Table Of ContentLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
Peter W. Tse
Joseph Mathew
King Wong
Rocky Lam
C.N. Ko Editors
Engineering Asset
Management - Systems,
Professional Practices
and Certification
Proceedings of the 8th World Congress
on Engineering Asset Management
(WCEAM 2013) & the 3rd International
Conference on Utility Management &
Safety (ICUMAS)
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Engineering Asset
Management - Systems,
Professional Practices
and Certification
Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on
Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM
2013) & the 3rd International Conference
on Utility Management & Safety (ICUMAS)
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Editors
Peter W.Tse RockyLam
Department of SystemsEngineering Engineering DoctorateSociety
andEngineering Management Hong Kong
CityUniversity ofHong Kong China
Hong Kong
China C.N. Ko
Kam Yuen(Group) InternationalLimited
Joseph Mathew Hong Kong
Asset Institute China
Brisbane
Australia
KingWong
CommunityandConstructionProfessionals’
DevelopmentCentre
Hong Kong
China
ISSN 2195-4356 ISSN 2195-4364 (electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-09506-6 ISBN 978-3-319-09507-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09507-3
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Foreword
The 8thWorld Congress onEngineering Asset Management (WCEAM2013)was
held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Utility Management
and Safety (ICUMAS) at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre from
30 October to 1 November 2013.
This year’s congress was jointly hosted by the International Society of
Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM), Department of Systems Engineering
and Engineering Management of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), the
Community and Construction Professionals’ Development Centre (CCPDC), the
Centre for System Informatics and Quality Engineering (CSIE) and the Smart
EngineeringAssetManagementLaboratory(SEAM)ofCityU,andtheHongKong
Institute of Utility Specialists (HKIUS).
The joint event attracted 395 registered participants comprising academics,
government officials, industrial practitioners and scientists from 35 countries. The
event opened and closed with special guests of honour. Mr. Chi-sing Wai,
Permanent Secretary (Works) of the Development Bureau, The Hong Kong SAR
Government and Professor Way Kuo, President and University Distinguished
Professor of the CityU opened the conference, while Mr. Wai-kwok Lo, Member
(Functional Constituency—Engineering of the Legislative Council, The Hong
Kong SAR government) addressed the audience at the closing ceremony.
Over 190 full papers were submitted and 173 papers were presented during the
3 days of the conference. In addition, the congress also featured 30 esteemed
academiciansandseniorindustrialistsastheopening,closingandkeynotespeakers.
AnindustrialforumforEngineeringAssetManagementpractitionerstosharetheir
experiencesinimplementingandobtainingconformancewiththeBritishStandards
Specification PAS 55 on asset management attracted considerable interest.
In the last decade, Engineering Asset Management (EAM) has continued to
evolve into a new professional practice. Through WCEAM we all continuously
seek to share the advances in the research and application of this transdiscipline
comprising fields such as Management, Finance, Information and Communication
Technologies, and Engineering as applied to managing physical assets.
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Too much of the developed world’s infrastructure and major assets have his-
torically been managed in a somewhat haphazard, reactive, or purely operational
way.Theabsenceofatrulystrategic,integratedapproachtoassetmanagementhas
left many societies now facing challenges of ageing national infrastructure; under-
investmentinitsmaintenance;andahugegapinaddressingtheassociatedclimate
and sustainability issues.
As its investment in new infrastructure surges, the Asian economies including
that of Hong Kong has the serendipitous opportunity to implement planning
measures that address asset management issues in the early stages of urban
development.
Typically, the term ‘asset management’ conjures up a range of understanding.
From the management of financial (as opposed to physical) assets, to facility
management, maintenance management, management of mobile fleets and simply
keeping an asset running, asset management has broad application.
In recent years, the study of a fully integrated and highly strategic approach to
infrastructureandengineeringassetmanagementhasemergedasanareaofresearch
and development. In this internationally recognised field, asset management is
regarded as the process of organising, planning and controlling the acquisition,
care, refurbishment and disposal of infrastructure and engineering assets. So much
more than just keeping the trains running or coordinating spare parts warehousing
and logistics, this emergent field takes a whole-of-life approach to managing all
aspects of all assets across an enterprise, with the objective of optimising service
deliverypotential,minimisingcostandrisk;andensuringpositive enhancementof
natural and social capital over the life of an asset.
Adopting such a view of asset management and implementing an integrated,
strategic, approach that utilises technology borne of this emergent research and
development would significantly reduce ongoing costs, optimise performance,
extendthelifespanandincreasethesustainabilityoftheassetbaseofanyenterprise
—or nation.
