitate a more organised
and flexible approach to making decisions necessary to
achieve the public's expectations."
In the light of these broad definitions, road asset management
means managing a road network (roads, bridges, traffic facilities,
etc) to satisfy the requirements of business and private
road users, at the lowest possible cost over a long period
of time.
The main streams in asset management are:
- identification of need for the asset, in the light of
community requirements
- provision of the asset, including its ongoing maintenance
and rehabilitation to suit continuing needs
- operation of the asset
- disposal of the asset when the need no longer exists
or it is no longer appropriate for the asset to be retained
Asset management comprises the elements shown in the Austroads
diamond in Figure 1, all focused on facilitating the delivery
of community benefits such as accessibility, mobility,
economic development and social justice.
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