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house maintenance team as
their maintenance may only
be needed intermittently. To
generate sufficient economies
of scale so that they become
financially attractive, many
owners resort to outsourcing to
facilities management entities.
Among the new developments
that are driving Infrastructure
A s s e t M an a g e m e n t an d
Facilities Management is the
need to maintain sustainability
including energ y s avings
procedures that come with new
technology and materials.
To be effective, it is essential
that facilities management
needs are incorporated at
the design stage to allow for
flexibility in developing an
inclusive project financing model
that covers the full life cycle of
the project and continues to
maintain its functionality and
serviceability without affecting
the well-being of users in
catering for refurbishment,
retrofitting and other activities
needed to facilitate asset and
facilities management.
Most notable is the emerging
technology for infrastructure
asset management in the
implementation of Building
Information Modelling (BIM)
which is an enabler in collating
data during the design and
construction process which can
be used to commission facilities
and validate per formance
so that the facility continues
to per form as intended.
Fur thermore, implementing
BIM will allow information to be
captured and be used by most
Computerized Maintenance
Management System (CMMS) to
manage complex facilities.
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Here, I would like to
emphasise that up -to date information to support
management decisions
on items such as network
inventor y details, traf fic,
axle loads, costs and road
conditions is vital. However
the cost of data acquisition
can be very expensive and
as such, an appropriate data
design is critical to assess
physical conditions, safety,
level of service, and efficiency
of the operation of our road
infrastructures.
In addition, it is becoming
increasingly important for us to
be able to predict the effects
on the infrastructure that
proposed policies are likely
to have in the future. Such
predictive capabilities, available
in Road Management Systems,
enable decision makers to test
alternative courses of action to
determine which policies and
strategies will be most effective
in accomplishing the desired
level- of-service for long-term
network per formance and
expenditure needs. Irrespective
of any other requirements,
within the context of delivering
appropriate level of service
to the customer, all assets
have to be managed efficiently
and effectively by applying
combination of engineering,
advance technology, economic
and good practices to maximize
values of assets over the whole
life cycle.
I am glad the fields of asset
and facilities management are
making many organisations review
how structure and infrastructure
projects may be developed
given the new dynamism in the
built environment discipline as
opposed to the static approach
of the past. More importantly
asset and facilities management
addresses current global issues
that have been partly blamed
for excessive development of
structures and infrastructures in
the past.
It will take some time before
we can reap the reward of
maintenance culture towards
achieving developed nation
status but what is most
importance is the willingness
of all concerned parties to play
a pivotal role in fostering such
culture that will benefit future
generations.
The
maintenance
culture should not be only
confined within Government
organisations but also at the
private sector. It is my fervent
hope that this culture, to
fulfil the adage “First Class
Infr as truc ture and World
Class Maintenance Culture”
be adopted and embraced by
all of us in ensuring our socioeconomic well-being. The Trans
Pacific Partnership Agreement
(TPPA) reinforces the fact
that assets owners uplift and
maintain their assets at par
with international standard and
practices to compete globally.
The failure to comply can
jeopardise and pose difficulties
for foreign investors when
operating in our country.
Finally, I would like to once
again thank the organiser
for inviting me to deliver the
keynote address and officiating
the INFRAASSETS2015. With
these words, it gives me great
pleasure in declaring this
congress officially open.