MNG92100 Strategic Asset Management: Annotated Bibliography Analysis

This annotated bibliography explores the strategic asset management of highway infrastructure, drawing upon several key articles and reports. The bibliography begins with a discussion on culvert infrastructure and the importance of its maintenance, referencing Najafi and Bhattachar's (2011) work on developing an inventory and inspection framework. It then delves into the broader context of asset management strategies, highlighting the Wigan Council (2015) and East Sussex (2015) reports on highway asset management. These sources emphasize the need for effective asset management to ensure optimal service levels and address challenges like climate change. The bibliography also includes the Manchester City Council (2015) and Leeds City Council (2015) reports, which detail the practical implementation of asset management frameworks and the importance of data-driven decision-making. Finally, Sodikov's (2015) work on road asset management systems in developing countries provides a contrasting perspective, highlighting the challenges and obstacles in adopting complex asset management tools. The document provides a comprehensive overview of asset management practices, including the use of sophisticated tools for assessment, and the impact of stakeholder engagement.

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Najafi, M. and Bhattachar, D.V., 2011. Development of a culvert inventory and
inspection framework for asset management of road structures. Journal of King Saud
University-Science, 23(3), pp.243-254.
In this article the author explains about the bad condition of the culvert infrastructure
of the highway. The research of this article has been taken place in Michigan where six
culverts of the highway were taken in to consideration in order to carry out the research
process. It has been mentioned in the article that in the 21st century more importance is being
given to the maintenance of embankments of highway and various pavements but the culvert
maintenance is being totally neglected by the various government authorities. The structure
of drainage which crosses roads, railroads as well as highways is termed as Culvert. The
transport department who are overseeing the conditions of Culvert should develop a model
which will help the improvement of the culvert and also help in forecasting the services of
highways. The main objective of this research paper is to develop an asset management
framework which will improve the condition of the inventory of the culvert. It has been
mentioned in the report improper asset management strategy deteriorated the culvert
infrastructure in the United States. The entire research aimed to find out that it is very
important to develop an asset management strategy because it helps in addressing all kinds of
problem which is related to the highway and roads and thus help in improvement of the
services for the customers or those who are availing the road. The author in this article
developed a model which inspects the degraded condition of the culvert as well is efficient to
take measures to improve the condition.

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Wigan Council, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy. [pdf]. Available at
<https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Highways-Asset-
Management-Strategy.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
This article explains various techniques which is being used in the asset management
strategy of highways and roads. It is being said that effective asset management strategy not
only helps in the asset management of the highways currently but in future the highway
infrastructure is efficiently managed so that it can give a standard level of services. Each and
every organization should develop a structure of asset management which can help to
smoothen the services of highway and transport. The various asset component of the
highways and road are Bridges, culverts, street lights, Traffic board, plates and many more.
The group of infrastructure asset management should look after the planning of the highway
asset management. The main function of the strategies of Asset management is to
continuously monitor and review the entire process and procedures of asset management. An
effective asset management strategy consists of lots of benefits. It increases the engagement
with the stakeholders, it helps in improvement in the delivery of the products with lot of
efficiency, it also helps in dealing with any kind of unexpected incident like climate change,
emergency delivery and many more.
East Sussex, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy 2015-2022. [pdf]. Available at
<https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/media/7224/highway-asset-management-strategy-2015-
2022.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
This article explains about the importance of an effective asset management for the
highway infrastructure of the East Sussex. According to this article asset management is
termed as formulation of strategies which helps in the maximum allocation of resources,
enhancement of the infrastructure of the highway so that the need of the present and the
future customers is addressed. The East Sussex has developed various Asset management

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objectives. The most important objectives of asset management in the highway sector is that
it is important to create a secured highway environment for the people who are travelling
through the highway. Another objective of Asset management is to plan the decisions of the
management in the asset investment. East Sussex has developed an entire framework of Asset
management which involves the following steps, Planning, Enablers and Delivery. Planning
involves the formulation of strategy which will further help in the implementation of the
framework of Asset management. Under the field of planning the performance in the
highway service is also measured. After the planning gets completed, then comes the role of
enablers. Enablers helps by supporting all the activities which is required for the
implementation of the Asset management framework. The Asset management framework
helps in the adoption of the culture of the asset management in an organisation. Enablers also
help in the formulation of strategies which is required to use the systems of asset
management. The last section which comes is the delivery. The component of delivery in the
framework helps to strategies the services of the highway. The article states that the services
of the highway are generally delivered by the contract of the highway maintenance. East
sussex has also understood that have an effective decision making in the field of asset
management it is important to have a correct system of data management.
Manchester City Council, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy. [pdf]. Available at
<file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/Highways_asset_management_strategy___December
_2015.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
This article explains about the importance of asset management of the highway and
roads by the Manchester city council. The council states the fact that effective management
of asset improves the clarity and the service level. The various principles of Asset
management in highways and roads has been mentioned in this article. It helps in the
reduction of the maintenance costs on a long term basis. It increases the satisfaction of the

