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3 Rail Asset Management Calibre Global understands the key drivers facing rail owners and operators are both financial and operational performance. The end objective for any company is to deliver effective investment decisions that seeks to improve asset performance. About Calibre Global Calibre Global is an engineering services and project delivery company providing entire project lifecycle from feasibility studies, through design and project delivery to operational support and optimisation. Calibre Global s Rail Division is one of Australia s largest specialist rail teams and has delivered some of the largest and most complex rail projects in Australia. Our team provides comprehensive services to the rail sector for both resources and industrial clients, both in Australia and in select international markets. We retain an extensive team of specialists to support our rail deliverables in rail asset management, engineering, infrastructure, operations and systems and have earned a reputation for excellence in value engineering, innovation and project delivery. Enabling sound decisions Our Asset Management specialists focus on delivering the asset management activities that help an organisation manage its assets and asset systems sustainably, as well as their associated performance, risks and expenditure over the asset life-cycle. Calibre Global understands key drivers facing rail owners and operators are both financial and operational performance. The end objective of any company is to deliver effective investment decisions that will improve asset performance to underpin production targets. Asset Management policies, strategies and plans are a key component of any rail business seeking to maintain a desired level of performance for the lowest life-cycle cost. Our teams assure asset management outcomes using accurate asset information to assist in making decisions associated with the operation, repair, renovation or renewal of an asset. Rail Asset Management 1

4 There are many challenges facing asset managers to ensure they operate their assets safely, efficiently and economically. Consideration should be given to the impact assets have on the community and the environment. Impacting the environment Asset managers are faced with many challenges in ensuring assets are operated safely, efficiently and economically. However, consideration should also be given to the impact assets have on the community and the environment. Environmental considerations, such as waste disposal, recycling programs, or the effect of ageing infrastructure in rail networks, require a significant amount of focus, particularly where infrastructure is degraded. Calibre Global s Rail Division has a team of in-house environmental specialists, who help clients to build a strategy to manage assets that impact the environment. Asset management uses knowledge of the asset condition and its rate of degradation to make evidence-based decisions enabling the optimisation of maintenance, renovation and renewal strategies. Such strategies may include, Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM); a process where maintenance interventions are predicated by the equipment condition and its performance rather than by simple routine intervention to a set frequency. This strategy revolves around delivering the same outputs with less overall physical intervention, that is, less operational expenditure. Implementing cost conscious methodologies in a cost conscious environment, rail asset management delivers sustainable train performance and maintenance spend on rail (e.g. rolling stock) and infrastructure assets. Where a number of assets are co-dependent, an Asset Management Plan (AMP) will help to determine priorities and seek to optimise performance over the assets life cycle. Our team of rail specialists will deliver advice and solutions to enable delivery of a comprehensive integrated asset management plan. 2 Calibre // Enduring Value

