A conceptual management system of highway maintenance is discussed where in the managing and allocation of available resources is controlled as determined from a rather comprehensive reporting method or information system. The system was devised as the result of a study to replace the fiscal control or historic cost method previously used. This paper also described the steps taken to determine suitable measurable work units and the means by which productive and non-productive time can be reported in order to analyse operational methods in more detail. Also discussed are the means of achieving desired quality levels and the work quantities necessary to maintain them. A brief description is also given of the training methods adapted to enable implementation of the system within a large highway department.
Samenvatting