DOHA: The Public Works Authority — Ashghal — in collaboration with IBM is introducing a new advanced technology to enhance the efficiency of operations, maintenance and management of road networks and systems.
The Enterprise Asset Management Solution (EAMS) will also help in operations and maintenance of drainage networks, pump and treatment stations and surface and groundwater networks.
EAMS is IBM’s advanced global solution that allows for world-class management of infrastructure networks.
The initiative aims to enhance the authority’s information systems abilities by merging processes of roads and drainage networks departments and operation and maintenance procedures into one comprehensive information system, Ashghal said yesterday.
Based on IBM’s Maximo Asset Management Software, EAMS will transform the way Ashghal collects and analyses road networks data and will allow the authority’s Assets Affairs to rapidly respond to maintenance requirements.
The system will also help develop preventative maintenance procedures of those networks through the analysis of their data, in addition to assisting Ashghal in managing contractors’ performances according to specific quality standards.
EAMS will identify all engineering and geographical data related to roads and drainage networks in case of any technical problem. It will also plan work requirements and determine resource availability according to priorities.
The system will gather and analyse information about Qatar’s roads and drainage assets through a geographic information system (GIS) to allow quick intervention to make repairs and preventative maintenance work.
Designed to provide users with considerable gains in its ease of use, EAMS will allow Asset Affairs employees to receive work orders while they are “on the go” and make actionable decisions in real time. The Peninsula
