dTIMS for Local Councils in New Zealand

Predicting the performance state of a pavement network is often high on the priority list for any local council or road agency when it comes to making sure the pavements are performing to satisfactory conditions. One of the ways that New Zealand's local authorities have been ensuring this is through the use of the dTIMS forecasting system. dTIMS has been used by many of the local councils and road controlling authorities in some of the largest networks in New Zealand to plan for long term pavement performance and maintenance needs. While this system has been highly applicable to councils that manage large road networks, there has always been a caution used by those whose sealed road networks are relatively small. An example of this is the Central Otago district council which used dTIMS for maintenance and renewal planning of their road network, and many promising results have been achieved.

WRITTEN BY:

Dr. Theuns Henning
University of Auckland