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A Framework for Strategic Infrastructure Asset Management

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Book cover Definitions, Concepts and Scope of Engineering Asset Management

Part of the book series: Engineering Asset Management Review ((EAMR,volume 1))

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Organisations owning and managing infrastructure assets are constantly striving to obtain the greatest life time value. This led to the development of the concept of asset management to provide a systematic approach to manage infrastructure assets. However, asset management as a discipline is still relatively new and as such lack well grounded theories. There is an urgent need to document the processes involved in the management of infrastructure assets. Through case studies, this paper aims to first, review the goals of infrastructure asset management and investigate the extent to which they reflect a business resource approach to infrastructure asset management. Second, the paper will identify the core processes of infrastructure asset management. These observed processes are then synthesised into a strategic infrastructure asset management framework to serve as a benchmark for practising manager looking to create value within their organisations.

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    Eric G. Too

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  1. Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa

    Joe E. Amadi-Echendu

  2. Southern Cross University, 2485, Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia

    Kerry Brown

  3. Department of Accountancy and Business Law, University of Otago, 9015, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Roger Willett

  4. CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), Queensland University of Technology, 4001, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Joseph Mathew

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Too, E. (2010). A Framework for Strategic Infrastructure Asset Management. In: Amadi-Echendu, J., Brown, K., Willett, R., Mathew, J. (eds) Definitions, Concepts and Scope of Engineering Asset Management. Engineering Asset Management Review, vol 1. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-178-3_3

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