The IPWEA will finalise its comments on the current draft ISO asset management standards by the end of January.
The ISO 55000 standard will give infrastructure management organisations, including local government, further direction on implementing an asset management system approach.
The complete set of ISO asset management standards will actually be made up of three separate standards: ISO 55000, which contains the overall principles and definitions; ISO 55001, which contains the actual requirements; and ISO 55002, which contains guidance on implementing the requirements.
“The new standard follows a similar line to the other ISO management standards, such as the standards for quality management and risk management,” said Peter Way, the Chair of IPWEA’s NAMS.AU and the representative on the Australian Mirror Committee.
The draft of the standard was released in November 2012. Every country involved in the development of the standard will provide their comments on the draft from next month and vote on progressing it to the final ISO stage.
Following this, the project committee developing the standard will meet in Calgary, Canada in May to respond to feedback and finalise the standards.
The final documents will be circulated and voted once more. If the standards succeed at the ballot, they will become operational in March 2014.
The Australian Mirror Committee is now finalising its position.
For more information, please contact Peter Way on
pway@ipwea.org.au