Maintenance Management

Maintenance management provides a framework for developing maintenance plans, tracking work accomplishment and preparing reports that compare planned and actual work performance. The framework includes the typical management functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling.

Planning

Planning maintenance activities based upon the road features to be maintained, the resources (labor, equipment & materials) needed to provide maintenance and the level of service to be provided by the maintenance. This includes preparing budgets based upon maintenance performance guidelines to define the specific types and amounts of maintenance work.

Organizing

Organizing the labor, equipment and material resources to ensure that planned maintenance activities can be accomplished with the budget available.

Directing

Directing maintenance operations by authorizing, scheduling and supervising maintenance activities and preparing the annual, seasonal and short-term schedules needed for guidance.

Controlling

Controlling maintenance operations by monitoring work accomplishment and expenditures to ensure that planned work programs are actually achieved within available resource levels.