00793252

Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...bs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_283.pdf

This synthesis report will be of interest to state department of transportation (DOT) administrators, supervisors, equipment, and Management Information Systems (MIS)/Information Technology (IT) managers and staff, as well as to engineering and MIS/IT consultants that work for them. It reviews the state of the practice, updating an earlier effort. This synthesis addresses highway fleet maintenance issues in management, equipment, staffing, and technology. It identifies the trend toward more sophisticated and complex MIS and reports on state DOT efforts to develop more systematic approaches to measure equipment effectiveness and to incorporate this quantitative technology, successfully, into daily operations. This report of the Transportation Research Board profiles specific state agency experience in hiring and retaining mechanics, staffing levels, management system complexity, and technologies. Sample shop work load and productivity reports from the Montana DOT are reproduced in this synthesis.

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Project 20-5 FY 1997
Topic 29-07

English

39 p.

2000

NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice

0309068665

Digital/other

Appendices (3) ; References (11)

Case studies; Fleet management; Hiring policies; Maintenance equipment; Management information systems; Mechanics (Persons); Personnel retention; Productivity; State departments of transportation; State of the art studies; Workload

Montana

Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I60: Maintenance

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 19 2000 12:00AM