The Best Paper Award recognises the best paper either published in The Asset Journal or in the Annual ICOMS Conference Proceedings, in the period of 1 July to 30 June. The paper shall advance the understanding in the area of asset management or maintenance engineering. All authors are eligible, including non Asset Management Council members and residents of other countries.

Previous recipients include:

2009

Best Papers

Dr Glen Murphy
‘Building Bridges and Solving Rubiks Cube: Tribalism in Engineering and Technical Environments’

2008

Best Papers

Dr Glen Murphy
'Safety, Reliability or Performance? High Performing Engineering Asset Cultures'

Spiteri & R Affan
'Asset Rationalisation Process and its Application in Upgrading Rail Infrastructure'

Mr Diederik Lugtigheid
'Evaluation of Mobile Equipment Replacement Strategies using Simulation Modelling'

Highly Commended Papers

Prof David Sherwin
'Common Errors in Reliability and Maintenance Theory and Practice'

Mr Mike Sondalini
'Total Control Over Human Error - A Reliability Model'

Dr Melinda Hodkiewicz
'Using the Decision Model Development Process to Assist in Knowledge Management'