Why Join Asset Institute

In addition to benefits of increased sustainability of infrastructure through improved asset performance, availability, reliability, reduced cost of ownership and extension of asset life experienced by communities and partners alike as a result of the Asset Institute’s expertise, tools and technologies, the Asset Institute also offers a wide range of additional benefits for each of our key member groups:

Benefits for industry members

The Asset Institute collaborates with industry members—private, public and charitable asset owners, operators and services providers—to create new knowledge to solve complex asset and infrastructure challenges. As such our industry members are key stakeholders in our business, helping to predict and identify potential research opportunities and being involved in testing the practical solutions we develop. As a member your organisation will experience a range of benefits from partnering with us, including:

  • Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration
    Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration: members will have access to the Asset Institute’s knowledge repository of Background IP. During the process of developing solutions, online portals and training material will enable knowledge sharing with members’ management and field personnel. Members can also be involved in shaping research solutions and field testing developed capabilities, enabling their organisations to employ world-class, leading-edge asset management practices as they evolve.
  • Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration
    Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration: members will have access to the Asset Institute’s knowledge repository of Background IP. During the process of developing solutions, online portals and training material will enable knowledge sharing with members’ management and field personnel. Members can also be involved in shaping research solutions and field testing developed capabilities, enabling their organisations to employ world-class, leading-edge asset management practices as they evolve.
  • Leveraged investment in asset management research and development
    Leveraged investment in asset management research and development: our industry partners are key drivers in our mission, being best placed to recognise problems which would benefit from solutions and working with researchers to assist in solution identification and testing. Membership in our organisation is a targeted investment in asset management research and development.
  • National and international stakeholder events
    National and international stakeholder events: The Asset Institute has strong links to national and international societies and conferences, attending and hosting a variety of events. Benefits may include complimentary or discounted tickets to events sponsored by the Asset Institute, promotion of members at events, and presenting rights at selected events.
  • Links to universities and the research sector
    Links to universities and the research sector: industry members have the potential to access leading researchers, PhD, Masters and vocational students through our industry training program and collaborative research projects. By working together we also have the opportunity to access industry partnered grants for which research projects may attract the Australian research and development tax concession.

Benefits for university and research organisations

The Asset Institute links research organisations with industry-funded research collaborations through established national and international networks to solve novel and complex asset and infrastructure problems for public benefit. Building on the solid track record of CIEAM, the Asset Institute is committed to engaging extensively with industry, government and the research sector. With a vision to be the international focal point for transformational infrastructure and engineering asset management solutions for the benefit of the public in Australia and worldwide, we offer a range of opportunities and benefits to universities and research organisations:

  • Links to industry
    Links to industry: through the Asset Institute’s partner networks, member universities and research organisations have the opportunity to undertake collaborative projects with industry. The Asset Institute‘s industry members include representatives from the mining and resources, construction, defence, utilities, transportation, physical infrastructure, tourism and manufacturing sectors. Our industry training program puts PhD, Masters and vocational students to work on projects proposed by industry. As a side benefit, students will be prepared for opportunities to work in industry and matching skills with industry requirements, smoothing the uptake of graduates into industry. With the participation of both university and industry members, the Asset Institute is also able to unlock industry-partnered grants, such as Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage grants.
  • International research collaboration
    International research collaboration: building on CIEAM’s formidable network of international asset management-related organisations, members have access our established network and global research partnerships. The Asia Pacific region is an area of strategic focus for the Asset Institute. The public benefit that will flow from even small enhancements in sustainability and efficiency are significant and members have the opportunity to contribute to the international community.
  • Leveraged investment in asset management research and development
    Leveraged investment in asset management research and development: membership in the Asset Institute is a targeted investment in asset management research and development, leveraged through a brokered model. As part of research collaborations members will have first look rights to assess Background IP for potential use in relevant projects. If members identify Background IP that may be useful to them for other purposes, they may enter a separate project arrangement with the Institute on standard commercial terms. Members will have access to new project IP created by the Asset Institute for commercial use in recognition of their contribution to developing the IP.
  • Influence and recognition
    Influence and recognition: as representatives of the diverse asset management community, members will assist the Institute to choose new research programs, strategic research directions and priorities. In addition, association with the Asset Institute demonstrates a commitment to the public benefit by enhancing the engineering and infrastructure asset management discipline and contributing to the sustainable management of public and private assets and infrastructure. In becoming members of the Asset Institute and collaborating in its work, members show support for world class multidisciplinary and collaborative research.
  • National and international stakeholder events
    National and international stakeholder events: the Asset Institute has strong links to national and international societies and conferences, attending and hosting a variety of events. Depending on the level of membership, benefits may include complimentary or discounted tickets to events sponsored by the Asset Institute, promotion of members at events, and presenting rights at selected national or international asset management events.
  • Knowledge sharing and collaboration
    Knowledge sharing and collaboration: members will have access to the Asset Institute’s knowledge repository of Background IP. During the process of developing solutions, online portals and training material will enable knowledge sharing with academics and students.

