A gravel management system for management of operations for the construction and maintenance of gravel roads

In the Western Cape Province, South Africa, poorly performing gravel roads were the norm. This was due to poor quality wearing course gravels and a low standard of construction. A systematic approach was adopted to identify and address all processes and standards in the provision and maintenance of unsurfaced roads. This led to the development of an operations level gravel management system (GMS) that is fully integrated with strategic and tactical level systems, such as gravel road management, traffic counting, road network information, maintenance management and pavement quality management. The scope of the processes incorporated into the GMS is as follows: management of borrow pits; investigation and design of scheduled maintenance projects; acceptance control; project control; and blading optimisation. The paper describes the processes incorporated in the GMS and its integration with strategic and tactical level systems and highlights the benefits obtained from the new and improved processes. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212095.

• Corporate Authors:

  Queensland Department of Main Roads

  477 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, GPO Box 1412
  Brisbane, Queensland  Australia  4001
• Authors:
  • HENDERSON, M G
  • VAN ZYL, G D
• Conference:
  • 6th International Conference on Managing Pavements: The Lessons, The Challenges, The Way Ahead
  • Location: Brisbane Queensland, Australia
  • Date: 2004-10-19 to 2004-10-24
• Publication Date: 2004-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16P
• Monograph Title: Sixth International Conference on Managing Pavements: The Lessons, The Challenges, The Way Ahead, 19-24 October 2004, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication; Computer programs; Conferences; Gravel; Maintenance; Management; Pavement management systems; Pavements; Roads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 9098: Communication; 8525: Conference; 4575: Gravel; 2755: Highway; 2986: Low cost road; 3847: Maintenance; 2955: Pavement; 3037: Pavement management system; 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01014466
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2005 2:58PM