Court Services Victoria (CSV) has experienced several critical infrastructure failures in recent years due to inadequate asset maintenance funds. Many assets supporting essential safety measures, such as HVAC, fire services, switchboards, and emergency lighting, have reached the end of their life and will require replacement or renewal to keep court facilities safe and operational. When an asset reaches the end of its useful life or does not meet current needs and requirements, we can either replace the asset immediately or keep operating it until it fails.

It is important to understand the condition and criticality of the assets to be able to “sweat” them (doing more with less) until they fail. Timely intervention through proactive asset management strategies will assist in prolonging the useful life of assets and will, in turn, allow for the orderly replacement of critical assets at the end of their life cycle.

When an asset does eventually fail, it is sometimes very difficult to predict the consequences. Within the court environment, consequences can include delays or denial of access to justice for court users, proceedings becoming more difficult or expensive, and increased risks to Occupational Health and Safety of court users.

In response to one such recent critical asset failure at 436 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, a major program was undertaken comprising 16 interrelated projects across seven sites to replace courtrooms, associated facilities, and office accommodation, impacting nearly 1,000 people across the Courts Group. CSV’s BE Division led the program with input from across CSV and the court jurisdictions.

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About the speaker:

Vijay Eden, Manager, Asset Systems, Court Services Victoria

Vijay is a seasoned asset management professional with an engineering background. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience in strategic asset management in both the public and private sectors. Vijay is proficient in providing high-quality service, advice, and support in the delivery of whole-of-asset lifecycle projects and improvements associated with infrastructure matters from concept to completion, within a unique and complex portfolio of public buildings. He has a proven track record in implementing Asset Management Systems, Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), promoting proactive maintenance, and leading reliability engineering.

Vijay’s expertise includes ensuring compliance with the AMAF annual maturity assessments, Essential Safety Measures (ESM), Quality Management Systems (QMS), and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). He also supports sustainability initiatives and Service Level Agreements (SLA) in contracts. He is passionate about stakeholder engagement, change management, ongoing continuous improvement, and mentoring new asset management professionals.