Oct 25, 2016 | General
A need for an efficient decision support tool for planning of office building refurbishment is emerging due to the significant increase in the number of ageing buildings in the world. In order to meet this need, all the aspects of building refurbishment projects such as waste minimisation and management, structural strengthening and floor space optimisation, estimation of residual life and construction management issues need to be integrated.
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Oct 25, 2016 | General
The performance or service life prediction of building systems and their components is a very difficult and complex task. Though many technical papers related to aterial and component durability have been published over the past two decades, they had a negligible impact on the development of an effective approach for forecasting refurbishment and renewal expenditure.
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Oct 25, 2016 | Data in Asset Management News
This paper assesses the potential consequences and associated risk levels for a major explosion following catastrophic failure of an hypothetical hydrogen-containing plant operating at elevated temperature and pressure. The plant is mooted as being located in an industrial area but with residential areas nearby. It considers the importance of fully open-air construction of such plants, of sufficient separation from surrounding communities and of free vertical discharge from pressure relief evices.
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Oct 25, 2016 | General
Pumping sets are common but often critical operating assets in the industry. Such pumps often do not have adequate pressure and flow instrumentation that could detect abnormal hydraulic operating conditions. This paper presents field investigations of two submerged vertical pumps with suspected cavitation and flow induced vibrations in a power plant. These pumps had a history of catastrophic impeller failures.
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Oct 25, 2016 | General
This paper presents the details and difficulties on asset management process of power apparatus used in power network. The actual condition of power apparatus is far more important than its age. The regulatory and market forces in the current competitive energy market that are challenging the electric utility require more proactive methods of utility asset management.
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Oct 3, 2016 | Conference
AMPEAK 17 preparations are well underway for April 2nd – 5th in Brisbane which is to be Chaired by Dr Monique Beedles. Information about the International AMPEAK 17 conference themed Global Issues Local Solutions – Advancing the Big Questions in Asset Management can be found on the AMPEAK17 website http://www.ampeak.com.au.
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