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Unit of Study MNG92220 - Strategic Infrastructure Asset Management (2015)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the organisation, implementation and management of strategies to purchase, maintain and enhance the longevity of public and private infrastructure assets. Software tools will be utilised and students will undertake activities that integrate underpinning theories and best engineering industry practice.

Unit content

Topic 1. Principles of life-cycle analyses associated with operation, maintenance and renewal of infrastructure assets
Topic 2. Assessing remaining service life and renewal strategies
Topic 3. Familiarisation with software tools
Topic 4. Planning and implementation of asset management: managing costs, resources, quality and risks
Topic 5. Asset management frameworks

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Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Apply life-cycle analysis to infrastructure assets
2 Evaluate the required service life of infrastructure assets
3 Familiarisation and application of asset management-based software tools
4 Integrate theory and best practice of infrastructure asset management to a case study
5 Understand and apply asset management frameworks

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Apply life-cycle analysis to infrastructure assets
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Evaluate the required service life of infrastructure assets
    • GA4:
  3. Familiarisation and application of asset management-based software tools
    • GA4:
  4. Integrate theory and best practice of infrastructure asset management to a case study
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. Understand and apply asset management frameworks
    • GA1:
    • GA4: