Abstract
This paper outlines an experiment for the computerization and streamlining of the maintenance and management activities for expressways, which is underway at an operation office of Japan Highway Public Corporation. This experiment is conducted in line with the CALS/EC promotion led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport The main focus of the experiment is set on the following points:
A. Linking of the overall plan view of road (CAD data) with various kinds of maintenance and management data.
B. Procedures for modifying or updating an overall plan view of road during a partial improvement work or similar work in association with contractors using information-sharing systems.
C. Use of web-based technologies to share and retrieve information such as instructions, petitions or reports relating to the contents of work.
Improvement of manegement quality and expense reduction, improvment of a response are planned by these comquterization. As a result, data and a serch of information became comfortable in comparison with the past. In addition it led to quality improvement such as a drawing or information.
