Assets and operations

Effective asset management and operations are central to business success. Our advisory services team helps you to develop strategies that lead to sound management, higher returns and greater flexibility from the assets that your business depends on.

With the world economy facing continuous regulatory evolution, the need for climate adaptation, and rapidly changing customer behaviours, it’s vital to think strategically. As your advisory partner we draw on the full range of Arup’s expertise and experience to develop strategies that can help you run a more successful and sustainable business.

Technical rigour, confident returns

Capital investments in vital assets are never simple decisions. We help clients to invest in assets for long-term benefit, driven by a deep understanding of your business’s operating environment, its future risks and opportunities. With a sound strategy underpinning asset performance, you get increased value from day one operations through to higher resale asset values at their end-of-life.

For those investing in new assets we provide technical and financial assistance throughout the process – investment decisions should be backed by the technical advice that can deliver the returns you need.

Protecting value for longer

As the world economy adapts to the requirements of net zero emissions, the danger of ‘stranded’ or diminished value assets is a growing risk. Our teams help you think creatively about these problems, finding ways to pivot assets’ use, identifying second or third lives for the same assets.

As businesses find ways to transition away from the fossil fuelled economy, it’s vital to avoid waste by retaining and reusing assets and infrastructure. When Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station reached its final 4 years of operation, we helped the UK government to define a new masterplan for the site, prioritising reuse of the plant’s existing assets and local social renewal, as well as promoting wider economic uplift of the East Midlands area.

Intelligence and reporting

There’s great business intelligence to be drawn from assets’ performance. From energy use to maintenance requirements to health and safety benchmarks, with an asset intelligence platform you can improve reporting on KPIs for regulators, investors and clients alike. It helps boardrooms to make more informed choices and ultimately leads to more nimble and effective management. In Queensland, Australia we’ve developed machine learning-based tools to better predict and manage highway repairs, optimising road performance while better managing costs.

Our team also make extensive use of digital, risk-based prioritisation models, providing new levels of insight into the growing range of issues senior leaders must stay ahead of.

Staying ahead of regulation

Businesses and organisations operate in an increasingly regulated world. Once voluntary declarations are becoming mandatory reporting and complex issues like climate change or environmental damage are leading to complex and thoughtful responses from businesses.

We help clients to find ways to adapt their operations to meet new goals or targets. Our ethos is that asset management is always a powerful way to address both your specific business goals while meeting wider priorities, from efficient resource and energy use to improving biodiversity. And as ever, data analytics are vital to capturing, managing and analysing this level of performance.

Building day-to-day resilience

After a year of global pandemic, the growing importance of resilience – operational, physical, technical and personal – is clear to everyone. For our asset management teams, resilience means knowing you’re ready to respond to sudden changes while also planning for emerging trends.

We prepare clients by providing a level of analysis that brings clarity to the real threats they face, whether its site selection for new infrastructure, or building the business case for investments in alternative supplies of key materials.

Intelligent asset management strengthens the resilience of your entire business or organisation.

Organisation – the people factor

Every organisation is a complex combination of people and resources. And beyond the assets themselves, managing the operational and design aspects of a new asset, service or environment is central to success. We help organisations in many different sectors, from rail and aviation to leisure and hospitality, to take a human-centred approach to this kind of business change and the solutions we develop.

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Operational readiness

Today’s businesses must meet consumers expectations that everything ‘will just work’ – and that means safely, efficiently, digitally, and sustainably. From switching terminals in a live airport, to rolling out a new digital service, our Operational Readiness and Transition service aligns your people, processes, and assets and service before launch.