5 Whether desired outcomes are long term or short term, our service delivery is backed by innovative rail specialists who can provide asset management strategies, advice on selecting appropriate asset management information systems and help to develop a framework to support rail assets. Asset Management Implications Calibre Global believes rail owners or operators who fail to fully implement an asset management strategy may not be making the best risk-based decisions on maintaining, renovating or renewing their assets based on risk and expenditure. Asset management provides an organisation with the knowledge and tools to use assets to achieve its purpose and can help to demonstrate to stakeholders that it is managing its assets optimally. Asset management requires a clear line of sight - from Board level of an organisation to the workforce on the ground. This integrating framework cuts across all departments and functions, and fully engages management and staff in pursuit of a single unified and understood aim. The current publicly available specification, PAS 55 provides clear definitions for establishing and verifying a management system for all types of physical assets. PAS 55 will apply to any organisation that incorporates a high dependence on physical infrastructure or equipment. Adopted by 50 organisations from 15 industry sectors across 10 countries, PAS 55 has been accepted as the basis for the development of the ISO series of International Asset Management standards and will be published in Calibre Global s team of specialists are equipped to assist asset owners to meet these standards and Calibre has partners who are able to benchmark a company s asset management delivery against PAS 55, and ISO in the future. The use of an asset management information system can integrate information such as asset inventory, condition register, service frequencies, faulting and maintenance records and renewals decision tools. Such a system, properly populated with accurate asset information helps rail operators and owners to manage their assets efficiently. These systems generate maintenance work orders, set priorities and use reliability data to change inspection frequencies. Companies can measure productivity by knowing how long each task takes to complete against a set of agreed norms. By measuring, and improving productivity and reliability, systems can assist in improving asset performance. This links directly with improved safety, through less staff interventions on the railway offering less opportunities for unsafe acts. Assisting in strategy development Calibre Global has a wealth of engineering knowledge and for more than ten years has been heavily involved in the design and build of rail assets. Our team understands the difficulty in commissioning and maintaining accurate asset inventories and believes an accurate and relevant asset inventory providing usable asset information is a fundamental requirement to implementing an effective asset management strategy. Calibre Global s asset management strategy achieves some or all of the following: Reduces the total operating cost of maintenance Reduces the capital cost of asset investment by ensuring that decisions are based on overall output decisions and whole life costs Improves the operating performance of assets by reducing failure rates and increasing availability Reduces the potential personal health impacts of operating the assets Minimises the environmental impact of operating the assets Improves the reputation of the company through better safety, environmental and asset performance, as well as higher staff motivation and engagement, by understanding the company s purpose as a by-product of implementing Asset Management policies and strategies; and Reduces legal costs associated with operating the assets. Rail Asset Management 3

6 Calibre Global has been engaged in the design and build of many rail assets and understands the difficulty in maintaining accurate asset inventories. Asset management services Calibre Global offers the following asset management services: Support and advice in the following: Assisting clients in defining the scope of which asset to include in any asset management strategy Helping to define the scope of decisions relating to maintaining, renewing and enhancing assets as well as network operation Creation of an asset management policy showing higher management intent Creation of an asset management strategy linking companies business objectives to their medium to long term approach to asset management; and. Identification of the key components of the asset management framework, e.g. policies, strategies, plans and the production of asset registers which include condition surveys. Calibre Global encompasses a team of train systems modelling engineers who are able to highlight through modelling the strategic assets in any rail network and to show the effect of individual asset performance on the overall train system output. We offer practical support in the following: Assess clients existing asset management strategies and delivery against the existing PAS 55 standard (ISO from 2014) and preparation of improvement plans where appropriate Decide on asset information format, asset and asset condition surveys and preparation of an asset inventory to dovetail with existing asset information and systems Advice and provision of a suitable asset management system to assist in areas such as asset workflow management, performance monitoring and renewal decisions. Calibre Global believes that an asset information system should not be the start point for asset management but should be introduced to support such systems and processes which are developed by our clients. Calibre Global can also: Assist in determining when renewal decisions should lead to studies and future renewals projects; and, Help clients to put in place review mechanisms to assess the effectiveness of their asset management strategies. Calibre Global is supported by rail specialists who deliver a philosophy based on creating maximum value for our clients at every stage of the project and is a company built on challenging assumptions in the best interest of the project and the client. For a full list of contact details around the country, visit us at calibreglobal.com.au or us at info@calibreglobal.com.au. 4 Calibre // Enduring Value

7 The Calibre Global Difference The Calibre Global Difference is real and compelling. Above all else, we continue to exhibit the following defining character traits: Safety Minded Value Engineering Optimisation Leaders Our safety success is no accident. We always work in the project s best We have industry leading capability We work hard to ensure safety is interest and therefore the client s best in the optimisation of plant and asset front-of-mind for all our people interest. We challenge assumptions with proven success in delivering at home and at work. and scope to provide better value additional throughput with significant based alternatives. payback to clients. We are most proud of our highly Project Performance Industry Innovators skilled and capable people who work Our track record of delivering From remote mine operations to together as committed teams to projects on time and within budget Automated Train Operations and deliver projects of excellence. is second to none. We do this beyond, we are at the forefront of without compromise to safety, quality, industry in applying technology and environment and the community. innovation for greater productivity Team Power and efficiency gains. AXIOM Rail Asset Management 5

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