HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE IN DIRECT LABOUR ORGANISATION (DLO). SINO-BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND URBAN TRAFFIC CONFERENCE. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE HELD IN BEIJING 17TH-22ND NOVEMBER 1986

This paper describes several aspects of how to maintain a road system, which has some roads with heavy traffic and some with light traffic, and which may be in an urban or rural area. The roads themselves may have varying types of construction and require different treatments. Before setting up a viable and efficient direct labour organisation to maintain a road system, basic decisions must be taken on: (1) the level of service required; (2) the availability of vehicles and plant; (3) the availability and cost of manual labour and materials; (4) the available finance for the required tasks. The funds should be allocated to both routine and non-routine maintenance. The bonus incentive system, derived from approved and well-tried systems of works, enables management to calculate workload and also assess the productivity of individual teams of men and also of the total unit; this is true for both small and large organisations. Computer systems offer a quicker way of calculating efficiency, but it is necessary for all involved in a bonus incentive scheme to understand its principles. Any system adopted must be understood easily by manual workers, who are not necessarily as intelligent or sophisticated as engineers. (TRRL)

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

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• Authors:
  • Onions, A
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 367-376
• Serial:
  • Publication of: INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
  • Publisher: Institution of Electrical Engineers
  • ISSN: 0537-9989

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Conferences; Financing; Maintenance; Networks; Planning; Roads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 244: Financing; 3847: Maintenance; 143: Planning; 1053: Road network
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493138
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM