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Title: EXPERIENCES IMPLEMENTING NEW MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Accession Number: 00810841
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Highway Development and Management Tool, HDM-4, was in the beta testing and pilot trial phase during 1998 and 1999. The Finnish National Road Administration (Finnra) has been testing the programs, with all early versions providing feedback for further development at the University of Birmingham. Now that Version 1.0 of the program has been released, Finnra's experts are using it in international projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Two projects, which were conducted in totally different environments, are described and evaluated. Case 1 was carried out in Northwest Russia in 1999, in cooperation with local road authorities and consultants from Ramboll, DHV, SPEA, and Finnra. This pilot was one of the first carried out in northern freezing climates. Case 2, an ongoing Finnra project in Papua New Guinea, started in 1998. Its goal is to establish a road asset management system for the National Road Administration in Papua New Guinnea. The project also includes road inventory surveys based on Global Positioning System and international roughness index measurements. The main output of Case 1 is a highway rehabilitation master plan (HRMP), which was prepared for attracting investors to participate in developing the road network in Northwest Russia. The main output for Case 2 is to inventory the road network, establish a road databank, establish a road asset management system with geographic information system, and create an HRMP for 5 years. These cases and all the phases of implementation of the new management system are evaluated. The most important goal of the projects is to ensure that local experts are fully capable of using the system. Training played an important role in every step, and training strategies were ambitious. The major lessons learned during the projects were as follows: (a) the time needed for implementation of a new system should not be underestimated; (b) quality of data is a key issue; (c) the need for personal contacts with local experts during the project is high; and (d) training should be organized in all phases of the project.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00810814
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Jusi, PJuslen, JPagination: p. 239-248
Publication Date: 2001
Conference:
Ninth Maintenance Management Conference
Location:
Juneau, Alaska ISBN: 0309067472
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
(3)
; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I60: Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
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