With increasing pressure to manage assets within a finite and often shrinking budget, we will look at how asset information can be analysed and used to forecast and plan your works.
• Over 3000 assets • 137 miles of waterway • 92 Listed Buildings • 2 Kelpies and 1 Wheel • Scheduled Ancient monument • 22 sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) adjacent to the canals
Canal opened 1801 – Crinan Canal opened 1843-49 - Poor construction of Caledonian Canal forced closure 1822 – Union and Caledonian Canal opened 1933 – Union Canal closed to commercial traffic 1963– Rights of navigation extinguished for Lowland Canals 1998 to 2002 ‘Millennium Link’ restoration of the Lowlands 2012 – Scottish Canals founded
making process • Ageing protected historic asset • Increase in visitor numbers • Provision of a safe environment • Ability to plan and predict our future position • Need to secure future funding levels
Principal & Non Principal Assets Hierarchy of Inspection Optimised Inspection Cycles Graded Serviceability Grade – 1 to 3 Condition Grade – A to E Consequence of Failure Grade – 1 to 5