PRACTICE OF ROAD PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The traditional task of the road administration is to ensure the best level of road maintenance that is possible according to the financing allocated to road maintenance. To deal successfully with this task the road administration has established departments, where professionals work in various sectors linked with road maintenance. To every department particular tasks are delegated such as analysis of road condition and definition of priorities, acquisition of technical standards and project procurement, work procurement and maintenance, planning of finances. Therefore particular specialists work in many projects and it is possible to reach high level of competence. This system ensures successful planning of maintenance works and implementation at constant financing and project nature. The present world changes fast especially in our region and the publics sets new demands to roads constantly. The traffic loading increases sharply and the nature of traffic changes. Because of political and economical changes the former routes lose their meaning and at the same time the loading on roads that in the past were not important is increasing. The technical parameters of cars are changing, the traffic is getting more dynamic, and the load carrying capacity of vehicles is increasing. The present road network does not conform to the public necessities and that is the reason why instead of periodical maintenance serious reconstruction works have to be executed. For the covering abstract see ITRD E135448.