February 1, 2010
DUC 2010 Registration Open
by Peggy Cerrone
DUC is an experience unlike any other — for five unforgettable days, DUC 2010 will bring together asset managers, engineers and decision makers from around the world to discuss the management of assets using dTIMS. Join us July 12-16, 2010 at Cullen Central Park in Whitby ON. Canada for an informative and thought provoking experience! Register today to take advantage of our Super-early-bird pricing (until March 15, 2010).
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ARRB Partners with Deighton
by Marcel Lavigne
The Western Australian Local Government Association “WALGA” has chosen Deighton’s dTIMS CT to help their Members manage their road networks.
WALGA is a private and independent entity which represents its Members who are the 141 Local Governments (also known as City, Town or Shire Councils) in WA with 1400 elected members, 12,500 employees and 1.9 million constituents.
The management of the project, including implementation of dTIMS CT software will be handled by ARRB Group, a leading provider of value-added research, consulting and technology addressing transport problems.
Deighton is very excited at the prospect of working with the WALGA and ARRB teams and further expanding the use of its Asset Management System, dTIMS CT down under.
Mongolia Purchases dTIMS CT
by Rob Piane
Deighton Associates is pleased to welcome the country of Mongolia to its family of dTIMS CT users. The contract is through the Asian Development Bank with the assistance of Lea Consulting Limited.
Special thanks goes out to Mr. Andy Kim (Lea) and Mr. Phil Salt (Lea) for their direction through the process and for taking on the implementation with Mr. Mike Riley (Riley Partnership).
The Mongolia Department of Roads (DOR) is implementing dTIMS CT using HDM-4 management philosophy for all their road assets. We are pleased that the flexibility of dTIMS CT and the experience of the
implementation team can come together to satisfy the
DOR requirements today and into the future.
Simplifying a dTIMS Setup in Indiana
by Gary Ruck
Deighton is pleased to be continuing their long term relationship with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) with a joint project that will revamp their pavement management system and adapt dTIMS CT to changes at INDOT. We are delighted to have a platform as flexible as dTIMS CT that allows us to listen to the clients needs and adjust the current dTIMS CT setup to reflect their current management, business and IT requirements.
In November 2009, Deighton travelled to Indianapolis to meet with INDOT’s newly appointed pavement management engineer, Jewell Stone P.E., to discuss ways of updating the dTIMS CT setup. Deighton listened and we were able to respond with a shared list of tasks that demonstrates the sustainability of dTIMS CT in changing times.
Technical changes to the dTIMS CT setup include:
• Changes to the database structure to simplify the acquisition of data from existing data sources,
• Modification of the treatment definitions to move the analysis from a “near project level” to a more desired macro treatment analysis,
• Modifications to the dTIMS CT analysis parameters that control the deterioration of performance indices and treatment triggering.
The end result will be a more streamlined and easier to understand dTIMS CT setup. As time goes on, the system can always be modified to reflect further changes at INDOT. This project is ongoing and is slated for completion in the Spring of 2010.
Enhancing ROI Functionality
by Kyle Dunn
We will be enhancing the ROI chart in dTIMS md to be more user friendly and totally interactive.
The chart will still answer the traditional questions the ROI chart did before however you will now have the ability to get the information quicker by clicking on different planning horizons and budgets.
If you would like to view dTIMS md in action, we have created a series of software simulations highlighting the features and benefits of dTIMS md. These are currently available on the Deighton Online Learning Community.
