Road maintenance management system

Road should be viewed as an important national assets.Like any other assets, roadmust be regularly maintained to keep them serviceable. The aim of this study is to investigate on how to improve road maintenancemanagement system in order to reduce time and cost.The study is carried outthrough inter...

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Main Authors: Lim, Sean Chin, Chuah, Sia Wei, Zakaria, Nor Hanani, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/11647/1/p219.pdf
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Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:Road should be viewed as an important national assets.Like any other assets, roadmust be regularly maintained to keep them serviceable. The aim of this study is to investigate on how to improve road maintenancemanagement system in order to reduce time and cost.The study is carried outthrough interviews, questionnaires and archives from the Public Work Department. Interviews were conducted with the personnel involving in road maintenancemanagement. The questionnaires were distributed to those who are involved inmaintenance activities at the Public Work Department.The type of road involved inthis study was a Federal Road, P27 under Public Work Department supervision. Thedata collected were analysed using an average index method to obtain the result.From the result, the most common problem occur during the implementation ofRoad Maintenance Management System is to get the funds for the roadmaintenance.Public Work Department should consider monitoring the work carriedout by the concessioners in order to improve the Road Maintenance Management System.