Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	Road Asset Management
School	School of Engineering
Department	Civil Engineering
Module Code	04 17835
Module Lead	Dr H Evdorides
Level	Masters Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	MSc / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Road Management and Engineering MSc / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Roads and Public Policy MSc / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Construction Management MEng Civil Engineering MEng Civil Engineering (International Study)
Contact Hours	Lecture-40 hours Practical Classes and workshops-40 hours Guided independent study-120 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The module addresses the principles and methodologies used for maintenance management or road network and institutional issues of road asset management. It covers current engineering-driven issues associated with the management of the maintenance of the road assets. It considers the different types of management systems available today and the components of such systems. Distinction is made between the Network, Works Programming, Project and Operations levels of management. In connection with this it considers the types of data that are required for the efficient management of road maintenance and the issues associated with the collection, integrity, storage and analysis of such data. The module also examines the issues of setting and assessing standards and strategies for road maintenance management, monitoring the performance of pavements as well as the performance of the management systems employed. Furthermore it covers the principles followed for the appropriate treatment selection and prioritisation of pavement maintenance programmes. Other aspects related to road asset management include demand management, predicting demand, assessing financial cash-flows, failure mode analysis, risk assessment and management, optimised decision-making (including life-cycle costing) and asset valuation. Institutional issues deal with the structures for road administration including the development of a road policy framework, finance, institutional development and management, ownership and responsibility, systems implementation and development.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Assess the importance of, and the principles governing, the current concept of maintenance management of road assets. Identify and assess the different types of management systems and their components and assess the suitability of a system for a given situation Evaluate and use the principles associated with planning, programming, and design of maintenance, treatment selection and prioritisation of maintenance schemes Assess and identify the levels of data required for the efficient management of a road network and select the appropriate method for their collection and analysis Devise and implement a methodology for the selection of the appropriate maintenance standards in connection with sustainable methods for monitoring the performance or road networks Evaluate the institutional issues associated with the road sector.
Assessment	17835-05 : Coursework : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Assessments: Coursework (100%) Reassessment: Revise and resubmit coursework (100%)
Other	None
Reading List	Road Engineering for Development, R Robinson, B Thagesen Road Maintenance Management, R Robinson, U Danielson, M Snaith Highways: Volume 2 Highway Engineering, C.A. O'Flaherty Restructuring Road Institutions Finance and Management, Vol 1 and 2, R Robinson and H Evdorides