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The 2006 edition of the Infrastructure Asset Valuation and Depreciation Guideline provides an agreed and consistent approach for the valuation and depreciation of infrastructure assets including roads, water supply, sewerage, storm water, parks and recreation, land drainage, property, cultural and heritage assets. The general principles are also applicable to telecommunications and energy assets.

An Austroads report on processes by which road agencies can streamline their decision-making. The report outlines the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) as a means for prioritizing objectives based on competing criteria and economic factors.

A literature review produced by Austroads in 2006, reporting on the purposes and techniques for community consultations at road agencies.

This report, published by Austroads in 2006, provides guidance for processing results of level-of-service community consultation to more efficiently build a framework of performance measures for maintenance activities.

Published by Austroads in 2006, this report outlines the findings from a study on asset management of unsealed roads, as well as the results of a literature review, LGA survey, and workshop on the current practices and development of management tools for unsealed roads.

An Austroads report on processes by which road agencies can streamline their decision-making. The report outlines the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) as a means for prioritizing objectives based on competing criteria and economic factors.

In this study a US team examined the importance of an organizational cultures that prioritizes asset management and a process for coming to effective decisions. The team looked at agencies in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand. Agencies studied were found to use asset management as a pathway towards more funding. The end of the report concerns ways to implement such a system of asset management is the US.

This report provides a comprehensive look at approaches taken by AASHTO member departments to comply with the requirements of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 34. GASB 34 is the accounting standard that requires general infrastructure assets to be reported together with related depreciation or preservation costs in the comprehensive financial statements of state and local governments. This report documents how the requirements set by GASB 34 were met and catalogs the various approaches that were implemented in the first year. This report will be helpful to professionals who work with state departments of transportation and local governments in the areas of finance, auditing, asset management, and policy-making.

This report presents two tools developed to support tradeoff analysis for transportation asset management. These software tools and the accompanying documentation are intended for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies to help them improve their ability to identify, evaluate, and recommend investment decisions for managing the agency's infrastructure assets. A gap analysis conducted in the first phase of the study revealed that many existing asset management systems are not being used to their full potential. A need was identified for tools that could be integrated with existing systems to improve an agency's ability to analyze and predict the impacts of investments at the network and program levels on overall system performance. This report and software will be very useful tools for analysts and decision-makers in three major functional areas within state DOTs: (1) policy, planning, and program development; (2) engineering (construction, maintenance, and operations); and (3) budget and finance.

A significant challenge for U.S. transportation agencies is managing the transportation asset base while funding expansions of the network to meet increasing demands. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study of asset management experience, techniques, and processes in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand. In its study, the U.S. team observed that asset management as an organizational culture and decisionmaking process is critical to transportation programs facing significant capital renewal and preservation needs and that successful programs require top-level commitment. The team also learned that agencies in the countries studied used asset management practices to obtain funding for transportation infrastructure. The team’s recommendations for possible implementation in the United States include using asset management principles to assess and invest in the Interstate System, creating a National Asset Management Steering Committee to distribute information and provide training, developing a Web-based asset-management toolbox, and conducting research on asset management topics.

This case study details the economic approach to asset management in Hillsborough County, Florida. A critical component of Hillsborough County's asset management program was their use of economic analysis tools. These tools will help the county to save money in the long run, and will facilitate the integration of other asset management practices into the county's programming. This report is part of the FHWA Office of Asset Management's series of case studies on TAM, produced with the goal of sharing information between agencies to improve efficiency.

As numerous tunnels in the United States began to show signs of considerable deterioration, it became necessary to develop a Tunnel Management System to guide highway and rail transit tunnel owners. Produced in conjunction with the Highway and Rail Transit Tunnel Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual, this manual provides specific information for the inspection of tunnels. The manual includes information on inspection preparation, procedures, and documentation.