1. www.floodrisk.org.uk EPSRC Grant: EP/FP202511/1 International workshop to discuss the science of asset management 9 th December 2011, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and Africa studies (SOAS), Uni. Of London Hosted by Paul Sayers, Research lead – Infrastructure Management, FRMRC I and II Geoff Baxter, Research theme leader, Sustainable Asset Management, Environment Agency

2. Welcome Health and Safety Mobile phones Agenda and arrangements for the day

4. www.floodrisk.org.uk EPSRC Grant: EP/FP202511/1 The challenge of infrastructure management: Scene setting Paul Sayers and Geoff Baxter International workshop to discuss the science of asset management 9 th December 2011

5. A world wide challenge Effective and efficient infrastructure management presents many problems: – Flood control systems are complex combinations of levees, pumps, dams, channels etc – Future change – climate, deterioration and land use influence risk – Budgets are limited – requiring prioritisation and is required ($2.2 trillion to fix, US – Steve Stockton, £20 billion sunk investment, England and Wales)

6. Some difficult science questions…. Perform under load or on demand? Improve or deteriorate with/without action? How will an asset… Perform now and in the future? Which assets contribute most to risk? How will the system... Hot spots? Investment need? How might these change ? What are the national… A range of spatial and temporal scales of interest

7. www.floodrisk.org.uk EPSRC Grant: EP/FP202511/1 The research reported in this presentation was conducted as part of the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium with support from the: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/Environment Agency Joint Research Programme United Kingdom Water Industry Research Office of Public Works Dublin Northern Ireland Rivers Agency Data were provided by the EA and the Ordnance Survey. Funders

8. Further information See the Website www.floodrisk.org.uk Contacts Paul Sayers Paul.sayers@sayersandpartners.uk Geoff Baxter Geoff.baxter@environment-agency.gov.uk Today’s workshop has been part funded by the Defra EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D Programme More information about the programme, and copies of past R&D work, can be found at http://evidence.environment-agency.gov.uk/FCERMhttp://evidence.environment-agency.gov.uk/FCERM