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customers as well as reduces the delays of people while they are travelling in the roads. Asset
management helps in the understanding of the possible demand in future. In the article it has
been mentioned that the council has set an asset manager whose role is to promote and
deliver the various asset management services. Since the road network of Manchester is
considered to be one of the backbone of the entire economy it is important to maintain the
highway with proper efficiency. To do that an effective asset management framework has to
come in to play. Stakeholder engagement improves the activities of the asset management.
The strategies for managing the Assets is divided according to the asset group. In this article
the asset group is divided in to various parts. It has been mentioned that Carriageways
account for 65% of the total value of a highway asset. The other assets of highways which
needs to be maintained properly in order to provide effective highway services are Traffic
Signals, Footways, Street lighting, Drainage and many more.
Leeds City Council, 2015. Highway Infrastructure Asset management strategy. [pdf].
Available at <https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Highway%20Infrastructure%20Asset
%20Management%20Strategy.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
This article explains about the Asset Management framework of the West Yorkshire.
According to this article the framework of asset management is considered to be the key
component which enhances the services the of highways and roads. The steps which is
involved in the Asset management framework is Policy, Strategy, Performance, Data,
Lifecycles planning, Works programme. All the elements of the framework help in managing
the highway assets in a more significant manner. According to this article one of the main
objective of Asset management is to coordinate or to create a relationship between the
improvement of highway or schemes which deals with maintenance of highways. The Leeds
City council gives utmost importance to allocation of budget in different groups of Assets.
The Asset management strategy of the highway infrastructure of this particular council is

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supported by a huge number of data. This council is trying to construct a lifecycle approach
which will help them to maintain the various activities which is required for highway
maintenance. The council has adopted a data collection method which helps them to
understand whether they are meeting the requirements of national government when it comes
to managing the assets. It has been discussed earlier that asset management strategy of
highway and roads is being done to increase the service level. The various factors which
affects the service are providing safety to the customers who are travelling the highway, to
ensure the entire network of highway is accessible, to deliver the service within the budget, to
create sustainable solutions in order to continue with the highway maintenance.
Sodikov, Jamshid. (2015). ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE STUDY UZBEKISTAN. Science Journal of
Transportation. IV. 48.
In this article the asset management of road has been discussed. In developed
countries the asset management of road is a new concept. The road asset management system
which is being followed by the various developed countries is very complex in nature and
thus the developing countries are failing to adopt the systems. Sophisticated tools are being
implemented by the developed countries in the field of asset management in order to
maximize the budget. There are being various systems of Asset management which is being
utilized by various countries. The systems include “Highway Design and Maintenance
Standard Model”. The world bank has developed this system. World Road Association has
also developed a model known as the “World Road Association”. Though this system has
been utilized by the various developed countries but implementation of asset management has
been difficult and they had to face many obstacles and hurdles while implementing the
system. One of the sophisticated approach which has been mentioned in this article for the
asset management of road is to use complicated tools for assessment. Few countries like

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Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Philippines and Laos are implementing the asset management of road
through various development programs. The model which is named as Analytic Hierarchy
Process is being used in order to do the analysis of network for making decisions of asset
management, maintenance of traffic and optimization of cost.

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References
East Sussex, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy 2015-2022. [pdf]. Available at
<https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/media/7224/highway-asset-management-strategy-2015-
2022.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
Leeds City Council, 2015. Highway Infrastructure Asset management strategy. [pdf].
Available at <https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Highway%20Infrastructure%20Asset
%20Management%20Strategy.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
Manchester City Council, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy. [pdf]. Available at
<file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/Highways_asset_management_strategy___December_20
15.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]
Najafi, M. and Bhattachar, D.V., 2011. Development of a culvert inventory and inspection
framework for asset management of road structures. Journal of King Saud University-
Science, 23(3), pp.243-254.
Sodikov, Jamshid. (2015). ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES: CASE STUDY UZBEKISTAN. Science Journal of Transportation. IV. 48.
Wigan Council, 2015. Highway Asset Management Strategy. [pdf]. Available at
<https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Highways-Asset-
Management-Strategy.pdf> [Accessed 12 April 2019]