Trends and challenges in strategic asset management

摘要

Managing urban infrastructure assets is a continuous task, starting at the time of construction, so therefore asset management is nothing new for the utilities. Nevertheless, a more comprehensive and well-devised strategic approach has been evolving in recent years, from fundamental concepts to practical implementation. The key concept as summarised by Haskins (2008) understands strategic asset management (SAM) as a set of processes aiming at minimising life-cycle costs of owning, operating and maintaining infrastructure assets, while continuously delivering established levels of service at an acceptable level of risk.