Abstract
Uncertainties about climate change consequences, changing societal requirements and system complexity require flood protection asset managers to continuously evaluate their asset management policies and practice to manage risk and improve the resilience of their assets. However, there are many challenges in doing this, with asset operators often facing conflicting interests and major uncertainties about the future needs for asset performance. In the EU Interreg IV FAIR project, flood protection asset owners and operators, with scientific partners from the North Sea Region of Europe collaborated to develop practical guidance for adaptive asset management of flood protection infrastructure. The central component of this guidance is the FAIR framework, presented here. The framework combines insights and principles from ISO 55000 on asset management and ISO 14090 on climate adaptation with asset operator experiences to provide a practical guide for integration of asset management considerations within both strategic and operational contexts via a tactical handshake. This is a means to avoid the common lack of connection between strategic plans and operational practice. The applicability of the framework is illustrated with examples from Pilot Cases within the FAIR project, in which its value in terms of improved asset management and reduced costs has been demonstrated.
Highlights
Interest in asset management as a formalised means of managing assets has increased significantly
Several approaches have been developed that are well aligned with the principles of asset management, such as the development of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), in the context of aviation maintenance [2], and the development of Risk Based Inspection (RBI), in an industrial context [3]
The Pilot Cases reflect the diversity of existing flood protection structures and different national or regional strategies and practices in asset management in the North Sea Region (NSR)
Summary
Interest in asset management as a formalised means of managing assets has increased significantly. In the context of flood protection, assets are primarily drains, dikes, dams, dunes, storm surge barriers and other hydraulic structures Asset management for these requires a means to align reinforcement and renovations with maintenance and inspection efforts while ensuring that a variety of performance requirements required by society are met for the foreseeable future and beyond. The Pilot Cases reflect the diversity of existing flood protection structures and different national or regional strategies and practices in asset management in the NSR. The pilot in Hamburg focused on the operational asset management of gates in the sea walls, with a major focus on ensuring the reliability of the gate operation and relating this to maintenance and inspection measures These are just some examples of the diversity of practical situations that can be encountered and that can be streamlined by the FAIR framework
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