Critical infrastructure guide
Critical Infrastructure Asset Management
Lifecycle planning for essential physical and digital assets.
Systems note: infrastructure classifications, standards and responsibilities vary by country and operator. Use current local requirements for real decisions.
Why this matters
Lifecycle planning for essential physical and digital assets.
Core system ideas
Asset management connects service objectives with inventories, condition, risk, maintenance and long-term investment.
A complete register should identify ownership, location, function, age, condition and important dependencies.
Replacement decisions should consider consequence of failure as well as age.
What to review
Useful reviews usually combine service criticality, dependencies, condition, capacity, maintenance, alternate arrangements, restoration time and clear ownership rather than relying on one isolated metric.