Improving safety and availability of the UK Royal Navy submarine fleet: an asset management perspective

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Knight ◽  
J. Nicholson ◽  
P. Entwistle ◽  
M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Soil geohazard mapping for improved asset management of UK local roads

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 3151-3180 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. G. Pritchard ◽  
S. H. Hallett ◽  
T. S. Farewell
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Clay Soils ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Significant Deterioration ◽  
East Anglia ◽  
The Road ◽  
Local Roads ◽  
Ultimate Failure ◽  
The Uk

Abstract. Unclassified roads comprise 60% of the road network in the United Kingdom (UK). The resilience of this locally important network is declining. It is considered by the Institution of Civil Engineers to be "at risk" and is ranked 26th in the world. Many factors contribute to the degradation and ultimate failure of particular road sections. However, several UK local authorities have identified that in drought conditions, road sections founded upon shrink/swell susceptible clay soils undergo significant deterioration compared with sections on non-susceptible soils. This arises from the local road network having little, if any structural foundations. Consequently, droughts in East Anglia have resulted in millions of pounds of damage, leading authorities to seek emergency governmental funding. This paper assesses the use of soil-related geohazard assessments in providing soil-informed maintenance strategies for the asset management of the locally important road network of the UK. A case study draws upon the UK administrative county of Lincolnshire, where road assessment data have been analysed against mapped clay-subsidence risk. This reveals a statistically significant relationship between road condition and susceptible clay soils. Furthermore, incorporation of UKCP09 future climate projections within the geohazard models has highlighted roads likely to be at future risk of clay-related subsidence.

The UK Royal Navy

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
Royal Navy ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Business value of integrated BIM-based asset management

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1171-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustapha Munir ◽  
Arto Kiviniemi ◽  
Stephen W. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Geometric Data ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Am Processes

Purpose Currently, building information modelling (BIM) is largely seen as a 3D model, not as an information model or information management tool. This wrong perception of BIM and low interest in 3D asset management (AM) is one of the major reasons for the slow adoption by clients in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. The purpose of this paper is to identify the techniques and strategies of streamlining AM systems for BIM-based integration, and how the information is captured from physical assets towards BIM-based integration for clients to derive value from BIM investments. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study strategy was used to study the strategic implementation process of integrating BIM with AM systems and the business value of BIM in AM by a large asset owner in the UK. Findings The paper identifies key strategies in the adoption of BIM-based processes by an asset owner, the implementation process, the challenges and the benefits attained. Several barriers were identified as the challenges of adopting BIM-based processes in AM: complexity and cost associated with BIM; irrelevance of 3D geometric data in AM processes; nature of asset ownership structure; managing the asset handover process; managing change within the organisation. Organisations will have to consider the following issues in streaming asset information with BIM: the development for a clear strategy prior to adoption; connecting the strategy to the business goals; and conducting the discovery exercise to identify organisational information needs. Originality/value The research addresses a significant gap in the development of techniques and strategies for asset owners to streamline BIM with AM systems and derive business value from such integration. The research context is a case study involving a large owner-operator in the UK that has been able to derive value from BIM systems in their AM processes. The key value of the paper is improving asset owners’ understanding of BIM in AM by demonstrating the implementation strategies, linkage to organisational objectives, challenges, value management process and business value of BIM in AM. Another contribution of the paper is improving the understanding of BIM, which is usually viewed as 3D models and that 3D geometric data do not have much value for AM tasks.

scholarly journals Private law and public regulation for investor protection in the asset management industry: aims and practices of transposing the UK model in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1023263X2095837
Author(s):  
Dr Joseph Lee ◽  
Mr Yonghui Bao
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Investor Protection ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Fiduciary Duties ◽  
Legal Transplant ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asset Managers

The paper discusses how asset managers are regulated in the UK in order to provide investor protection and market confidence. Fiduciary duties and the duty of care in the English common law, statutory laws, the rules of the FCA, and other industry codes are examined to provide an explanation of the UK regulatory approach to the asset management industry. The paper then discusses the extent to which a legal transplant of the UK model to China may be feasible as the asset management industry is currently being reformed in China. Recommendations are made for China to develop an independent asset management industry, to provide more investment outlets for investors, and to have effective enforcement mechanisms of laws and rules to deliver market confidence and investor protection.

