Practical Asset Management System with Seamless HDM-4 Integration in the Context of the Road Sector Reform and Corporate Governance (Namibian Experience).

Author(s)
Tekie, S.B.
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Abstract

A Road Management System or Asset Management System can be defined as: anall encompassing framework, including both information processing and human resources, for the integrated management of the road network, includingthe determination and optimization of economically warranted projects, programmes, strategies and budgets, for both development and maintenance. A Road Management System (RMS) is becoming more and more critical for the management of the road network all over the world. All over the world, including Africa and especially Namibia is challenged by the loss of experienced field personnel, and without a scientific and an objective system to assist the Engineers to manage the road network, the management of the road network is becoming a nightmare. Namibia went through a major road sector reform from 1995-2000 funded by (Swedish International Development Agency) SIDA and the government of Namibia. This restructuring process of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications (MWTC) especially the Department of Transport (DOT), brought about three new entities, the Roads Authority (RA), the Road Fund Administration (RFA) and the Roads Contractor Company (RCC). The task of the RA is to manage the road network. The RFA is to fund the Roads Authority and local authorities from a dedicated fund from the road user charges (RUC), and the RCC is to do the physical work of road maintenance, upgrading, rehabilitation and construction. The RMS was included in the Roads Authority Act (Act 17 of 1999) and it plays a very important role. This helped the RA to look at the RMS seriously. This study will look at how exactly the RMS of Namibia was developed and contributes tothe management of the road network especially using the HDM-4 tool, in the context of the Road Sector reform. It will look at the necessary ingredients to make an asset management system sustainable and practical not onlyin the road sector reform context but also in the whole corporate governance framework as asset management is no longer a small tool to be used in the material laboratories but a whole high level management concept. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.

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C 44894 (In: C 44570 DVD) /10 /60 / ITRD E139819
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In: CD-PARIS : proceedings of the 23rd World Road Congress of the World Road Association PIARC, Paris, 17-21 September 2007, 14 p., 5 ref.

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