THE ONTARIO APPROACH TO MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS CAN BE MADE IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES. THE SYSTEM APPROACH IS DIRECTED TOWARD MAXIMIZATION OF THIS REDUCTION. A TOTAL SYSTEM FOR PLANNING, ORGANIZING, DIRECTING, AND CONTROLLING OF THE MAINTENANCE FUNCTION IS PRESENTED. THE ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE DISCUSSED AND A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM IS ILLUSTRATED. THE SYSTEM IS DYNAMIC BECAUSE WORK QUANTITY STANDARDS, PRODUCTION RATES, AND WORK METHODS ARE CONTINUOUSLY SCRUTINIZED AND ARE REVISED ACCORDING TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. PLANNING IS THUS BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION, ALLOWING MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF ALL RESOURCES AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DESIRED LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE AT THE LOWEST PRACTICAL COST. THIS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PERMITS THE MAINTENANCE FUNCTION TO SUPPORT MAINTENANCE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF MEASURABLE AND DEFINABLE WORK PROGRAMS. APPENDIXES PROVIDE A LIST OF ROAD TYPE CODES AND TYPICAL CREW SIZE TABLES.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr100/100-020.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Leslie, A
  • Gibson, A
  • Cunliffe, A P
• Conference:
  • Maintenance Management Workshop
  • Location: Columbus Ohio
  • Date: 1968-7-22 to 1968-7-24
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Maintenance Management
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 100
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Classification; Coding systems; Highway maintenance; Highways; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Management; Mathematical models; Planning; Productivity; Systems; Workforce
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway classification; Maintenance costs; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Maintenance administration; Work elements
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218467
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 17 1994 12:00AM