About CJAM Consulting
CJ Asset Management Consulting provides specialist asset management advisory services for councils, public-sector organisations and infrastructure owners.
We help organisations improve the way they plan, manage, fund and make decisions about infrastructure by connecting asset data, service needs, risk, lifecycle costs, financial planning and operational priorities.
Our services include Asset Management Plans, policies and strategies, maturity assessments, lifecycle modelling, renewal forecasting, levels of service frameworks, service level reviews, capital planning and investment guidelines, asset data reviews and risk-informed improvement planning.
Our approach is grounded in ISO 55000, IIMM, IPWEA and GFMAM guidance, but focused on practical implementation, clear, defensible and decision-ready outputs that support sustainable service delivery, financial sustainability and confident infrastructure investment decisions.
Director - Ruwan Jayarathne, PhD
Dr Ruwan Jayarathne is an infrastructure asset management specialist with a PhD in Civil Engineering and extensive experience supporting councils, public-sector organisations and infrastructure owners across Australia and New Zealand.
Ruwan helps organisations improve the way they plan, manage, fund and make decisions about infrastructure. His work connects asset data, service needs, risk, lifecycle costs, operational realities and financial constraints into practical strategies, plans and improvement actions.
He has delivered asset management policies, strategies, maturity assessments, asset management plans, renewal modelling, service level reviews, capital planning and investment guidelines, asset data reviews, lifecycle planning and long-term financial planning support across transport, drainage, buildings, open space, water, sewer, plant and fleet portfolios.
Ruwan works closely with executive, finance, infrastructure, operations and asset teams to strengthen governance, improve planning maturity, clarify investment priorities and support practical, defensible decision-making.
His approach is collaborative, technically grounded and implementation-focused, with a strong emphasis on producing clear outputs that organisations can use to improve service delivery, asset performance and long-term infrastructure sustainability.