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dc.contributor.authorAbuzayan, K.
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBell, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:40:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:40:01Z
dc.date.created2016-04-19T19:30:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationAbuzayan, K. and Whyte, A. and Bell, J. 2014. Asset-management framework(s) for infrastructure facilities in adverse (post-conflict/disaster-zone/high-alert) conditions. Procedia Economics and Finance. 18: pp. 304-311.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33895
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00944-7
dc.description.abstract

Public works departments have responsibility to manage and operate (transportation/water/power) infrastructure assets through careful planning and adoption of appropriate (facility) management techniques. Efficient asset-management becomes all the more important for countries subject to post-conflict/post-disaster adversity, not only to reactivate essential services, but also because programs that stimulate civil-engineering industry participation contribute much to recovery rates and can make-up 10% of a (recovering) nation's Gross Domestic Product. A good asset-management model needs to address key activities, communicate respective interconnectivities, and realize best practice. Limited study has been done into asset-management model frameworks that link directly with the change-management strategies required by recovering societies; this presents an obstacle to the prompt implementation of essential asset-management systems in sectors operating in adverse conditions. Asset-management techniques able to take account of the full range of factors in less stable environments require to link contributory variables including: dynamic user-needs analyses, life-cycle analysis, national design specifications, building codes, prefabrication opportunities, procurement routes, and project management tools towards re-build/retro-fitting.This early stage research project presents progress thus far in developing an integrative asset-management framework for infrastructure facilities in adverse/high-alert conditions using a multitude of North African case-study locations. Discussion centers upon developing framework(s) as a basis for workable procedures able to be amended with regard to (changing) design specifications/standards/legislation. Secondary research is presented that addresses the need to integrate economic whole-life evaluation techniques, asset-management tools and scopes in flux, and the extent to which such examination allows future development of flexible change-management for adverse situations towards incorporation into an integrative asset-management framework for infrastructure and civil engineering assets.

dc.titleAsset-management framework(s) for infrastructure facilities in adverse (post-conflict/disaster-zone/high-alert) conditions
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.startPage304
dcterms.source.endPage311
dcterms.source.issn2212-5671
dcterms.source.title4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUILDING RESILIENCE, INCORPORATING THE 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANDROID DISASTER RESILIENCE NETWORK
dcterms.source.series4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUILDING RESILIENCE, INCORPORATING THE 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANDROID DISASTER RESILIENCE NETWORK
dcterms.source.conference4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Building Resilience
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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presented at the 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Building Resilience 2014, Sep 8-10 2014. Salford Quays, UK.

curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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