Maintainable Assets or Managed Assets are generally classified as items such as equipment, materials, products or elements, which require looking after to ensure they perform to the expected parameters, work safely and economically to their expected lifespan.

Maintenance usually includes: inspections, cleaning, lubrication, recalibration and replacement. This implies that any items requiring maintenance also need management, i.e. asset management.

Springboard is structured to ensure all equipment, materials, products or elements are compiled as assets irrespective of whether they are maintainable or not. This means that the End User Client does not need to spend time defining what a maintainable or non-maintainable asset is. 

The level of information need* details the data and geometry required for the different asset types. This is encapsulated in the documentation detailing the Information Requirements**.

The graphic below shows how Springboard O&M data can be linked to 2D images or 3D geometry. This provides flexibility for the information providers such as modellers and O&M information authors.

Technical Note:

* ISO 19650 Definition: Level of information need. This is also defined in BS1192 as Level of model definition/level of detail (LOD) /level of information (LOI).

** Information Requirements - AIR (Asset information requirements), OIR (Organisational information requirements) PIR (Project information requirements).