scholarly journals Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-522
Author(s):  
Justine Cooper ◽  
Angela Lee ◽  
Keith Jones
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Housing Association ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Maintenance Work ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThis paper aims to identify key performance indicators (KPIs), and their corresponding attributes, required to successfully manage asset management sustainably in a built environment context. Improving the sustainability of existing housing stock is a major challenge facing the UK social housing sector. There is a lack of support to navigate the growing and often incongruent information relating to sustainable development and how to operationalise it. The problem is twofold; first, the current (single criterion) condition-based approach to maintenance planning constrains asset managers and does not fully address the social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability. Second, the toolkits available for assessing the sustainability of housing are often generic and are time consuming and expensive to implement.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reports the findings of a participatory research project with a leading London-based housing association, using a series of landlord and tenant workshops to derive a set of attributes associated with KPIs to fully reflect the local requirements of the landlord and their interpretation of the sustainability agenda. Five KPIs are considered to be measurable, directly affected by maintenance work and independent of each other were identified by this landlord (comfort, running costs, adaptability, maintenance costs and community).FindingsThe resulting outputs, in a policy context, will provide a clear route map to social housing landlords of how to improve the sustainability of their housing stock with the additional benefits of addressing fuel poverty and carbon emission targets, whilst at the same time, help create and maintain housing in which people want to live.Originality/valueThe proposed approach is flexible enough to incorporate the individual requirements of landlords and be able to adapt to changes in government policy (local and central) in a timely, robust, transparent and inclusive format.

scholarly journals Real Estate Investment Trusts’ (REITs) Asset Management Strategies Within Global REIT Portfolios

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
Yasmin Mohd. Adnan ◽  
Normala Lamin ◽  
Muhammad Najib Razali ◽  
Rohaya Abdul Jalil ◽  
Zulkifli Esha
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Real Estate Investment ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Stability

Abstract Investment in REITs has become significant in recent years due to the stability and sustainable performance of the investment. A study on the management perspective is very important but this perspective is very limited. Asset management will derive from the profit optimization of the investment. Therefore, it is important to assess asset management strategies to ensure the sustainable performance of the assets. This paper aims to assess asset management strategies among matured REIT companies in developed countries in comparison with Malaysian REIT companies from the perspective of the managers. This research employed qualitative analyses by using content analysis techniques. A total of 41 REIT companies from the United States (US), Japan, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia were assessed. The analyses focused on the similarities and differences between the strategy framework identified in the literature review and the strategies adopted by global REITs and Malaysian REITs under review. The study will enable all REIT stakeholders to become well-informed on global REIT asset management that will derive the maximum profit from the investment. The success of developed countries’ REITs will provide guidelines for Malaysian REITs to adopt the best practice of strategic asset management from REITs in mature markets. Furthermore, this study is one of few papers that have discussed the issue of strategic property investment, particularly focusing on REITs.

scholarly journals An uncertain, erratic story: the pandemic in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-555
Author(s):  
Irvine Lapsley
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Account ◽  
Reform Processes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the pandemic from the perspective of the UK health-care system and risk management. Design/methodology/approach This paper follows a storytelling perspective. The author reflects on his experiences through the lens of research on health care and risk management. Findings The impact of the pandemic has been so massive that it has challenged the capacity of the UKs National Health Service. The political influences at work have not always promoted best practice in risk management and indicate blame-avoidance strategies by politicians. Research limitations/implications A single country experience of COVID-19. Practical implications There are major issues of asset management, of delays in decision-making, of supply chain problems and the need to reform processes of handling of crisis management. Originality/value This is an individual account of experiences of the pandemic.

Envoys of abolition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Wills
Keyword(s):  
Slave Trade ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
West African ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Slave Ships ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Naval Officers ◽  
Private Collections

After Britain’s Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, a squadron of Royal Navy vessels was sent to the West Coast of Africa tasked with suppressing the thriving transatlantic slave trade. Drawing on previously unpublished papers found in private collections and various archives in the UK and abroad, this book examines the personal and cultural experiences of the naval officers at the frontline of Britain’s anti-slavery campaign in West Africa. It explores their unique roles in this 60-year operation: at sea, boarding slave ships bound for the Americas and ‘liberating’ captive Africans; on shore, as Britain resolved to ‘improve’ West African societies; and in the metropolitan debates around slavery and abolitionism in Britain. Their personal narratives are revealing of everyday concerns of health, rewards and strategy, to more profound questions of national honour, cultural encounters, responsibility for the lives of others in the most distressing of circumstances, and the true meaning of ‘freedom’ for formerly enslaved African peoples. British anti-slavery efforts and imperial agendas were tightly bound in the nineteenth century, inseparable from ideas of national identity. This is a book about individuals tasked with extraordinary service, military men who also worked as guardians, negotiators, and envoys of abolition.

Submarine Escape, Rescue and Surface Abandonment System (SMERAS) Requirements of the UK Royal Navy

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Carnie ◽  
◽  
J W Taylor ◽  
A Dent ◽  
M Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Navy ◽  
The Uk

3D Laser Triangulation and Deep Learning Approach to Tunnel Inspection

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110611
Author(s):  
Richard Fox-Ivey ◽  
Benoit Petitclerc ◽  
John Laurent
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Laser Triangulation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
3D Laser Scanning ◽  
Manual Task ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Inspection Process ◽  
Tunnel Inspection

Regular inspection of tunnel surfaces is an important practice from both a safety and tunnel asset management perspective. However, inspection for cracking and spalling is still predominantly a manual task, which is time consuming, subjective, and exposes on-foot staff to risk. This presentation will explore the use of 3D laser scanning technology and artificial intelligence to automate the inspection process with a Canadian metro case study being presented.

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