Road maintenance management system : a case study at public work department

Road should be viewed as an important national assets. Like any other assets, road must be regularly maintained to keep them serviceable. The study conducted on the Road Maintenance Branch, whereby this branch was established specifically to manage the assets of the Federal Road to the Public Work D...

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Main Author:	Mohamed, Nurul Wahida
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	HD28 Management Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10631/6/NurulWahidaMohamedMFKA2010.pdf
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description	Road should be viewed as an important national assets. Like any other assets, road must be regularly maintained to keep them serviceable. The study conducted on the Road Maintenance Branch, whereby this branch was established specifically to manage the assets of the Federal Road to the Public Work Department of Malaysia. The aim of this study is to investigate on how to improve road maintenance management system in order to reduce time and cost. The study is carried out through interviews, questionnaires and archives from the Public Work Department. Interviews were conducted with the personnel involving in road maintenance management. The questionnaires were distributed to those who are involved in maintenance activities at the Public Work Department. The type of road involved in this study was a Federal Road, P27 under Public Work Department supervision. The data collected were analyzed using an average index method to obtain the result. From the result, the most common problem occur during the implementation of Road Maintenance Management System is to get the funds for the road maintenance. Public Work Department should consider to monitor the work carried out by the concessioners in order to improve the Road Maintenance Management System.
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spelling	my-utm-ep.106312017-09-28T04:29:29Z Road maintenance management system : a case study at public work department 2010-04 Mohamed, Nurul Wahida HD28 Management. Industrial Management TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements Road should be viewed as an important national assets. Like any other assets, road must be regularly maintained to keep them serviceable. The study conducted on the Road Maintenance Branch, whereby this branch was established specifically to manage the assets of the Federal Road to the Public Work Department of Malaysia. The aim of this study is to investigate on how to improve road maintenance management system in order to reduce time and cost. The study is carried out through interviews, questionnaires and archives from the Public Work Department. Interviews were conducted with the personnel involving in road maintenance management. The questionnaires were distributed to those who are involved in maintenance activities at the Public Work Department. The type of road involved in this study was a Federal Road, P27 under Public Work Department supervision. The data collected were analyzed using an average index method to obtain the result. From the result, the most common problem occur during the implementation of Road Maintenance Management System is to get the funds for the road maintenance. Public Work Department should consider to monitor the work carried out by the concessioners in order to improve the Road Maintenance Management System. 2010-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10631/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10631/6/NurulWahidaMohamedMFKA2010.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Abdul Majid M., Z and McCaffer R (1997). Assessment of Work Performance of Maintenance Contractors in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Management in Engineering. ASCE. September/October. Ahmad Riza, H, (2006), Maintenance Management and Services ( Case Study: Perkeso Building’s in Peninsular Malaysia, Master, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. An OECD Scientific Expert Group (1995). Road Transport Research, Road Maintenance Management system in developing countries. A.S Hornby (1995), Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary, 5th Ed England, Oxford University Press. British Standard Institution (1984). Maintenance management terms in teratechnology. BS3811:1984. Buletin Senggara Fasiliti Jalan, Jun 2009 Suku Tahunan Bil 6, Bahagian Senggara Fasiliti Jalan. Buletin Senggara Fasiliti Jalan, September 2009 Suku Tahunan Bil 7, Bahagian Senggara Fasiliti Jalan. Chong, S. E, (2006), The Maintenance of Aiport Pavement – A Case Study at Senai International Airport, Degree, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Dipak, N. C., Roads Board Nepal: A Sustainable Approach to Road Maintenance Management, Transport and Communication Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific, 2005, No. 75. Dr Ahmad Ramly (2002). Prinsip dan Praktis Pengurusan Penyenggaraan Bangunan. Pustaka Ilmi, Selangor. Haas, R. and Hudson, W. R., Pavement Management Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978. Inthiran, K. (2004), Privatization of Road Maintenance in Malaysia: A Case Study, Master, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Lee, Reginald (1987). Building Maintenance Management Oxford : BSP Professional BKS. Muhammad Suhail Badrul amal, Majdi Mohamad, Nafisah Abdul Aziz (2002), Privation of Maintenance for Federal Roads in Peninsular Malaysia. 5th Malaysia Road Conference, 7 -9 October 2002, Kuala Lumpur. Neil S. Grigg (1988).Infrastructure Engineering and Management, A Wiley- Interscience Publication. Norazlina, M. K. (2007), Emergent Trend In Malaysian Construction Industry : The Rise of Facilities Management, Master, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Note on Road Maintenance, Public Work Department. T. F. Fwa (2006). The Handbook of Highway Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group. Tillotson, H.T., Kerali, H.R. and Snaith, M.S., Proceedings of the International Symposium on Infrastructure of the Future, New Age International (P) Ltd, Bangalore, 1996, pp. 220 – 227. Weng Tat Chan,T. F. Fwa, Kh. Zahidul Hoque (2001), Constraint handling methods in pavement maintenance programming, Transportation Research Part C 9; pg. 175 - 190.

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