This Data Standard for Road Management and Investment in Australia and New Zealand has been developed in response to a need to standardise and harmonise data sets that support common road management and investment activities. Specifically, this Standard establishes a common understanding of the meaning or semantics of the data, to ensure correct and proper use and interpretation of the data by its stakeholders. The data specifications are specific to the data that is typically and routinely used for road management and investment purposes. It provides consistency in data definition and format. A Data Standard will assist with road management and investment activities including: asset and service performance assessment, performance benchmarking, road research, policy development, expenditure comparisons, funding approvals, supporting national reforms, national reporting, innovation, shared services, and inter-organisation communications. This Standard is designed to support asset information management systems for data collection, finance, risk, and information. It is the product of comprehensive consultation in Australia and New Zealand across the road industry. The Standard allows organisations to determine their desired level of sophistication with respect to both asset inventory recording and asset management planning and provides the relevant data specification in this regard. This approach is consistent with the fundamental principles of ISO 55000:2014 Management System — Asset Management, particularly regarding maximising ‘value’ from assets. An internal Strategic Business Case report was prepared for Austroads in early 2015, which drew the conclusion that development of road asset data standards would achieve the following: * Harmonising road asset data standards creates a platform to improve road agency practices and drive innovation; * Implementation of harmonised road asset data standards can assist in the realisation of national reform benefits; and * Harmonised data standards has the potential to achieve significant benefits. The Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) to the road sector of having a developed and implemented harmonised data standard, actively influencing reform and adoption of emerging technologies for all stakeholders, was calculated at a range of 5 - 22. The report notes three implementation options, aside from the Do Minimum/Do Nothing option: * Option 1: a harmonised road asset data standard and taxonomy is adopted by road agencies, local councils, road manager partners and service providers; * Option 2: Option 1 plus a centralised database is used to store road agency and local council road asset data; and * Option 3: a national agency is formed to collect, store and report on road asset information across all road networks. Option 1 was presented as the preferred option because: “it represents a ‘no regrets’ option — it is the easiest and least cost option and is a foundational step to implementing option 2 and option 3. Option 1 is also the least risky option and will also most likely receive the most support from key stakeholders”. In mid-2015, Austroads made the decision to invest in Option 1 of a phased implementation plan from the strategic business case: * Investigate and quantify Commonwealth and jurisdictional requirements regarding data scope; * Develop a ‘straw man’ as the proposed harmonised asset data standard; * Conduct a gap analysis and impact assessment for road agencies; and * Prepare a final business case to better quantify costs, benefits and risks. This Standard has been developed and produced in response to the scope of work outlined above. In association with the development of the Standard, a program business case was prepared, which has confirmed the original strategic assessment for the data Standard. However, any future decisions regarding implementation will be considered separately to this technical report, and will be linked to future versions of this Standard. This report has been published to provide guidance for users of road asset data. (Author/publisher)
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