Strategic Asset Management

Our purpose: We provide strategic asset planning, location intelligence and emergency management services to ensure that Council’s assets will support services that will meet current and future community needs.

The Strategic Asset Management Department provides strategic asset planning and emergency management services to the organisation, to guide sustainable management of Council’s assets to support services that will meet current and future community needs. This includes:

Strategic Asset Planning

  • Asset policy and strategy development and implementation.
  • Asset Management Framework and governance.
  • Asset Plan, Asset Management Plans and Road Management Plan.
  • Asset Planning, including Infrastructure Financial Plan and Asset Renewal program.
  • Asset Management advice and improvement – policy, process and system.

Location Intelligence

  • Web mapping services: Creating and updating user-friendly online maps like the Weave application and ArcGIS portal for easy access to maps and tools for staff and the public.
  • Spatial analysis and mapping for planning, projects, emergencies, and asset management.
  • Spatial data management: Organising, storing, acquiring and maintaining datasets for Council.
  • Maintaining essential VicMap data for use by the Council and the public.
  • Spatial systems integration with Council applications including Pathway and Confirm.
  • Providing location intelligence services to support decision-making across various departments within Council.
  • Remote Sensing: Acquiring lidar, aerial and satellite imagery to enhance the GIS database, providing 3D models of the terrain, buildings, and infrastructure, and up-to-date visual information for planning and decision-making processes.
  • Enhancing community engagement utilising spatial services and systems.

Asset Data Management

  • Asset register development and complete asset valuations.
  • Asset inventory and condition data collection, predictive modelling and performance reporting.
  • Infrastructure defect inspections. 
  • Risk incident and freedom of information reporting regarding assets.

Infrastructure Planning and Compliance

  • Emergency Management coordination and support
  • Utility contract management and payments

Our teams

  • Asset Intelligence
  • GIS
  • Strategic Asset Management

Strategic Objective

Sustainable City

Further information

Monash Maps (GIS)

Asset Management Policy

Road Management Plan

Municipal Emergency Management Plan

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