BIM4Water is developing an Asset Information Management Strategy (AIMS) framework

A new framework aims to provide the water sector with unified, practical guidance on asset information and how companies can strengthen their data to support asset health and performance (reports Digital Construction Today).

Across the UK water sector, asset health has moved firmly into the regulatory spotlight. Ageing infrastructure, rising service expectations, climate resilience pressures and affordability constraints have combined to place significant emphasis on how well water companies understand, manage and invest in their assets.

Ofwat’s Asset Health programme is challenging companies to demonstrate not only the condition of their assets but the robustness, consistency and assurance of the information that underpins asset decision making and associated investment.

In response, BIM4Water, in partnership with the Water Services Association of Australia, is developing a new Asset Information Management Strategy (AIMS) framework. The framework is intended to provide practical, sector wide guidance on what good asset information management looks like, and how water companies can systematically strengthen their data foundations to support asset health, performance and regulatory confidence.

Read more in Digital Construction Today.