Risk and asset management is critical for ensuring the reliability, safety, and sustainability of water systems. It helps identify, mitigate, and manage risks to infrastructure while optimising maintenance strategies and long-term planning to support resilient and efficient water services.
This 5-day course offers a comprehensive overview of risk and asset management for water systems, covering AI applications, asset condition data, deterioration modelling, and maintenance strategies.
Participants will explore case studies on water distribution and wastewater systems, tools for reliability engineering, NbS management, and operational techniques, with a focus on transitioning to net-zero and managing risks through interactive workshops and exercises.
*Part of WWP MSc Course
At a glance
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- Dates
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- 27 - 31 Jan 2025
- DurationFive days
- LocationCranfield campus
- Cost£1600 (Includes refreshments and lunch) Concessions available
Course structure
The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive discussions, and practical case studies.What you will learn
As an attendee, you will be equipped with the skills needed to undertake effective asset stewardship and related risk analysis. You will gain advanced understandings of asset management principles and planning processes as well as competencies in assessing asset health, linking this to the prioritisation of maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement strategies.
In addition to appreciating the regulatory and operational context for asset management in the water sector you will learn about asset condition and maintenance tools and techniques and how to select appropriate intervention strategies based on an understanding of asset health.
Core content
• Reliability Engineering Tools• Transitioning to Net Zero through Asset Management Investment Plans
• Asset Management Strategies and Planning
• Reactive, preventative, and predictive asset maintenance
• Reliability Engineering Tools
• Operational maintenance: Pigs, bots, and flushing
• Asset health risks and their consequences
• Managing NbS Assets
• AI applications in Asset Management
• Communicating risk and uncertainty
• AI applications in Asset Management - Case study in Sewage Systems
Who should attend
This course is designed for water professionals working in water utilities, water infrastructure planning, and environmental engineering, resource management, as well as policymakers and consultants involved in asset management and risk mitigation. It is ideal for those working on water distribution, wastewater systems, and sustainability initiatives, particularly in the context of transitioning to net-zero and improving operational resilience.
Accreditation
Upgrade to a Professional Qualification
This short course is a module that comprises part of one of our postgraduate award programmes. Therefore, delegates are advised that they will be joined on this course by students from our MSc cohort.
Applicants have the option to attend this course as a short course delegate, where a certificate of attendance will be presented. Alternatively, applicants may apply for this course via the short course for credit route.
Registering via the short course for credit route and successfully passing the associated assessment* will gain you Cranfield credits. These could then be used to apply for a transfer towards a PgCert/PgDip or MSc, should you wish to complete one of these courses within 5 years. For further information visit Accredited short courses.
*Please note that this may mean returning to ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, in order to sit an examination.
Speakers
- Director 1905 Investments Ltd and formerly Business Development Director for United Utilities
- Net Zero Technical Lead / Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor at Mott MacDonald
Concessions
10% Cranfield alumni
Multiple booking discounts:
2 days @ £ 700
3 days @ £1000
5 days @ £1600
*Discount only applies to multiple bookings across WWP Course modules.
Accommodation options and prices
This is a non-residential course. If you would like to book accommodation on campus, please contact Mitchell Hall or Cranfield Management Development Centre directly. Further information regarding our accommodation on campus can be .
Alternatively you may wish to make your own arrangements at a nearby hotel.
Location and travel
ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.
London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world.
Location address
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College Road
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL
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