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.
Programs | Master of Pavement Technology (MPT) (AQF Level 9), Graduate Certificate in Pavement Technology (GCPT) |
Unit Name | Road Asset Management |
Unit Code | 609 |
Duration | One semester |
Credit Points | 1 |
Delivery Mode | Online |
Prerequisites |
600: Fundamentals of Roads and Pavements Unit |
Co requisites | Nil |
Unit Chair | John Truman |
Programs | Graduate Certificate in Asset Management (AQF 8) |
Unit Name | Road Asset Management |
Unit Code | 609 |
Duration | One semester |
Credit Points | 1 |
Delivery Mode | Online |
Prerequisites |
540 Asset Management Principles |
Co requisites | Nil |
Unit Chair | John Truman |
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