Optimal Maintenance Crew Composition and Enhancement of Crew Productivity

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• Creators:
  Schober, Robert W. ; Brandenburg, Stefanie G. ; Bell, Lansford C.
• Corporate Creators:
  Clemson University. Department of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Maintenance
  • Highway maintenance
  • Employees
  • Productivity
  • Labor productivity
  • Maintenance
  • Highway maintenance
  • Employees
  • Productivity
  • Labor productivity
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SCDOT Research Project 668
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Carolina
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Clemson University. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Abstract:
  The South Carolina Department of Transportation dedicates a large portion of both ; its budget and other resources to the maintenance of the State’s transportation ; infrastructure. In order to maximize the efficiency and productivity of the State’s highway ; maintenance workforce, the SCDOT partnered with Clemson University to research the ; performance of these maintenance crews. The goal of the research is to begin to identify ; optimal crew compositions, if possible, and to enhance crew productivity. ; Data was collected from the SCDOT Highway Maintenance Management System ; (HMMS) and crew rankings were developed based on several pre-determined performance ; criteria. These rankings were then used to identify the top performing crews based on work ; description and county type. Once crew rankings were identified, the top crews were ; analyzed to determine the crew configurations for each activity that produced the optimum ; results. Optimal equipment utilization was also analyzed and improved equipment ; allocation specifications were developed. A detailed survey of the SCDOT maintenance ; workforce was conducted at six county maintenance offices to supplement the HMMS data ; and further generate descriptors and characteristics of the top performing crews. The ; counties for this survey were chosen to be representative of the different areas throughout ; the state of South Carolina- primarily urban counties, mixed urban and rural counties, and ; primarily rural counties. Both maintenance workers and maintenance engineers ; participated in the survey with a total of 382 surveys collected. The data collected from ; these surveys included demographic information on each worker, information about crews, ; and opinion data relating to maintenance performance standards and the worker’s ; understanding of those standards.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25113/dot_25113_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 547.62 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eb9868edf94b8d37a1406e5564e04371668e1848418030e1c3c40d8f5c67ea0e