New Book & Course Programme
Strategic Engineering:
Asset Management &
Infrastructure Investment
A professional book for engineers, investors, policymakers, and strategists who invest, develop and manage the infrastructure the world depends on.
17 Chapters
6 Parts
17 Case Studies
4 Audience Tracks
The Problem
Every major infrastructure failure of recent memory was preventable
The engineering knowledge existed. The financial tools were available. The data was there. What failed was not technique — it was thinking, strategic and systems thinking. Bridges deteriorate for years before crisis. Flood defences are overtopped by storms the models had long anticipated. Railway programmes double in cost because nobody controlled scope. None of it inevitable. All of it produced by governance systems that didn’t translate available evidence, strategic and systems thinking approach into appropriate action.
“Infrastructure strategy demands the integration of engineering, investment, economic and governance thinking in ways that none of the contributing disciplines currently requires of its practitioners.”
Engineers who cannot read a discounted cash flow model cannot make the investment arguments their technical judgements deserve. Asset managers who do not understand deterioration mechanisms are flying blind when they set maintenance budgets. Investors who cannot assess physical climate risk are systematically mispricing the assets they own. This book endeavour address that gap.
At a Glance
A complete programme from foundations to the frontier
Written simultaneously for four professional communities — engineers, asset managers, investors, and policymakers — each audience finds the book familiar enough to be useful and challenging enough to expand their analytical range.
17
Real-world
case studies
Structure
Six parts, one integrated framework
Chapters build on each other but are independently navigable. Each part corresponds to a distinct layer of infrastructure strategy — from physical foundations through to the global investment frontier.
Part I
Foundations of Strategic Engineering
Chapters 1–3 · Mindset, ISO 55000, Systems thinking
Part II
Infrastructure Lifecycle & Deterioration
Chapters 4–6 · Lifecycle, Condition assessment, Maintenance
Part III
Financial Modelling & Investment Appraisal
Chapters 7–9 · Whole-life cost, NPV/BCR, Financing
Part IV
Risk, Resilience & Regulatory Environments
Chapters 10–12 · Risk, Resilience, Regulation
Part V
Procurement, Contracting & Programme Delivery
Chapters 13–14 · Procurement, Performance governance
Part VI
Digital, ESG & the Future of Infrastructure
Chapters 15–17 · Digital twins, Climate, Investment outlook
Case Studies
Seventeen cases. Eight countries. No success-story selection bias.
Each chapter is anchored by a real-world case chosen for analytical richness, not simplicity. Several are partial or complete failures — because that is where the frameworks reveal most.
01
Singapore — long-range urban infrastructure planning
02
UK National Highways — ISO 55001 certification
03
Port of Rotterdam — multi-modal systems integration
04
US Interstate bridges — I-40 Hernando de Soto closure
05
Queensland Urban Utilities — condition rating programme
06
Network Rail — CP5/CP6 maintenance transformation
07
London Crossrail — BCR methodology & land value capture
08
Sydney Metro Northwest — real options & demand forecasting
09
Heathrow Terminal 5 — RAB model & opening-day failure
10
Thames Barrier — adaptive planning to 2100
11
Puerto Rico grid — Hurricane Maria & resilience redesign
12
Ofwat PR24 — regulating water investment
13
Snowy 2.0 — EPC procurement & AUD 5→12bn escalation
14
HS2 — governance collapse & Phase 2 cancellation
15
Virtual Singapore — Smart Nation infrastructure
16
Netherlands Delta Programme — adaptive flood planning
17
G20 Global Infrastructure Hub — the USD 15tn investment gap
Who It’s For
One book. Four professional tracks.
Each audience finds the book familiar enough to be credible and challenging enough to expand their range. The design philosophy: A reader who finishes the book and feels that they already knew everything in it has either an unusually broad professional formation or is not reading it carefully enough.
Engineers & Technical Professionals
Lifecycle and deterioration content will feel familiar. Investment appraisal, regulatory economics, and ESG frameworks will stretch. Core entry: Chapters 1–6, 10–11, 15.
Asset Managers & Investors
ISO 55000 and financial modelling will align with existing knowledge. Physical deterioration and systems thinking will enrich. Core entry: Chapters 1–2, 5–9, 12.
Government & Public Sector Leaders
Regulatory and governance material will feel most applicable. Whole-life cost and risk frameworks will be most analytically demanding. Core entry: Chapters 1, 3, 9, 12–14.
MBA & Business Strategists
Financial and strategic content most familiar. Engineering lifecycle content most illuminating. Core entry: Chapters 1, 7–10, 12–13, 17.
Course Programme
Three delivery formats, one complete curriculum
The book is designed to support an executive short course (12–15 contact hours) or a twelve-week self-paced professional development programme. Each chapter includes learning objectives, discussion questions, and curated further reading — a complete course architecture ready to implement or adapt.
“The infrastructure investment decisions made in the next ten to twenty years will shape the physical, economic, and environmental conditions of human life for the second half of the twenty-first century.”
Every chapter’s facilitator guide includes a 90-minute session design, cross-audience facilitation notes, and discussion questions calibrated for all four professional communities simultaneously — the hardest thing to do well, and the most valuable thing a course can achieve.
