Road Maintenance Management
Concepts & Systems
By Richard Robinson, et al.
May 1998
Macmillan UK
ISBN: 0333721551
312 Pages
$127.50 Hardcover
This book provides an up-to-date description of road maintenance management. Written primarily from a management perspective, it provides new insights into the relationship between the various functions involved in managing a modern road network. It has been developed based on the experience of project work in this field carried out in a number of countries.
The text provides a framework for considering aspects of management, such as policy formulation, network considerations, staff responsibilities, level of data detail, cost estimating methods, and others, that relate to four basic management functions: planning, programming, preparation, and operations.
Contents:
Foreword from World Bank and from Permanent International Association of Road Congresses Preface Acknowledgements Management Issues Institutional Issues Finance Benefits and Costs Management Information Treatment Selection Prioritisation Operations Management Procurement and Contracts Appendix - Management Summary References Index Author
Biographies:
Dr RICHARD ROBINSON is an independent consultant in highway management and holds an honorary appointment at the University of Birmingham. Prior to this he worked for more than twenty years at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory and for six years at consultants Rendel Palmer & Tritton. He has undertaken consultancies throughout the world, has published numerous papers and has lectured extensively.
UNO DANIELSON is Director, Director-General Staff, responsible for road maintenance at the Swedish National Road Administration. He has many years' experience of road maintenance management at both the regional and national levels in Sweden and has promoted research and education in road maintenance management at the Royal Institute of Technology and other universities.
MARTIN SNAITH has been involved for the past twenty years in the establishment and development of highways research and highway management research at the University of Birmingham. In addition to acting as highway adviser to the Swedish National Road Administration and the Roads Service (Northern Ireland), he has participated in projects and given courses in many overseas countries, including China, India, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Indonesia and Chile. He is currently Professor of Highway Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Birmingham.
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