Benefits for government and development partners

The Asset Institute provides asset investors and development partners with the confidence that they are maximising both the social and economic return on asset and infrastructure investments and, in doing so, are contributing to the public good through leading-edge knowledge, expertise, products and services. As such there are a range of benefits available to government and development partners who are members of the Asset Institute.

  • Maximise return on asset and infrastructure investments
    Maximise return on asset and infrastructure investments: members have access to the skills, expertise and training needed to maximise return on and utilisation of infrastructure investment. The Asset Institute draws on CIEAM’s collaboration experience to frame research outputs that maximise production of public benefit through operational efficiency and sustainability, including the trialling and testing of tools, and the development of training packages.
  • A focus on sustainable asset management practices
    A focus on sustainable asset management practices: the Asset Institute’s sustainability-based asset management research program addresses the challenges of extreme climate conditions, resource shortages, increasing energy prices, and an increasingly complex regulatory and social environment. Recognising that a transformational approach is needed, the Institute is developing new approaches to define and achieve best-practice economic, environmental and social performance. One of its key initiatives critically addresses the need for transforming communities to create sustainable outcomes.
  • Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration
    Knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration: members will have access to the Asset Institute’s knowledge repository of Background IP. During the process of developing solutions, online portals and training material will enable knowledge sharing with members’ management and field personnel. Members can also be involved shaping research solutions while contributing their real-world perspective and field-testing capabilities.
  • National and international stakeholder events
    National and international stakeholder events: the Asset Institute has strong links to national and international societies and conferences, attending and hosting a variety of events. Benefits may include complimentary or discounted tickets to events sponsored by the Asset Institute, promotion of members at events, and presenting rights at selected events.
  • Links to universities and the research sector
    Links to universities and the research sector: industry members have the potential to access leading researchers, PhD, Masters and vocational students through our industry training program and collaborative research projects.
  • Leveraged investment in asset management research and development
    Leveraged investment in asset management research and development: membership in the Asset Institute is a targeted investment in asset management research and development. Government and development partner members have access to first-hand information about problems which would benefit from applied research and are expected to play a significant role in problem identification and solution testing.
  • Influence and recognition
    Influence and recognition: Association with the Asset Institute demonstrates a commitment to evidence-based solutions in pursuit of the public benefit. In becoming members of the Asset Institute and collaborating in its work, members access a world class multidisciplinary and collaborative research institute with an international network. Government and development partner members will also have the opportunity to assist the Institute to choose new research programs, strategic research directions and priorities.
  • Access to an established, international network
    Access to an established, international network of asset institute partners including government, development partners, large infrastructure investors, multidisciplinary research organisations: in addition to participating in collaborative research endeavours, members have privileged access to our network and global research partnerships through networking and business development opportunities, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, facilitated by the Institute.
  • Active involvement in developing solutions
    Active involvement in developing solutions: members will access early stage commercial prototypes and products of the Asset Institute research, including customised analysis tools and models, integrated asset monitoring solutions and training material, to assist the Institute in pre-market testing. This includes new asset management technologies, and the expertise required to adapt solutions to specific problems. Members will also have first look rights to assess Background IP for potential use in relevant projects and will have access to new project IP created by the Institute for commercial use in recognition of their contribution to developing the IP. This is likely to include patents. The Asset Institute’s current research and development pipeline includes a number of patent-pending demonstration projects with multinational asset intensive firms.