Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Asset Information StrategyTypeMaterialLengthHeightConditionAge13.7.1 Coverage: Following the recent inventory video survey undertaken byDCL records relating to signs barriers & street furniture are now available for30% of the Classified network and 20% of the unclassified network.13.7.2 Records Format: This information along with the records relating to theilluminated signs, the signs on the central motorway and the ADS signs on thePrincipal network which were held in different excel spreadsheets, have nowbeen imported to the Symology database, with locations also plotted on thearcview GIS system.Information regarding the newly installed safety barriers on the Central Motorwayare available in hard format and an inventory of the safety barriers associatedwith structures is available on the structures BridgeMan database.13.7.3 Last Survey: Video survey of 30% of the Classified network and 20% ofthe unclassified network undertaken in 2004/5. The survey of illuminated signswas undertaken in 2002, as were the surveys on the central motorway and theADS signs on the principal network.13.7.4 Updating Frequency: At present no updating of the existing informationis being undertaken.13.7.5 Current Information Uses: Currently the only information used is for thereactive maintenance of the safety barrier associated with structures, followingthe safety inspections. Although it is anticipated that the newly acquiredinformation will be used to form forward work programmes and to evaluateservice levels.Table 13.7.1 details the existing asset inventory data available using a number ofcriteria: Coverage – The amount of information available expressed as apercentage of the whole asset. Records Format & Location – Whether the records are hard copy orelectronic, what type of electronic database and where they are presentlystored. Confidence Level – The level of confidence held that the existinginformation is correct & up to date. Last Surveyed – the date of the last full survey to used to populate theinventory information. Update Frequency – the frequency with which the existing data is checkedand updated.85