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Unit Code: 609

Eligible Programs:
Graduate Certificate in Pavement Technology [Elective], Master of Pavement Technology [Elective], Graduate Certificate in Asset Management [Elective]

Road Asset Management

This unit enables students to attain advanced knowledge in road asset that will enhance their professional engineering skills. The unit will impart cognitive skills to think critically about the management methods employed in the sector. The unit will also provide specialised technical and creative skills that are key to current and future professional practice. The increasing emphasis on asset management by owners and stakeholder stems from a broad spectrum of complex influences. These include; the ageing of road assets built during the post-war expansion of the road network, increased community demands for transparency in investment decisions and a growing understanding of the social, economic and environmental outcomes of investment in transport infrastructure. The complexity is magnified by new areas of government expenditure competing for limited public funds and the increasing role of the private sector in management of public infrastructure. The unit will present students with the tools to investigate, analysis and manage the complexities faced by the expert practitioners employed by road agencies.

  • Credit Points

    1

  • Unit Duration

    One semester

Unit Topics

  • Topic 1

    Managing Asset Management – An Overview

  • Topic 2

    Managing Asset Management

  • Topic 3

    Customer Needs

  • Topic 4

    Strategic Approach to Managing Road Networks

  • Topic 5

    Asset Management Requirements

  • Topic 6

    Program Development and Implementation

  • Topic 7

    Financial Management

  • Topic 8

    Optimised Decision Making and Risk Management

  • Topic 9

    Asset Management Information Systems and Data

  • Topic 10
    Implementation and Improvement

Unit Specifications

Graduate Certificate in Asset Management
Prerequisites 540 Asset Management Principles
Co requisites Nil
Unit Specification
Pavement Technology: Master and Graduate Certificate
Prerequisites 600: Fundamentals of Roads and Pavements
613: Fundamentals of Road Construction
Co requisites Nil
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