Why asset management should be a corporate function

In 2003 Brimbank City Council in Queensland, Australia, accepted the challenge of adopting a corporate approach to asset management. Asset management has been seen as a catalyst for change across all areas of Council activity. Three years into a 5 year program, the Council has implemented an improved population and service forecasting process, an improved service delivery assessment regime and an integrated customer and asset management information system; developed asset management plans covering roads, open space, facilities and drainage; and undertaken numerous data and condition surveys and improvement projects. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E215943.