ANNUAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP
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The Major Highlights of Technical Sessions and Interactions /
Suggestions
are listed below:
Modern Trends in Road Construction Industry by Mr. E.
Mohanraj, Senior Project Manager L& T / ECC.
It was highlighted that since the annual growth projected at 12 15 % for
passenger traffic and 15 18 % for traffic in the near future and over US $
50 60 billion investment is required, a large component of highways is to
be developed through Public Private Partnership (PPP). Various Project
planning tools like Primavera & MS Project, Online monitoring neutral
contract conditions and training are some of the key issues to be addressed.
Quality Management System including Quality Control, Quality Assurance and
Quality Audit and also Environmental Management System are essential for the
better finished product and to avoid wasteful expenditure. It was suggested
that the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), Consultants, Contractor &
Experts in the field can interact through workshops, Training etc. to impart
and exchange knowledge on latest Technologies in Project Management.
Urban Transportation Challenge and Solutions by Dr.
R. Sivanandan, Professor, Transport Engineering Division, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT, Madras.
Todays traffic problems in major cities and in Chennai were highlighted.
The urgent need to address the inadequacies in road and Public Transport
network in Chennai was highlighted. Need for short term, medium term and
long term solutions were stressed. It was emphasized that advanced
technologies can be selectively adopted for enhanced Traffic Management.
Need for feasibility studies for access controlled roads like elevated
expressways, Need for higher class Rail based system eg. Metro and
integration of bus and rail system were some of the suggestion put fourth
for consideration.
Independent Technical Review Consultancy
services for roads & bridge works for Highways Department M/s. Wilbursmith
India Ltd.
The need for independent Technical Review by third party was emphasized to
ensure that the quality and the cost is controlled. Through various process
of Quality Control, Quality Audit, Random checking, Variations etc. this is
the solution for effecting better Management of Quality and cost.
Road user satisfaction survey M/s. TNS, India,
PVt. Ltd.
The survey helps in improving road transport outcome by providing insight in
to various issues and concerns raised by Road Users thereby influencing
future strategies and operational decisions. Details of survey conducted for
baseline survey for TNRSP were explained in detail. Various factors that
make driving unsafe were highlighted. Interviews conducted with various
stakeholders were presented. Overall satisfaction level was measured on a 5
point scale and it was observed that National Highways exceeded 4 score in
major indicators like Air/Noise Pollution, Highways services, Traffic flow,
surface quality & safety.
Concept of Road Management System. Mr. Gladson
Jebaselwin, TNRSP.
The need for the system was elaborated in the context of modern transport
requirements the objectives of RMS were highlighted which included operating
road network with minimum cost and maximum efficiency, accurate information
of any road at any point in time to the Manager / Engineer for taking up
maintenance and for Managing road assets. The system also will have the
futures for the Stakeholders to access district wise road name and length,
critical inventory like bridges, lane details condition index traffic
details budget for road work programme.