This project aims to develop a highly efficient, generic multi-criteria, multi-objective optimised maintenance strategy. This strategy will optmise structural risks, financial costs, and carbon emissions throughout the service lifecycle of key infrastructure, including buildings, bridges, and pipelines.
Project details
The civil infrastructure sector is responsible for 70% of total carbon emissions in Australia. Among the four stages identified as the most crucial in the infrastructure lifecycle: structural design, construction, operation, and end-of-life, the operation stage accounts for 72% of these emissions. Within this stage, maintenance activities and associated processes are the largest contributors to carbon emissions. Despite the significant impact of maintenance on both safety and environmental sustainability, there is a noticeable lack of rational and practical toolkits that can accurately schedule maintenance activities. These toolkits are essential to ensure the safe and carbon-neutral operation of infrastructure.
Sponsors
Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centres IC230100015 - ARC Training Centre for Whole Life Design of Carbon Neutral Infrastructure, 2024 ~ 2029
Industry partners
AIBUILD PTY LTD
MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION
Project collaborators
Prof Chun-Qing Li (RMIT University, Australia)
