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advantages which come along with easy and
efficient transportation. Robert McGowan,
General Manager Infrastructure Services ex-
plains, “We are always looking for ways to
maximize the efficiency and preservation of
surfaced roadways and with the new system
in place we have achieved great results.”
The project is a combined effort with VE-
MAX management and involves designing
and implementing performance predicting
software that takes into account the condi-
tion of the road and produces the most op-
timum and cost effective treatments to be
used to rehabilitate a roadway. “VEMAX
has provided us with the framework for this
asset management system and we have taken
it forward and built the system from ground
up to meet the needs of Parkland,” says Rob-
ert.
The framework provided by VEMAX is
not only useful for surfaced roadways, but
also for other types of asset management. In
the case of Parkland, it provides an inventory
of all surfaced roadways, along with the se-
verity and extents of specified distresses and
then determines the overall road condition.
The system then goes on to provide the most
cost effective rehabilitation techniques mak-
Keith Bobey
Rob McGowan
