Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile The Road Management Office (RMO) Shared Service Stephen Flynn C. Eng Senior Engineer

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Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile What are we at? Road Licensing Software development Pavement Management Pavement Management Working Group Mechanical Survey Collation of Data What to do with it

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group: Carlow (chair), Cork City, Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, Galway, DTTAS, Limerick City and County, Wexford, LGMA, RMO Current Work: Works App Footways Drainage Pavement Management Strategy / Management Pavement Plans Process: – scope – specify – pilot – review – implement

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group Footways

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group - Footways (scoping) Principals! Don’t develop something which doesn’t give value Don’t develop something which won’t be used With all the data available, develop tools to interpret and assist with decision-making Don’t make work for engineer/technician WHY ?

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Hierarchy of footways References IPB Managing Roads and Footpath Risks, Sections 4 & 5.2 IPAG Condition Risk Frequency Pavement Management Working Group - Footways (scoping)

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Survey methodology Full vs. Hazard Video vs. Photos vs. Descriptive Technical supports Pavement Management Working Group - Footways (scoping)

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group Works App

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group – Works App Current Functionality: Down load planned works to tablet. Update start and end and mark as complete Creation of new works (inc. extents) Rate road at planned works site Upload new works to MapRoad

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Management Working Group – Works App Development Options: Traffic Management? Site Specific Heath and Safety Plan? Quality Assurance Records Principals! Don’t develop something which doesn’t give value Don’t develop something which won’t be used With all the data available, develop tools to interpret and assist with decision-making Don’t make work for engineer/technician -Users views are essential

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Surveys and Data Collation

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile RW 21 Nov 2014 Visual – PSCI Mechanical – IRI, rut depth, texture, cracking, scrim Surveys: PSCI Network survey 2015 Regional – 100% Local Primary -100% PSCI Work Survey Before and after 100% of each project Mechanical Network % min sample of Local Primary network only Works 10% of Local Primary, 10% of Local secondary and 5% of Local Tertiary jobs completed. Some LA have proceeded Available through LA Quotes Specification and tender documents to be issued to each LA once framework is in place Each LA can tender for survey works using RFT via LA Quotes at any stage during the next 3 years. Ability to contract out PSCI survey to service provider. RMO to procure national regional road survey next year.

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Data Collation

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile “If you do not ask the right question, you discover nothing” W. Edwards Deming “Without data you are just a another person with an opinion” W. Edwards Deming “If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” – Jim Barksdale Some Quotations

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Data on system: PSCI data 2015 and previous years. Data uploads from 2014 Roadworks Programme 2015 €180M of planned works loaded across 3600 projects and 3600km. Work ongoing to programme these. 17 Local Authorities with DTTAS submissions made

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Learning: Additional guidance on PSCI vs categories of intervention. Clarifications on stages of process: Planned- Approved – Complete. What data is recorded and use

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile “Data by its self is useless. Data is only useful if you apply it” Todd Park

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Surface Condition Index Relatable to treatments

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Work to date: (surveying) RW Over 56000km surveyed over 60% of network: R 47%, LP73%, LS63%, LT 50%

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Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Selected Regional Roads

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Selected Local Primary Roads

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Selected Local Secondary Roads

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Back of the envelope calculations Intervention Est. Cost Regional €/m2 Est. Cost Local Primary €/m2 Road Reconstruction (1, 2)3525 Structural Overlay (3, 4)2015 Surface Restoration (5, 6)106.5 Resealing and Restoration of Skid Resistance (7, 8) Routine Maintenance (9, 10)00

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Back of the envelope calculations X 8 Women of Algiers - Picasso Intervention Budget Cost € Regional Budget Cost € Local Primary Road Reconstruction (1, 2) € 9,656, € 15,380, Structural Overlay (3, 4) € 110,545, € 176,967, Surface Restoration (5, 6) € 167,014, € 215,787, Resealing and Restoration of Skid Resistance (7, 8) € 253,014, € 258,069, Total € 540,231, € 666,205,431.08

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile IPAG: Pavement Management Guidelines Asset Register (Roadways, Footways, Structures, Traffic Management, Markings etc) Network Referencing Inventory and Data Management Routine Maintenance ( categories of intervention) Condition Surveying and Rating Pavement Asset Management Strategies Reinstatements New Roads and Taking in Charge Options?

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Asset Management Strategies: Prioritisation Condition ( PSCI, Mech Survey) Strategic Importance Defects Collision history Repairs Claims Traffic (volume, hg, agricultural, forestry) Statutory undertakers works Cost by category of road or location Role of Members

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Asset Management Strategies: Are we all starting from the same place? Categories of road – standardisation? Cost of maintenance for different locations Efficiency

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Asset Management Strategies: Performance Measures - KPIs? Roads Requiring Maintenance? Roads surfaced? Backlog (headline vs. maintenance) When to intervene? Consistency between MD’s?

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Pavement Asset Management Strategies: Strategy at a National Level Plan at a local level Pilot sites in 2015/2016 Increased flexibility Increased accountability

Working together effectively Ag obair go héifeachtach le chéile Thank you – come to our stand!