short term loss of access, major damage of the major disruption of amenity, aesthetics and/or MAJOR high economic chance of asset, significant service until asset is cultural value to or of asset (score = 4) cost irreversible injury repairs required repaired associated with necessary activities short term loss of access, moderate damage of some disruption of amenity, aesthetics and/or chance of MODERATE average the repairs service until asset is cultural value to or of asset moderate, economic cost (score = 3) required repaired associated with regular reversible injury activities short term loss of access, minor damage of the amenity, aesthetics and/or MINOR asset, monitoring low economic little disruption of chance of minor, cultural value to or of asset (score = 2) required to ensure it cost service reversible injury associated with occasional does not worsen activities short term difficulty/decrease no disruption of in access, amenity, negligible safety INSIGNIFICANT negligible damage negligible cost (score = 1) service aesthetics and/or cultural issue value to or of asset Determine adaptation treatment for project design These are treatments that can generally be considered as being additional to conventional treatments: Build for end of design life scenario Planned adaptation Progressive Modification No Adaptation or Redundancy Adaptation Description Expected Financial Example Treatment Implication Build for end Build to maintain standards and Potentially High Culvert is designed of design life level of service for the climate Upfront Costs, and constructed with scenario change scenario expected at although no further capacity for climate end of life costs for adaptation change. are required. Provides a higher level of service for entire design life. Risk that actual climate change will exceed prediction Planned Plan an upgrade program to Moderate Upfront Culvert is designed adaptation progressively adapt the Costs expected, and constructed for infrastructure as climate although further mid-life span climate change occurs. Initial design investment is required change conditions but considers predicted climate during infrastructure considerations made in changes and provides life cycle. Provides current design for an functionality to adapt the some increase in level upgrade in capacity ie infrastructure at another time. of service. second culvert can be Consultation with program and installed in parallel. managers required to secure investment program. Progressive Redesign and reconstruct as Moderate upfront costs Culvert is constructed Modification required and as possible in expected. Further according to current
MAJOR (score = 4) major damage of the asset, significant repairs required high economic cost major disruption of service until asset is repaired short term loss of access, amenity, aesthetics and/or cultural value to or of asset associated with necessary activities chance of irreversible injury MODERATE (score = 3) moderate damage of the repairs required average economic cost some disruption of service until asset is repaired short term loss of access, amenity, aesthetics and/or cultural value to or of asset associated with regular activities chance of moderate, reversible injury MINOR (score = 2) minor damage of the asset, monitoring required to ensure it does not worsen low economic cost little disruption of service short term loss of access, amenity, aesthetics and/or cultural value to or of asset associated with occasional activities chance of minor, reversible injury INSIGNIFICANT (score = 1) negligible damage negligible cost no disruption of service short term difficulty/decrease in access, amenity, aesthetics and/or cultural value to or of asset negligible safety issue Determine adaptation treatment for project design These are treatments that can generally be considered as being additional to conventional treatments: Build for end of design life scenario Planned adaptation Progressive Modification No Adaptation or Redundancy Adaptation Treatment Description Expected Financial Implication Example Build for end of design life scenario Build to maintain standards and level of service for the climate change scenario expected at end of life Potentially High Upfront Costs, although no further costs for adaptation are required. Provides a higher level of service for entire design life. Risk that actual climate change will exceed prediction Culvert is designed and constructed with capacity for climate change. Planned adaptation Plan an upgrade program to progressively adapt the infrastructure as climate change occurs. Initial design considers predicted climate changes and provides functionality to adapt the infrastructure at another time. Consultation with program and managers required to secure investment program. Moderate Upfront Costs expected, although further investment is required during infrastructure life cycle. Provides some increase in level of service. Culvert is designed and constructed for mid-life span climate change conditions but considerations made in current design for an upgrade in capacity ie second culvert can be installed in parallel. Progressive Modification Redesign and reconstruct as required and as possible in Moderate upfront costs expected. Further Culvert is constructed according to current
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