AUTOMATED PLOTTER NEEDS STUDY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 1970-1975
THE PRESENT COMPUTERIZED PLOTTING EQUIPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CAN COPE WITH THE NORMAL GROWTH WORKLOADS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, THIS EQUIPMENT WILL NOT SATISFY ANTICIPATED USER NEEDS RESULTING FROM AN INCREASED WORKLOAD IF NEW PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED; NOR WILL IT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES REQUESTED BY POTENTIAL USERS. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROGRAMS AND PROCUREMENT OF A ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WHEN JUSTIFIED IS RECOMMENDED AS A MEANS OF SATISFYING THESE NEEDS. ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS COULD RESULT IN AN APPROXIMATE SAVINGS OF $7 MILLION TO BE REALIZED OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. THE COST TO ACHIEVE THESE SAVINGS IS ESTIMATED TO BE $761,000 FOR NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, MORE EQUIPEMNT TO SUPPORT AN EXPANDED PROGRAM, AND OPERATIONAL COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPOSED SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- F-7-31, I. C.
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Corporate Authors:
California Division of Highways
Bridge Department
Sacramento, CA United States 05914California Department of Public Works
1120 N Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Costs; Data plotters; Information processing; Savings
- Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00203165
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM