ENN530 Asset and Facility Management


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Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Unit code:ENN530
Credit points:12
Pre-requisite:EGH404 or entry to (BN87 or BQ87 or EN55 or EN60 or EN53 or EN73 or EN76 or PM20 or PV21)
Equivalent:ENQ530
Coordinator:Ehsan Arzaghi | ehsan.arzaghi@qut.edu.au
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Overview

Professionals are often involved in the management of processes and infrastructure including transportation, water, energy, buildings and telecommunications. In today's business environment, the safe and efficient maintenance and management of these assets and associated risks is critical. The professionals need to know how to manage the whole of life cycle of assets; organise maintenance based on condition and reliability assessments; and create as well as implement effective safety and environmental systems, asset management and maintenance plans so as to meet the business objectives of the organisation.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

  1. Understand and appreciate whole life cycle management for engineering assets and infrastructure
  2. Understand and appreciate various types of maintenance strategies and management techniques
  3. Have an awarness of reliability theory, practical reliability engineering, condition monitoring techniques and their applications
  4. Be able to assess causes of failure and undertake FMECA
  5. Understand techniques for maintenance management, planning and logistics

Content

This unit will cover the following topics:

  1. Overview of advanced engineering asset management concepts; Overview of maintenance engineering, procedures responsibilities and tasks
  2. Overview of safety and environmental management of processes and engineering infrastructure assets (Advanced knowledge available in ENN532)
  3. Maintenance organisation and control
  4. Reliability statistics and reliability engineering;
  5. Component reliability; data collection and analysis; probability plotting
  6. System reliability and availability
  7. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and FMECA
  8. Condition monitoring and assessment technology
  9. Reliability centered engineering - industry perspectives
  10. Quantitative techniques for maintenance planning
  11. Fault tree and event tree analysis
  12. Risk analysis and management
  13. Strategic asset management and decision support

Learning Approaches

Teaching Mode:

This unit will involve lectures, delivered by both academic and industry experts, and tutorials. Normal lectures will cover the unit content throughout the semester while the tutorials will supplement the lecture materials and reinforce your understanding with the assistance of examples and problem solving exercises. One written report on a major assignment/project on FMECA or reliability will form the component of continuous assessment.

Hours per week: 3 (2 hour Lecture, 1 hour Tutorial)
Alternatively, a block mode of teaching may apply, in which the main lectures are conducted in two weeks.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will receive feedback from your lecturer during various stages of your project and also after assessment of your finished project and your presentations. Feedback will also come from your team members.

Assessment

Overview

QUT's Assessment Policy is located at MOPP c/5.1

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Problem Solving Task

Students will solve problems relating to the reliability analysis and risk assessment. This will be a timed assessment. Once started, students will be required to complete the assessment in a specified period of time.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Weight: 25
Individual/Group: Individual
Due (indicative): Per Study Guide
Related Unit learning outcomes: 2, 3

Assessment: FMEA and Reliability Analysis

Students will need to individually conduct an FMEA analysis on a product of their choice and submit a report. Additionally, students are required to do some reliability data analysis on some failure time data and compute some related quantities.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Weight: 25
Individual/Group: Individual
Due (indicative): Per Study Guide
Related Unit learning outcomes: 3, 4

Assessment: Project (research)

Students will be provided a research topic related to asset management and are required to work together as a team to conduct the project and submit a report. The assessment also includes an individual oral presentation of each student’s work.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Weight: 50
Individual/Group: Individual and group
Due (indicative): Per Study Guide
Related Unit learning outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resources available to the student will include lectures from both academics and industry guest lecturers. Resource materials will include references cited during lectures and prescribed texts. The student will also have access to consultation with the unit coordinator and industry guest lecturers.

Resource Materials

Recommended text(s)

Beasley, M. "Reliability for Engineers", Macmillan Press, London, 1991, ISBN 0-333-54238-X

Kelly, A & M J Harris, Management of Industrial Maintenance, Butterworths 1983, ISBN0-408-01377-X

Kelly, A. Maintenance Strategy and Maintenance Organisation and Systems. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.

B Render & R M Stair Jr, Quantitative Analysis for Management, Allyn & Bacon, 1982, ISBN 0-205-07619-X

Wang, J. & Roush Marvin, What Every Engineer should know about Risk Engineering and Management", Marcel Dekker, 2000, ISBN 0-8247-9301-3

Davies, A, Handbook of Condition Monitoring - Techniques and Methodology, Chapman & Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-412-61320-4

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You will be informed of any requirements pertaining to a safe workplace. In lectures, tutorials and such, the information will include location of fire exits and meeting points in case of fire. If you do not follow legitimate instructions or who endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, will be required to leave the session.

Course Learning Outcomes

This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.

BN87 Master of Engineering Management

  1. Apply advanced engineering management knowledge, concepts and practices in managing engineering systems and assets
    Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering management problems to achieve research informed solutions
    Relates to: ULO4, FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  3. Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering management project
    Relates to: ULO5, Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  4. Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences.
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering management decision making and professional accountability .
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN53 Master of Renewable Energy

  1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Analyse and evaluate Renwable Energy problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
    Relates to: Project (research)
  4. Effectively communicate Renewable Energy problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN55 Master of Professional Engineering

  1. Apply advanced and specialist knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering design, analysis management and sustainability.
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve research informed solutions.
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  3. Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering project.
    Relates to: Project (research)
  4. Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non specialist audiences.
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering

  1. Demonstrate and apply specialised knowledge and technical skills in at least one Engineering discipline.
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  2. Critically investigate real world engineering issues and solve complex problems drawing on specialised creative skills, analysis, evaluation and synthesis of discipline knowledge, theory and practice.
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  3. Employ effective written and oral professional communication skills across social, cultural and discipline domains.
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  4. Exercise responsibility and accountability in applying knowledge and skills for own learning and effective practice including working independently, ethically and collaboratively.
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN73 Master of Renewable Energy with Project Management

  1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
    Relates to: Project (research)
  4. Effectively communicate problems in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN76 Master of Renewable Energy with Data Analytics

  1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
    Relates to: Project (research)
  4. Effectively communicate problems in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
    Relates to: Project (research)

EN79 Graduate Diploma in Engineering Studies

  1. Demonstrate and apply advanced discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary Engineering practice
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  2. Analyse and evaluate Engineering problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions
    Relates to: Problem Solving Task, FMEA and Reliability Analysis
  3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage Engineering projects in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
    Relates to: Project (research)
  4. Effectively communicate Engineering problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
    Relates to: FMEA and Reliability Analysis, Project (research)
  5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
    Relates to: Project (research)