National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 17840:2023.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee DS/1, Dependability.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2023.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 July 2023.

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European foreword

This document (EN 17840:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 319 “Maintenance”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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Introduction

There are various standards available about monitoring, inspection and assessment of physical assets. All these standards have their own purpose and place in the field of assessment. This document for performance and condition assessment is an umbrella standard for physical assets and refers to other standards for detailed methods.

The scope of this document is buildings and civil engineering works. The intended audience for this document is asset owners (small and large, public and private), asset managers, facility managers, property managers, observers and consultants.

This document consists of two parts:

the assessment process: The steps that are needed to perform an assessment;
the observation process: The steps that are needed for acquiring and analysing the asset status data to give recommendations as part of the assessment process.

In both cases, the purpose is to enhance the quality of the assessment and to provide information for the asset owner/manager to support the decision making process.

The document assists asset and facility managers in selecting the appropriate technique and determining the quality of the work that has been done.

1 Scope

This document specifies and gives guidance on the performance and condition assessment process of existing physical assets in the utilization stage (from commissioning to the end of life).

This document relates to assessment of physical assets within the building and civil engineering sector; however, it can also be used in other sectors where applicable.

This document specifies a generic framework for assessment, specification of requirements, the observation process and gathering of the required information in order to sustain informed asset management decision making.

This document is an umbrella standard and refers to other standards for detailed methods. It does not replace any other standard, but is an addition to provide a system for the assessment work.

NOTE 1 The references to other standards only relate to building and civil engineering works. There are no references for production machinery and equipment, offshore, electrical and mechanical assets, mobile assets and non-tangible assets.

NOTE 2 In this document the physical assets will be referred to as assets, except in the Clause Terms and definitions.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 Asset management

3.2 Assessment

3.3 Maintenance

3.4 Objectives and requirements

3.5 Observation

4 Essential elements of assessment

4.1 Introduction to assessment

4.2 Asset portfolio decisions

4.3 Validating the set requirements and objectives

4.4 Verifying the requirements

5 Assessment process

5.1 General

5.2 Assessment process steps

5.3 Identifying the requirements

5.4 Specifying the assessment strategy

5.5 Gathering additional information

5.6 Assessment

5.7 Validation

6 The observation process

6.1 General

6.2 Planning

6.3 Observation

6.4 Quality control, evaluation and rectifications

Bibliography

BS EN 17840:2023

Performance and condition assessment for buildings and civil engineering works. Framework for assessment within physical asset management

Current

Published:

30 Sep 2023