Maintenance Planning

Abstract

Maintenance planning is the process of ensuring that infrastructure continues to function as designed. This course provides an overview of the maintenance planning process and the mathematical foundations behind the determination of maintenance strategies and the development of intervention programs.

Objective

This course provides an overview of the maintenance planning process and the mathematical foundations behind the determination of maintenance strategies and the development of intervention programs. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to - explain the key components of the maintenance planning process, - determine optimal intervention strategies for several situations, - determine optimal asset (inspection and intervention) strategies, and - develop intervention programs for assets of different types in situations with constraints.

Content

The weekly lectures are structured as follows: 1 Introduction: An introduction to the maintenance planning process 2 Service / Interventions: Defining the service provided by infrastructure, estimating how it might change over time due to deterioration and interventions. 3 Intervention strategies and renewal theory: An introduction to renewal theory 4+5 Intervention strategies for objects with two possible states: Calculating the optimal intervention strategies when objects can be either operational or non-operational 6+7 Intervention strategies for objects with more than two possible states: Calculating the optimal intervention strategies when the object condition can be classified in multiple states, and the interventions to be executed depend on the state 8 Management strategies: Calculating the optimal timing of inspections to coincide with intervention strategies 9+10 Intervention programs: Calculating the optimal grouping of interventions on objects of different types in a network considering constraints 11+12 Organisation / Benchmarking: Principles of ensuring a well-functioning organisation with well-functioning processes. 13 Wrap-up network over time and explain what you will postpone if you cannot do all of them. 7 Presentation 2: 4 groups will present how they have justified interventions and how they have selected the ones they would like to postpone if required 8 Monitoring: To ensure you the infrastructure network is providing what you expect you need to monitor its performance and how projects are being done. This lecture is focused on the principles to ensure a monitoring system is set up that ensure that the infrastructure system is providing the expected service. 9 Help session 3: This session provides time for your group to ask questions on how to establish the monitoring systems for your infrastructure networks. 10 Presentation 3: 4 groups will present how they intended to monitor their systems and projects. 11 Organisation: Managing infrastructure only works well with great teams of people with great processes. This lecture focuses on the principles of ensuring a well function organisation and well-functioning processes. 12 Help session 4: This session provides time for your group to ask questions on how to ensure well-functioning organisations and well-functioning processes. 13 Presentation 4: 4 groups will present how they intended to ensure well-functioning organisations and well-functioning processes.

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