IHT Central and Southern Scotland Branch
Evening Meeting 11 June 2009
World Road Association
Technical Committee D.1. 2008-2011
Management of Road Infrastructure Assets
Donald Morrison
Head of Asset Management, Finance and Technical
Trunk Road Network Management Directorate
Transport Scotland
Overview
• The Committee
• Why did we get involved?
• Work Programme and Outputs
TC D.1 Management of Road
Infrastructure Assets
• Sub Group D1.1 – Benchmarking of
Asset Management Methods
• Sub Group D 1.2 - Data Collection for
Road Infrastructure Management
• Sub Group D1.3 – Allocation of
Resources Across Asset Classes
Sub Group D1.1 Benchmarking of Asset
Management Methods
Strategies
• Identify best practice in asset
management systems with key
aspects for Road Authorities at
different stages of development to
consider when choosing a system.
• Review costs associated with
asset systems and recommend
where costs are best focused.
Outputs
• Illustrate through case studies the
best practice for Road Authorities to
adopt.
• Produce benchmark of costs for
typical systems, relative to
investment in assets.
Why did we get involved?
• TS is a major infrastructure “owner”.
• We are actively keeping abreast of
asset management developments both
in the Highways sector and crossindustry.
• TS has an Asset Management
Improvement Programme.
The Trunk Road Asset
•Trunk Roads
Network)
3432 km (6.3% of Scottish Road
•Motorways
539 km
•A roads Dual
512 km
•A roads Single
2381 km
•Local Road
54,776 km
•Total volume
42,718 (all roads)
of road traffic
15,906 (trunk roads)(37%)
(mveh-km 2006)
12,265 (cars),
1,622 (HGV’s)(62%)
•Asset Value
£15.4 billion
•Over 11,000 road works sites per annum
•6,500 structures
•87,600 gullies
•17,500 lighting columns
•38,000 manholes
•43,000 signs
Maintenance and Management
Arrangements
Transport
Scotland
Performance
Audit Group
Management, Professional Services
& Maintenance Works
OPERATING COMPANY
Discrete Major Maintenance Contracts
Trunk Roads Network Management Directorate
ASSET
MANAGER
NETWORK
OPERATOR
NETWORK
MAINTAINER
Maintenance and Management
Arrangements
Budget
• Maintenance and Operations
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–
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–
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Structural Roads and Bridges
Routine and Winter
Minor Improvements
Traffic Scotland
DBFO
Other
2007/08
£243m
2008/09
£209m
£84m
£79m
£22m
£12m
£42m
£ 4m
£62m
£72m
£14m
£16m
£41m
£ 4m
Asset Management
Definitions
Asset management is the systematic and
coordinated activities and practices through
which an organisation optimally manages its
assets, and their associated performance, risks
and expenditures over the lifecycle for the
purpose of achieving its organisational
strategic plan
BSi PAS 55 Definition
Asset management is a strategic approach that
identifies the optimal allocation of resources for
the management, operation, preservation and
enhancement of the highway infrastructure to
meet the needs of current and future
customers
Framework for Highway Asset Management (2004)
Asset Management –
Bringing it all together
The current situation for
many organisations
Policy
and Strategy
Maintenance
Planning
KPIs
Data
Transport
Strategy
Customer
Aspirations
IT Systems
Business
Process
Option
Appraisal
Future
Demand
Work
Delivery
Supply
Chain
Value
Management
Whole Life
Costs
Risk
Management
Financial
Planning
Asset
Management
TS Asset Management Improvement Programme
2007-2009
Work Packages
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2.
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4.
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6.
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10.
11.
12.
Road Asset Management Plan (RAMP)
Network hierarchy
Gap analysis
Performance management framework
Information and systems
Lifecycle planning
Value management
Risk plans
Weigh in motion
Asset valuation
Process mapping
Computerised decision support tool
TC D.1.1 Sub group Work Programme
Members
Ramesh Sinhal (Chairman
England
Alfred Wenninger-Vycudil
Austria
Gerhard Eberl
Austria
Domonique Rafanomeza
Madagascar
Ricardo Solorio Murillo
Mexico
Sophie Tekie
Namibia
Bert de Wit
Netherlands
Chris Parkman
New Zealand
Donald Morrison
Scotland
Fernando Varela Soto
Spain
Richard Abell
England
Stephen Gaj
USA
Viktor Bardoczky
Hungary
Racid Tabbouchy
Morocco
Jose Ortiz-Garcia
Colombia
TC D.1.1 Sub group Work Programme
Methodology
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Produce case studies for:
– New Zealand
– Scotland
– Namibia
– Colombia
– Netherlands
– USA
– England
Draft case studies aligned with structure of International Infrastructure
Management Manual
– Include costs of asset management to the organisation (human process,
data collection/management, IT system etc,
Identify and Confirm Best Practice
Benchmark Costs
Present Findings at WRA World Congress Mexico 2011
Produce a report and publish article in Routes/Roads (quarterly WRA
publication)
Work Programme
Task
Description
1
Case Studies
Develop case studies
Draft TOC
Final TOC
Review case studies
Finalise case studies
2
Identify and confirm best practice
3
Benchmark costs
4
Final Report
TOC
Develop report
Finalise report
Translation and Routes/Roads paper
5
Meetings
Committee
Mexico
2008
Q4
x
2009
Q1
Q2
x
2010
Q3
Q4
x
Q1
Q2
x
Q3
Q4
x
2011
Q2
Q1
Q3
x
x
Points to Note
Committee Meetings
• Committee meets twice per year
• Work of sub-group to be reported back to whole committee
at start of each bi-annual meeting
• Canvas views on direction taken (i.e. get feedback)
• Liaise with other Technical Committees eg. D.2 Road
Pavements and D.3 Road Bridges
• Develop concepts and detail further within D1.1
• Present update at end of each meeting
Points to Note
Focus
• Focus on developing as well as developed
countries to be maintained
• Committee to organise 2 asset management
seminars over the course of the cycle
• Gaps in knowledge should be highlighted
• Recommendations are to be made for choosing
and using asset management approach
Thank You
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