TY - GEN
T1 - Functional requirements for integrated Infrastructure Management Systems
AU - Salem, O. M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - An integrated Infrastructure Management System (IMS) plays an important role in optimizing and justifying budget spending. Generally, the main objectives of an IMS are to: 1) provide access to infrastructure information through an integrated data repository and 2) prioritize maintenance, rehabilitation and construction needs and optimize spending to ensure life-cycle maximum value. This paper discusses the functional requirements of such Infrastructure Management Systems. It also describes the required data flow and process models. It further identifies the system's main components and modules including an interface with a Geographic Information System (GIS). The second part of the paper discusses the issue of life cycle cost analysis and its application in infrastructure management. This includes the evaluation of infrastructure construction and rehabilitation alternatives, taking into considerations the uncertainty involved in determining the useful life of an infrastructure.
AB - An integrated Infrastructure Management System (IMS) plays an important role in optimizing and justifying budget spending. Generally, the main objectives of an IMS are to: 1) provide access to infrastructure information through an integrated data repository and 2) prioritize maintenance, rehabilitation and construction needs and optimize spending to ensure life-cycle maximum value. This paper discusses the functional requirements of such Infrastructure Management Systems. It also describes the required data flow and process models. It further identifies the system's main components and modules including an interface with a Geographic Information System (GIS). The second part of the paper discusses the issue of life cycle cost analysis and its application in infrastructure management. This includes the evaluation of infrastructure construction and rehabilitation alternatives, taking into considerations the uncertainty involved in determining the useful life of an infrastructure.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858033555
SN - 9780415448819
T3 - Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
SP - 1125
EP - 1132
BT - Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
T2 - International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials
Y2 - 20 June 2007 through 22 June 2007
ER -