Using Cloud-Computing to Promote Asset Management Best Practices - A Ministry of Transportation Ontario Case Study

For many years, transportation agencies across Canada have been collecting roadway asset inventory and asset condition datasets across their networks with the aim of facilitating best practice in maintaining these assets at the highest levels of service and within budget. However these extensive datasets are often managed by only a few individuals responsible for developing high level work programs for the upcoming or future construction seasons. With the advent of cloud computing, and its further development in recent years, a new interactive medium is now available for all agency staff, contractors, consultants, and end users to gain on-demand access to this highly valuable dataset, current and historic roadway asset attributes and conditions, in addition to roadway imagery. To demonstrate the many applications and benefits of a web-based medium for accessing these datasets and imagery, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s use of iVision is presented as a case study. Feedback received from key individuals in MTO during all phases of implementation of this web-based application and the statistics obtained through monitoring provide insight that other Canadian, State and Municipal agencies can benefit from. This paper explains how an accessible and interactive web application can promote best asset management practices for planning and day-to-day operations of roadway networks.

• Record URL:
  http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2014/s-10/ong.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Ong, B
  • WADE, J
  • Howard, A
  • SWAN, DJ
• Conference:
  • Transportation 2014: Past, Present, Future - 2014 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada // Transport 2014 : Du passé vers l'avenir - 2014 Congrès et Exposition de 'Association des transports du Canada
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 1.3 MB, 11p.
• Monograph Title: Transportation 2014: Past, Present, Future - 2014 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada // Transport 2014 : Du passé vers l'avenir - 2014 Congrès et Exposition de 'Association des transports du Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Case studies; Condition surveys; Conferences; Data banks; Digital computers; Evaluation; Information processing; Internet; Networks; Software; Structures; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 3857: Condition survey; 8525: Conference; 8655: Data processing; 8614: Database; 8673: Digital computer; 3355: Engineering structure; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 8585: Internet; 1054: Network (traffic); 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01553401
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Feb 13 2015 4:30PM