Integration of Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management Processes: Challenges and Solutions

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“…As a result, this research focused on the following research question: what are the barriers that infrastructure organizations face when establishing and implementing an asset management system and how do they vary between developing and developed economies? Poister et al 2013;Shiferaw et al 2002;FHWA 2007;Schraven et al 2011 Lack of identified processes and control procedures (e.g., no consideration for budgets scenarios; no criteria to optimize use of funds; undefined repairs' strategies) Mizusawa and McNeil 2006;McNeil et al 2000;Hassanain et al 2003;Halfawy, 2008;Arif and Bayraktar 2012 Inconsistent decisions by the decision makers (e.g., the organization decides to build a wastewater treatment plant without taking into account a project to connect the network's pipes) Grussing 2014;Shiferaw et al 2002;FHWA, 2007;Schraven et al 2011;Arif and Bayraktar 2012;Vanier 2001;Flyvbjerg 2007 Managerial/ Organizational: Lack of top management support (e.g., no action decisions are taken about any management system development; no long term support of management plans; no implementation of planned criteria) Brunetto et al 2014;Lizarralde et al 2013;Mizusawa and McNeil 2006;Cooksey et al 2011 Lack of communication channels within organizations and departments (e.g., different departments do not share their plans to create a general plan for the organization) FHWA 2007; Brunetto et al 2014;Cooksey et al 2011;Lizarralde et al 2013;Vanier 2001;Yankov and Kleiner 2001 Lack of scope and job description within the organization/ agency (e.g., there is no clear identification of the responsibilities and authorities for managers in different levels in the organization) Atkinson et al 2006;Arts and Van Lamoen 2005;Ziara et al 2002;PMI 2013 Lack of performance monitoring (e.g., no clear criteria; no announced indicators; unclear procedures) Cooksey et al 2011;…”

“…Infrastructure performance models are not specific to local conditions (e.g., organization uses performance prediction models with no consideration to the local conditions such as number of users and local environment; these conditions could be different from the original assumptions of the model) Cooksey et al 2011;Vanier 2001;Halfawy 2008;RepCard 2013;Uddin et al 2013;Grussing 2014 Using an incompatible technology with local conditions (e.g., very sophisticated systems, which are not compatible with other procedures) Using an incompatible operational process with local conditions (e.g., asking for specific data, which the operators do not have the tools to determine) Shiferaw, 2002;Bakuli, 1994;Wall 1993;Sohail et al 2002;Javernick-Will & Scott 2010 Lack of regulations to enhance accountability (e.g., there are no regulations that force organizations to use a clear criteria in making their decisions, such as cost-effectiveness, to select among candidate projects) Sohail and Cavill 2008;Wooldridge et al 2001;Burns et al 1999;Benito et al 2008;Acerete et al 2009 Lack of trust between different organizations and departments (e.g., departments do not provide reliable information about their performance between each other, departments change data in the regular reports and meetings to be in good shape) Ika et al 2012;Burns et al 1999 Prevalence of corruption (e.g., at the government level, consulting level) Sohail and Cavill 2008;Kenny 2009;Nordin et al 2011;Golden and Picci 2006;Bowen et al 2012 Undefined contracting criteria (e.g., undefined processes for contracting type (delivery method) selection; undefined contract documents for different type of contracts; undefined procedures for contractors' selection) Mollaoglu-Korkmaz et al 2013, Kumarasawy et al 2005, Garvin 2010 Centralized decision-making (e.g., no permission for the branches to make any decisions; everything is done in the main office) Lizarralde et al 2013, FHWA 2007 Political participation interfering with projects' decisi...…”

“…Lack of data standard ( e.g., no processes for documentation; unidentified required data; unreliability and inadequacy of data; no use for the available data) Cooksey et al 2011;Halfawy 2008;Ugarelli et al 2010;Hassanain et al 2003;Vanier 2001;FHWA 2007;Burns et al 1999 Lack of data about the implemented phases of the plans (e.g., the organization does not know the actual and current projects stages) Departments unwilling to submit to overall framework ( e.g., individuals and departments do not want to change their traditional daily work, each department has its own plans and objectives) FHWA 2007; Cooksey et al 2011 Resistance to change from local culture (e.g., people could refuse to delay their needs according to the organization's comprehensive plans, which were established based on the budget constraints and its availability) Davis and Songer 2009;Hawkins and Smadi 2013;Trader-Leigh 2002;Schuitema et al 2010 Finance Resources:…”

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