Publications
2024
Annual report 2023
In 2023, we completed phase 1 and started phase 2. Read more about this eventful year in the report.
2023
Annual report 2022
Mistra InfraMaint continues, but the challenges of maintaining municipal infrastructure remain.
2022
Annual report 2021
In 2021, we have been inundated with webinars, reports and newspaper articles about the importance of infrastructure maintenance or how neglected it is. The severe floods that hit Sweden further intensified the public debate and it became obvious to many that infrastructure needs to be better maintained to withstand the stresses of climate change.
2021
Annual report 2020
"A very different year - our second in the programme - has just come to an end. The pandemic has affected us all and we have seen in practice how quickly digitalisation can have an impact, at least in terms of communication."
2020
Annual report 2019
"We have created a space for dialogue and reflection"
2023
Construction traffic in Gothenburg.Planning and implementation for increased safety for cyclists and pedestrians (swedish)
Author: Niska, A., Karlström, J. & Eriksson, J. (2021)
2021
Foresight needed for the strategic development of capital assets of the principals – draft manifesto (swedish)
Author: Persson, K. M., Giertz, T., Clementson, I. & Sörensen, J. (2021)
Smart Water Meters in Swedish Households: The Enablers and Barriers for a Large-Scale Implementation Master thesis
Author: Ekström, E. & Sivadasan, S. (2021)
Ensuring Safety and Security in the Era of Digital Water: A qualitative study on the implications following the digital transformation of the Swedish water industry Master thesis
Author: Bjärkeby, S. & Värnlund, F. (2021)
Circulation and management for sustainable water supply (swedish)
Author: Persson, K. M. mfl. (2021)
Agenda for sustainable water supply (swedish) IVA
Autor: Persson, K. M. mfl. (2021)
Life cycle assessment of transport systems and transport infrastructure: Investigating methodological approaches and quantifying impacts at project and network levels KTH doctoral thesis
Author: Liljenström, C. (2021)
WISER – a decision support tool for the drinking water sector (swedish)
Author: Sjöstrand, K., Lindhe, A. & Rosén, L. (2021)
Infiltration and inflow to wastewatersystems – A literature review on risk management and decision support Literature review, Chalmers
Author: Ohlin Saletti, A. (2021)
2024
Municipal street pavement maintenance and management practices in Sweden Licentiate thesis
Author: Amjad Afridi
2023
A journey towards smart maintenance – Final report Phase 1
An accessible overview of our work during Phase 1. How did our journey begin, where has it led so far and where do we see it needing to go in the future? Authors Åsa Flydén, Robert Gladh, Madelen Malm.
Knowledge transfer from Shift2Rail
Report for Mistra InfraMaint Project 3.3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
Author: Authors: David Nilsson and Sebastian Stichel
Efficient Management of Water Utilities: Sustainability Analysis of Swedish Performance
Author: Najar, N
Roads as commons (book chapter)
Author: Paulsson, A., Alm, J
Uncommon commons (book chapter)
Author: Alm, J., Paulsson, A
Research report and excerpts on the history of municipal streets, water and sanitation in Sweden
2022
Investment in critical infrastructure: challenges and ways forward (swedish)
Author: Thomasson, A., Jonsson, R., 2022.
Leaking maintenance of critical infrastructure (swedish)
Author: Alm, J., Paulsson, A., Jonsson, R.,
2021
Maintenance of municipal roads and cycle paths: survey results Report 2021:04
Results report from the survey that went out to all Swedish municipalities in the fall of 2020. The report deals with the maintenance of municipal streets and cycle paths.
Author: Amjad Afridi, Martin Larsson
Measurement of target fulfilment of Mistra InfraMaint: evaluation after two years Repport 2021:03
The research programme has five overall objectives that we want to achieve within eight years. In order to assess whether we are achieving the goals, we want to measure goal fulfilment with relevant measures. This evaluation of the first two years has been carried out by Kristina Karlsson, RISE.
Author: Kristina Karlsson, Lars Marklund, Gunn-Mari Löfdahl
2020
Workshop with NSVA on self-assessment of asset management
NSVA has contributed both with microlearning and with a report showing the results and experiences from the workshop they conducted under the guidance of our PhD students Ebba Gröndahl and Martin Bjarke.
Author: Ebba Gröndahl, Martin Bjarke och Gunn-Mari Löfdahl
Decision support for sustainable water security
Author: Sjöstrand, K.
Self-assessment workbook Repport 2020:02
Asset management in VA "Asset Management". Mistra InfraMaint has produced a discussion aid in the form of a workbook for self-assessment. The booklet is accompanied by an excel file which you can find here.
Self-assessment workbook: associated excel file
Mistra InfraMaint has produced a discussion aid in the form of a workbook for self-assessment. The booklet is accompanied by an Excel file which you can find here.
2019
Asset management in the utility sector Report 2019:05
The challenges of bridging the gap between current methods and best practice. A case study on the challenges of implementing an asset management model - a thesis within the framework of project 2.1.
Roadmap kompetensutveckling – en summering Rapport 2019:04
A success factor for Mistra InfraMaint is that stakeholders develop a long-term ability to absorb and apply new knowledge.
