The Asset Management Data Standard (AMDS) was established to support the complete asset management lifecycle, as opposed to other traditional data standards, which were developed from a maintenance management perspective.
The AMDS has been designed to support methods or processes on the network not at the asset level. This model enables us to reflect the activities that occur around the assets rather than capturing information against the asset itself.
Supporting the complete Asset Management Lifecycle enables us to monitor trends in impacts, service performance and asset condition by targeting the right intervention in the right place, at the right time by providing better consistent data. This enables better understanding of when and why maintenance renewal and improvement activities are needed, what different roadworks can achieve and their cost, and how they should be designed and scoped to address all service defects and outcomes with minimum disruption to users.
The AMDS supports current and future multimodal networks and reflects the planning and design activities around that for asset management.
Examples include:
- By supporting a pedestrian network model where significant parts of that network have no infrastructure (such as intersections, rail crossings), this improves forecasting and measurement of pedestrian traffic which can be used to resolve defects which may cause injury
- When road usage changes from 2 to 3 lanes carrying greater traffic through put, the collection of demand is based on the infrastructure rather than fixed to the pavement asset, and
- Outside lanes of a road are re-allocated for use as a cycleway, not for general traffic use. The function and demand is linked to the network rather than a particular asset. This can assist in route ability of people cycling.
Collaborating with the sector
The success of the AMDS programme to develop and deliver a national, shared standard for roading asset management relies on a collaborative effort between NZTA and the wider local government and transport sector.
This includes:
- collaboration with subject matter experts from maintenance contractors and professional services consultants including Fulton Hogan, Downer, Higgins and WSP along with representatives from Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs)
- developing inventory assets and the management of the asset over its lifecycle (such as faults, conditions, observations, controls) enabling key performance measures to be captured
- publishing the standard so it is publicly available for Asset Management Solution (AMS) technology providers to use in their AMS systems
- understanding the type and level of support RCAs need to implement the standard, and working with RCA data experts, maintenance contractors and professional services to facilitate rollout of the standard.
How to develop a data standard
