MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT FOR DISTRICT ENGINEERS

The purpose of this note is to supplement the maintenance system in use within the existing maintenance organisation. Guidelines are provided on: (1) the planning and organisation of maintenance activities; (2) assessment of requirements, which implies compiling an inventory of the road system, carrying out regular inspections of each road, knowledge of traffic conditions, knowledge of the soil, terrain and climate; (3) use of resources. An order of priorities is recommended and the total resource requirements for each operation in terms of materials, equipment and labour are estimated; (4) monitoring which comprises both field inspections and a desk review of the maintenance report. Appendix 1 lays out the field procedures for inventory and inspection, while Appendix 2 deals with traffic counts. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Third African Highway Maintenance Conference, Addis Ababa, September 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 

  United Nations

  Economic Commission for Africa, P.O. Box 3001
  Addis Ababa,   Ethiopia 
• Authors:
  • Robinson, R
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Building materials; Demand; Developing countries; Equipment; Field tests; Highway maintenance; Highways; Inventory; Laboratories; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Methodology; Networks; Personnel; Planning; Resource allocation; Roads; Soils; Strategic planning; Surveillance; Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 285: Demand (econ); 150: Developing countries; 3674: Equipment; 2755: Highway; 6226: In situ; 9035: Inventory; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 3847: Maintenance; 4555: Material (constr); 9102: Method; 102: Personnel; 143: Planning; 141: Priority (gen); 1053: Road network; 4156: Soil; 9101: Surveillance; 689: Traffic count; 2545: Weather
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Overseas Road Note 1Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM