An Overview of Kuwait’s Integrated Infrastructure Maintenance Management System (KIMMS)

Kuwait has successfully implemented the Kuwait Infrastructure Maintenance Management System (KIMMS) in 2000. KIMMS can be used to determine condition, predict rehabilitation needs and recommend suitable alternatives for multiple infrastructure elements, including pavements, bridges and sanitary systems. A unique feature of KIMMS is the concept of Integrated Priority Program (IPP). IPP analyzes candidate rehabilitation and maintenance alternatives, along with their recommended implementation years and benefit/cost ratios, for each infrastructure element, and produces an overall optimum prioritized list of projects. Budget scenarios can be created for groups of infrastructure elements, depending on maintenance responsibility, and processed in the IPP to create the most cost efficient integrated program. Over 5,000 km of pavements, 260 bridges, over 50,000 signs and supports, and about 5,000 km of sanitary and storm sewers are maintained in KIMMS. This inventory is the responsibility of six maintenance departments with separate budget constraints. Since each department is responsible for a variety of infrastructure elements, an integrated approach is an essential requirement. KIMMS has met that challenge in a comprehensive, objectively based manner. This paper describes the KIMMS in functional terms, with a special focus on the priority programming module and the linkage of the recommended priority programs to a work management system. Key integration and system implementation issues are also briefly addressed.

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  University of Washington, Seattle

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• Authors:
  • Karan, M A
  • Al-Kulaib, Abdul Aziz
  • Haas, Ralph
• Conference:
  • Fifth International Conference on Managing Pavements
  • Location: Seattle Washington, United States
  • Date: 2001-8-11 to 2001-8-14
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: Fifth International Conference on Managing Pavements, August 11-14, 2001, Seattle, Washington. Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bridges; Budgeting; Maintenance management; Pavements; Rehabilitation; Sanitary sewers; Storm sewers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated priority program
• Geographic Terms: Kuwait
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01037861
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0971174016
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 2006 9:11AM