Integrated maintenance scoring apparatus and method

An article including a computing system comprising at least one processor operably connected to a memory, wherein the memory is constituted as a non-transitory, computer-readable memory device storing data structures constituting operational data and executables, the executables constituting instructions executable on the at least one processor for operating on the operational data, and the data structures comprising:

• records corresponding to assets in the infrastructure, each asset being a component thereof;
• a database linking information to geographical positioning of the assets and storing data reflecting attributes corresponding to the assets;
• a system module for projecting remaining operating life of a subject component of the components in the infrastructure;
• a history module responsible for gathering, maintaining, and otherwise handling historical information;
• a similarity module responsible for gathering historical information and linking information that relates assets similarly situated and the attributes corresponding thereto;
• a management module responsible for intake, storing, indexing and retrieving the records;
• a query engine responsible for receiving queries, evaluating the queries, and selecting from the records in response thereto;
• a scoring module comprising a maintenance scoring module programmed for determining a maintenance score for each of the assets by analyzing the effect on the respective lifetimes of the assets based on maintenance events corresponding thereto;
• the scoring module, further comprising a condition scoring module programmed to receive inputs and calculate, based thereon, condition scores associated with the assets;
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• the scoring module, further programmed to determine a projected lifetime of a selected asset of the assets based on evaluating both the condition scores and the maintenance scores.

A computerized method for projecting an operational life expectance for assets in an infrastructure, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a computer system comprising at least one computing device, a plurality of types, each type corresponding to a structure having physical characteristics and a function as a component in an interconnected infrastructure of components;
• providing a computerized database hosted on the computer system and comprising database records;
• selecting life parameters reflecting conditions corresponding to the types and corresponding to operational life of the types;
• creating, by the computer system, a life value corresponding to the life parameters, by analyzing data reflecting a physical status corresponding to at least one of the types and instances of components of the types;
• creating, by the computer system, a condition score for each type reflecting a life value for the each type, based on at least one of an inspection and another assessment of an instance of the type after an installation event;
• creating, by the computer system, a maintenance score for each type, reflecting a change in the life value corresponding to a maintenance event of a plurality of maintenance events corresponding to the each type of the plurality of types, respectively;
• calculating, by the computer system, an integrated score reflecting the expected operational lifetime of a specific instance of the type, based on at least one of analyzing together and otherwise combining together the condition score and the maintenance score corresponding to the specific instance as installed in the interconnected infrastructure.