Abstract
North Sea Region countries depend heavily on flood protection infrastructure, such as dikes, dams, sluices and flood gates. Knowledge on where, when and how much to invest to ensure functioning is of crucial importance for asset owners and operators. This requires asset management approaches that are adaptable, respond to feedback and function within various contexts. The FAIR (Flood defense infrastructure Asset management & Investment in Renovation, adaptation, optimisation and maintenance) project has developed a unique framework to ensure that asset management processes are adaptive, comprehensive and make effective connections across strategic, tactical and operational contexts. The framework has for the first time informed an assessment of maturity of five flood protection asset management organisations in the North Sea Region, using a seven-factor maturity assessment model. This paper describes the self-assessment process and the self-reported maturity changes during the project. Maturity assessments were undertaken on two occasions, at the start of the project, and again toward the end. This has revealed how the baseline level of maturity for each organisation developed over the course of the three-year project. The observed maturity changes indicate that adopting the FAIR framework has added value in improving current approaches to asset management.
Highlights
North Sea Region (NSR) countries depend heavily on flood protection infrastructure assets, such as dikes, dams and hydraulic structures
Maturity assessment models can provide a structured approach to help to assess the effectiveness by which asset owners have and are implementing Asset Management (AM) approaches
This paper has introduced the use of a modified asset management (AM) maturity assessment (IM3), uniquely interpreted for use by flood protection infrastructure owners and operators
Summary
North Sea Region (NSR) countries depend heavily on flood protection infrastructure assets, such as dikes, dams and hydraulic structures (e.g., sluices and flood gates). Knowledge on where, when and how much to invest is of crucial importance for asset owners They need to make best use of (shrinking) budgets for flood protection. This requires a systematic and systemic use of Asset Management (AM) strategies, using life-cycle approaches to inform choices between abandonment, maintenance, renovation and adaptation. It requires looking for and using opportunities to connect investments in flood protection infrastructure with other complementary investments [3], including transportation, telecommunications, recreation and ecosystem restoration. The principles for improved AM strategies for flood protection infrastructure include [5]: 1. Priorities: AM should be focused on priority areas in terms of flood risk reduction
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