Asset Information Requirements (AIR) set out the managerial, commercial and technical information elements required to produce asset information. It conveys OIR to project-specific external suppliers or in-house teams, setting out the information requirements of the agency in relation to the maintenance of infrastructure assets.
Each agency will need to identify whether they prefer to define a single set of information requirements to manage their assets, or whether to align with the asset lifecycle and agency asset operating model. To align with the agency operating model defined in the IDMF, the following two sub-sets have been defined, which also align with the development of operational and maintenance concepts during the project phase.
Maintenance AIR
The Maintenance AIR subset sets out the managerial, commercial and technical information elements required to manage the maintenance of an infrastructure asset or group of assets. It explains the information needed to answer or inform strategic, tactical and executional objectives for maintenance of the infrastructure. For larger projects where a maintenance concept is developed, it would be expected that these maintenance related requirements would be covered within the maintenance concept documentation.
The requirements should include information on the recommended maintenance plans and associated repair tasks that covers planned, preventative maintenance activities to support the owner / maintainer to anticipate and plan for resources and cost to maintain the assets.
The requirements captured in the AIR should also cover the renewal, repurposing, replacement, decommissioning and disposal of the assets.
Operations AIR
The Operations AIR subset sets out the managerial, commercial and technical elements of operating or providing a service utilising a specific infrastructure asset or group of assets, for example at the precinct level. Agencies will need to determine the appropriate level of aggregation of assets. It explains the information needed to answer or inform strategic, tactical and operational objectives in relation to the delivery of a service and the support provided by a particular asset or group of assets. For larger projects where an operations concept is developed, it is expected that these requirements would be covered within the operational concept documentation.
The requirements should include information on what is required to support normal operations of the asset to enable the owner / operator to anticipate the resources and costs to operate the assets.
Last updated 12 Nov 2020