This year’s combined congress addresses three themes:
1. Systems, Informatics and Prognosis in Engineering Asset Management
2. Professional Practices and Certification in Engineering Asset Management
3. Underground Assets (utilities) Management in the new Era
Additionally, through the industrial forum the theme “Towards Certification”
wasalsofeaturedasconformancewithinternationalstandardsinassetmanagement
isgrowinginsignificancearoundtheworld.Itislikelythatwhenaserviceprovider
company wishes to bid for providing public services in the country, the company
mayneedtoconformtoanEAMstandard.Suchconformance/certificationofEAM
has become more than obligatory in a number of countries. Large enterprises are
able to hire international EAM consultancy firms to guide them to obtain the
required certification. Moreover, in Hong Kong Government bodies, such as
Drainage Services Department, private companies such as CLP Power Ltd., MTR
Corp., the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd., etc., have already obtained
theEAMcertificationinrecentyearsthroughPAS55.However,smallandmedium
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enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong cannot afford to hire EAM consultancy
companies to guide them. Nearly all enterprises in China do not have much
experience in practicing EAM let alone the knowledge to obtain certification.
Hence, the congress provided the opportunity to bridge these gaps so that SME
ownerscouldlearnandsharetheirexperiencewithworldexpertsinEAMaswellas
certified public utility enterprises. Since EAM is an emerging management tech-
nology, the conference provided a convenient and affordable platform in EAM
knowledge exchange and experience sharing.
The paper presentations, socials and dinners were of excellent standard. This
year’s event also provided the International Society of Engineering Asset
Management (ISEAM) with the opportunity to present its second Lifetime
AchievementawardtoProfessorEmeritusAndrewK.S.JardineoftheUniversityof
Toronto in Canada. Professor Jardine is Director of the Centre for Maintenance
Optimization and Reliability Engineering. He is also Professor Emeritus in the
University’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. ISEAM Life-
time Achievement awards are awarded for exceptional dedication and contribution
to advancing the field of Engineering Asset Management.
All papers published in the proceedings have been refereed by specialist
members of an International Review Panel for academic and technical merit.
WegratefullyacknowledgethesupportofPlatinumSponsorESRIaswellasthe
following sponsors: K.C. Wong Education Foundation, Construction Industry
Council—UESystemsInc,CLPPowerLtd.,HongKongElectric,TheHongKong
and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas), and Utech Engineering Co. Ltd.
The Chairs are indebted to the Congress Organizing Committee (OC) chaired
by Ir Dr. Peter W. Tse, City University of Hong Kong, who was assisted by
Dr. C.N. Ko (OC Co-Chair & Chair of Scientific Program Panel, Hong Kong),
Mr. Zico Kwok (OC Co-Chair & Chair of Finance Panel, Hong Kong), Professor
Lin Ma (OC Co-Chair, Australia), Mr. Paul Tsui (OC Co-Chair & Chair of
Promotion & Publicity Panel, Hong Kong), Mr. Raymond Chiu (Chair of
Sponsorship & Exhibition Panel & Co-Chair of Scientific Program Panel, Hong
Kong), Dr. Rocky Lam (Chair of Technical & Proceedings Panel, Hong Kong)
and Mr. Gary Shing-chun Tse (Chair of Sponsorship & Exhibition Panel, Hong
Kong).
Thenextcongressintheseries,theninth,willbeheldinPretoriafrom28to31
October 2014 and will be chaired by Professor Joe Amadi-Echendu of the Uni-
versity of Pretoria. For more information, please refer to www.wceam.com.
King Wong
Joseph Mathew
Louis Lock
Kwok-Leung Tsui
International Steering Committee
Kondo H. Adjallah
Basim Al-Najjar
Joe Amadi-Echendu
Veeraragavan Amirthalingam
Ian Barnard
Kerry Brown
Ming Dong
Christos Emmanouilidis
Jin Ji Gao
Marco Garetti
Paulien Herder
Andrew Hess
Stephan Heyns
David Hood
Anthony Hope
Hong Zhong Huang
Benoit Iung
Yi Jia
Jerry Ou Jia-Ruey
Dimitris Kiritsis
Thomas Brett Kirk
Andy Koronios
Helena Kortelainen
Arun Kumar
Gerard Ledwich
Woo-Bang Lee
Jay Lee
Ming Liang
Jayantha Liyanage
Roger Lyon
Lin Ma
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x InternationalSteeringCommittee
Viliam Makis
Joseph Mathew
David Mba
Jun Ni
Khaled Obaia
Jie Pan
Dong Ho Park
Kyoo-Hong Park
Des Pearson
René Pellissier
Bernard Pelei Petlane
Stephen Saladine
Don Sands
Markus Stumptner
Andy Tan
Amy Trappey
Peter W. Tse
Seppo Virtanen
Nalinaksh Vyas
Wen Bin Wang
Margot Weijnen
Roger Willet
Lifeng Xi
Maria Margarita Zelaya-Nunez
Ming Jian Zuo
