Asset management systems are an integral part of Economikr’s expertise, the results of which play a key role in determining and finalizing an organization’s decision-making process. An asset management system is a decision support system, recommending a course of action for road network administrators and managers on how to best invest a specific budget according to set objectives.
Asset management systems usually come in the form of a specialized computer software, and are generally comprised of several types of models, engineering, economic, optimization & ranking, using economic, engineering, and social variables. Economikr has been involved in the design, modeling, building and programming asset management systems for many years in various capacities.
Pavement Management System of Rural Roads in the Dominican Republic
This project, developed for the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), was dedicated to creating a pavement management system for all rural roads throughout the Dominican Republic. This included the creation of economic methodology for transport sector evaluation and analysis, developing a socio-economic ranking procedure and further development of poverty indices, both of which were based on economic potential, social and other factors. The results of this project led to procedures that were later used to allocate budgets under a set of budgetary ceilings, based on IBC (Incremental Benefit Cost) multi-year optimization.
Urban Pavement Management System (PMS) for the Roads in 11 Cities, El Salvador
An IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) project, this dedicated PMS project covered the roads in El Salvador’s 11 major cities, including the capital, San Salvador. This large-scale national project included the development of transport models for an urban environment, economic optimization under budget constraints, life cycle cost analysis, and calibration of HDM-4 models to urban road conditions. All models created for this project were then integrated using advanced computer programming, including GIS and video.
Interurban Pavement Management System (PMS) for Panama
Performed for the World Bank, this PMS project was designed specifically for Panama. The project included the creation of a GIS system based on GPS data collection, interfacing this data with data from other software programs, calibrating the models to rigid pavements, and generating automatic export of a PMS database to HDM-4.
Bridge Management System for Panama
Part of the same World Bank project (PMS project), this bridge management system project included the development of a data collection system and ranking scheme for all the bridges in Panama. Included in the project was processing the data from detailed bridge surveys, and integrating data into a GIS based on collected GPS data.
Road Management System for Ecuador
Based on local government funding, this project concentrated on developing a road management system in Ecuador. Similar in structure to the El Salvador project, with the exception of calibration to local Ecuadorian conditions, the Ecuador project included the creation of transport investment policies and their subsequent implementation, and calibration of a HDM-4 VOC (Vehicle Operating Costs) module to local conditions.
Development of a Budgeting System for Funding Interurban and Urban Roads in El Salvador
Under the auspices of the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), this project focused on the interurban roads, both paved and unpaved, in El Salvador. The project included the development and calibration of engineering and economic models for road transport projects, from heavily trafficked paved roads, down to rural (unpaved) roads. Further, it focused on creating a budget optimization method for periodic road maintenance activities and prioritization of routine maintenance activities. Three types of optimization were deployed in this project: standard budget optimization, agency cost optimization, and reverse optimization (e.g., determining the costs of raising the road network to a given user-defined level).
Urban Pavement Management System for Bogotá, Colombia
Funded by IDU, the Institute of Urban Development, this project, based in Bogotá, focused on the development of HDM models for urban road conditions and subsequent calibration to local conditions. The project included creation of a GIS map used to optimize road budget allocation and to create user databases. This data interfaced with data from other systems, including Oracle and SQL Server.
Pavement Management Systems (PMS) in Guatemala
Funded by the local Guatemalan government, this PMS project included the development of the first GIS software based on GPS data collection within a Pavement Management System. The project focused on national and local profitability analyses, pricing of various infrastructure elements, and economic optimization under budget constraints. Further, it included implementing economic and engineering models using advanced computer software, including integration, and calibration of HDM models to local conditions.