Expertise

Asset management

At Rijkswaterstaat, asset management encompasses maintenance, replacement, and renovation of infrastructure. It also includes network improvements, expansions, and service provision directly related to our networks, such as traffic information, incident management, winter maintenance, and traffic control.

Seamless cooperation across these activities is essential to fulfilling our mission: contribute to safety, quality of life, and mobility in the Netherlands.

Improving asset management practices

We face significant challenges in the coming years. Parts of hundreds of bridges, locks, tunnels, storm surge barriers, and other infrastructure components are approaching the end of their life and require renovation or replacement. Doing this in a timely matter without compromising the networks’ performance will demand innovative approaches.

Simultaneously, we must enhance the sustainability and climate resilience of our roadways, waterways, and water systems, all within a context of limited financial resources, nitrogen deposit restrictions, and limited human resources both internally and within the construction sector labour market.

Improving asset management practices

To address these challenges and strengthen our control, we are improving its asset management practices to align them with the ISO 55001 standard. A dedicated change program supports this effort through an integrated approach focusing on improving processes, governance structures, information systems, and staff competence. The goal is to achieve an optimal balance between network performance, cost, and risk.

We value collaboration and actively engage in knowledge sharing at both national and international levels within our sector and with best-in-class asset management organizations from other sectors. By doing this, we aim to drive innovation and adoption of best practices to ensure and continually improve public infrastructure asset management in the Netherlands and internationally.

Projects

BEPROACT

BEPROACT seeks to revolutionise critical infrastructure. This approach will equip organisations with the means to assess the status of infrastructural asset.
Upgrade Twente Canal, upgrading from ECMT IV to ECMT Va

The Twente canals are links for transporting goods by water to Almelo, Hengelo and Enschede. The Canal has been upgraded from ECMT IV to ECMT Va class.
Pioneering the smart maintenance innovation system: SAMEN

The SAMEN Fieldlab integrates technical and social innovation. We have joined this initiative to use new knowledge for data-driven asset management.