The Airports of Mauritius Company has concluded a R1.3 million deal with the South African enterprise asset management solutions provider MST for the purchase and implementation of MAXIMO for the work and asset management of its total facilities infrastructure.
Airports of Mauritius invested in MAXIMO to ensure optimal management of its infrastructure at the airport, including the new airport buildings that were completed last year and the existing buildings that are currently upgraded.
Airports of Mauritius Co Ltd (AML), set up in 1999, resulted from the merger of Airports Management Services Ltd (AMSL) and Airports Development Corporation Ltd (ADCO).
AML has signed a strategic alliance agreement with British Airports Authority (BAA), which today manages seven airports in the UK and eight in the world. With the present five-year contract, AML benefits from the expertise of BAA to manage the terminal, the runway and all related activities. The aim of AML and BAA is to turn Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport into the "leading airport in the region".
World Duty Free, a subsidiary of BAA, runs all the duty-free activities within the premises.
Located in the southeast of the island, the facility, formerly known as Plaisance Airport, was initially built for military purposes during the Second World War by the British Commercial activities started in 1946.
In order to accommodate constant civil traffic growth, a new terminal, not far from the old building, was commissioned in 1987 under the name of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International airport.
Jagadish Soobarah, Head of Engineering and Strategic Development of Airports of Mauritius, says the decision to purchase an asset maintenance management system was taken "to protect our upgraded facilities and to ensure that we get optimal value out of our assets".
Other assets that will be managed by MAXIMO include the runway, air-conditioning equipment, generators and transformers.
MST`s Sales Manager: MAXIMO, Danie van Vuuren, says MST sees Mauritius as a strong growth point in Africa. "Including Airports of Mauritius, there are now five MAXIMO user companies in Mauritius. Business leaders in the country are starting to realise the importance of managing their assets properly to get the maximum return on their investment in assets and infrastructure."
Van Vuuren adds that the maintenance management modules of MAXIMO will initially be implemented to get maintenance processes streamlined. "MAXIMO will be used to improve planned and preventive maintenance. At an airport unplanned downtime and breakdowns of mission-critical infrastructure can`t be afforded. MAXIMO will also be used for work management, equipment tracking, cost management and lifecycle costing," he said.
MAXIMO was successfully commissioned in November 2000 and operates as AML`s central business system for the operational management of facilities and building services. MAXIMO was successfully integrated with the existing inventory control system and is offering value-added services and managing complex service contracts for AML.
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