The roadmap is the program’s plan for developing and strengthening the needs of the needs owners
2024
Deciding how to decide: A conceptual model for consensually fostering urban infrastructure maintenance
Author: Meydani, R., Leander, J.
The compound impact of rainfall, river flow and sea level on a watercourse through a coastal city: Methodology in making
Author: Sara Roth, Louise Söderberg, Henrik Aspegren, Salar Haghighatafshar
Detection and quantification ofcracks in concrete bridges usingdrone-image inspection Licetiate thesis
Author: Juan Camilo Avendaño
Image-Based Concrete Crack Detection Method Usingthe Median Absolute Deviation
Author: Juan Camilo Avendaño, John Leander and Raid Karoumi
The digital imperative: Institutional pressures to digitalise
Author: Bennich, A.
2023
Condition assessment of cycle path texture and evenness using a bicycle measurement trailer
Author: Martin Larsson, Anna Niska, Sigurdur Erlingsson, Mattias Tunholm & Peter Andrén
Status improvement in water and wastewater fixed facilities : success and challenges of 11 Swedish water utilities as case studies.
Author: Najar, N., Persson, K.,
Municipal street maintenance challenges and management practices in Sweden Front. Built Environ. 9:1205235. (2023)
Author: Afridi, M A., Erlingsson, S., and Sjögren, L.
Operating in the shadowland: Why water utilities fail to manage decaying infrastructure Utilities Policy, volyme 28, 101557 (2023)
Author: Bennich, A., Engwall, M., Nilsson, D.
Making waves: A vision for digital water utilities Water Research X 19, 100170 (2023)
Author: Arnell, M., Miltell, M. and Olsson, G.
Cost to society from infiltration and inflow to wastewater systems Water Research, volyme 229, 1019505 (2023)
Author: Ohlin Saletti, A., Lindhe, A., Söderqvist, T., Rosén, L.
2022
Assessing Climate Adaptation and Flood Security Using a Benchmark System: Some Swedish Water Utilities as Good Learning Examples
Author: Najar, N., Persson, K.M.
Degradation of Cycle Paths—A Survey in Swedish Municipalities Civil Eng (2022)
Author: Martin Larsson, Anna Niska, Sigurdur Erlingsson
Decision with Uncertain Information: An Application for Leakage Detection in Water Pipelines Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice 13(3)
Author: Roya Meydani, Tommy Giertz, John Leander
Watertight strategies: Long-term planning of municipal infrastructure maintenance backlog
Author: Robert Jonsson, Jens Alm, Alexander Paulsson
Including maintenance in life cycle assessment of road and rail infrastructure—a literature review The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2022)
Author: Carolina Liljenström, Anna Björklund och Susanna Toller
2021
Framework for Risk-Based Decision Support on Infiltration and Inflow to Wastewater Systems Water 2021, 13(17) (2021)
Author: Anna Ohlin Saletti, Lars Rosén, Andreas Lindhe
A Sustainability Index within Water and Wastewater Management in Sweden: An Evaluation of Eight Case Studies Water 2021 13(14), ISSN: 2073-4441. (2021)
Author: Nasik Najar, Kenneth M Persson
Capacity in municipalities: Infrastructures, maintenance debts, and ways of overcoming a run-to-failure mentality Local Economy 2020. (2020)
Author: Alm, J., Paulsson, A., & Jonsson, R.
The value of water – estimating water-disruption impacts on businesses Water. 2021; 13(11):1565 (2021)
Author: Sjöstrand, K., Klingberg, J., Sedehi Zadeh, N., Haraldsson, M., Rosén, L., Lindhe, A.
2020
Understanding Long-Term Policy Failures in Shrinking Municipalities: Examples from Water Management System in Sweden Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 24 , s. 3-19 2020. (2020)
Author: Syssner, J., Jonsson, R.
Estimating the marginal costs of road wear Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, ISSN 0965-8564, E-ISSN 1879-2375, Vol. 139, s. 455-471. (2020)
Author: Nilsson, J-E., Svensson, K., Haraldsson, M.
Evaluation of uncertainty on Shore hardness measurements of tyre treads and implications to tyre/road noise measurements with the Close Proximity method Vol. 162, artikel-id 107882. (2020)
Author: Vieira T.m, Lundberg J., Eriksson O. Elsevier B.V. , 2020.
The marginal cost of track renewals in the Swedish railway network: Using data to compare methods Economics of Transportation, ISSN 2212-0122, E-ISSN 2212-0130, Vol. 22, artikel-id 100170. (2020)
Author: Odolinski, K., Yarmukhamedov, S., Haraldsson, M.
Coordinating maintenance windows and train traffic: a case study Public Transport, ISSN 1866-749X, E-ISSN 1613-7159. (2020)
Author: Lidén,T.
Engaging stakeholders for improved IAM implementation Water Practice & Technology 2020. (2020)
Author: Malm, A., Löfdahl, G-M.
2019
Simulated single-bicycle crashes in the VTI crash safety laboratory Traffic Injury Prevention (2019)
Författare: Niska, A., & Wenäll, J.