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Unit Summary

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

9

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Environment, Science and Engineering

Unit aim

Provides students with skills in the organisation, implementation and management of strategies to purchase, maintain and enhance the longevity of public and private infrastructure assets and engineering technology. Asset management software tools are introduced. Emphasis is on developing strategic asset management decision making skills in students, through activities that integrate underpinning theories and best engineering industry practice.

Unit content

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

Learning outcomes

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Apply life-cycle analysis to infrastructure assets and engineering technology
2 Evaluate the required service life of infrastructure assets and engineering technology
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 and engineering technology
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Evaluate the required service life of infrastructure assets and engineering technology
    • 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: