The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) has launched EEMUA Publication 238 (Edition 1), ‘A guide to civil, structural, and building asset management in process, industrial, and production environments’.
EEMUA 238 provides a systematic risk-based approach to raise awareness and criticality of civil infrastructure and defines a suitable method to manage civil infrastructure assets.
The new guide details how a systematic civil and structural facilities management process based on inspection, asset planning, assigning of roles and responsibilities, determining asset criticality and conducting risk evaluations, allows civil and structural facilities to be robustly managed. It covers:
- Guidance on likelihood of failure of specific civil and structural infrastructure types
- Guidance on classification of detected defects
- Detailed guidance on degradation mechanisms and consequences for structural integrity
- Guidance on inspection criteria
- Guidance on common requirements for risk assessment.
EEMUA 238 emphasises that proper management of civil infrastructure assets is as important as management of all other assets, equipment and components of an industrial plant.
For more information visit www.eemua.org
