Documenting the Economic Benefits of Transportation Asset Management: The U.S. Perspective

摘要

1. MAP-21 defines asset management as:1.1 A strategic and systematic process of operating,maintaining, and improving physical assets,1.2 With a focus on engineering and economicanalysis based upon quality information,1.3 To identify a structured sequence of maintenance,preservation, repair, rehabilitation, andreplacement actions that will achieve and sustaina desired state of good repair over the lifecycle ofthe assets at minimum practicable cost.