PROGRESS REPORT OF PROJECT COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE COSTS

DATA ARE PRESENTED ON MAINTENANCE COSTS FROM 1935 THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 1948. THE MAINTENANCE COST INDEX FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1948 SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 8% OVER 1947, 72% OVER 1940 AND 86% OVER 1935. THE RAPID INCREASE IN COSTS INDICATES THAT MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATORS MUST DEVISE NEW AND IMPROVED MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS AND PROCEDURES TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE MAINTENANCE EFFORT. AN ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR LABOR, MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT BETWEEN THE VARIOUS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. MATERIAL HANDLING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. ALMOST HALF OF THE SURFACE MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE IS USED FOR LABOR. THE NEXT MOST COSTLY OPERATION IS ROADSIDE AND DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE. EXPERIMENTS WITH THE USE OF THE NEW HERBICIDES ARE REPORTED. OVER HALF OF THE COSTS OF REMAINING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO LABOR. THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT TYPES TOGETHER WITH THE CONSEQUENT IMPROVEMENT IN MAINTENANCE METHODS AND PROCEDURES SHOULD MATERIALLY INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY AND DECREASE THE COSTS OF THESE OPERATIONS.

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• Authors:
  • Bright, J S
• Conference:
  • 28th Annual Conference of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1948-0-0 to 1948-0-0
• Publication Date: 1949-9

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: Maintenance Costs
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Maintenance personnel; Maintenance practices; Materials management; Surface drainage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218595
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM