Newfoundland & Labrador Select Exor
Friday August 03rd 2007
Filed Under Exor Corporation
1 August 2007: Exor Corporation formally announced its appointment to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador to supply and implement a Road Network Management System (RNMS) for the Department of Transportation and Works (NLTW).
NLTW sought an enterprise wide road and asset inventory database system to ensure the ability to manage past and current road network based data between branches of the department. This mission critical system will eliminate the duplication of data silos within the organization. Exor’s RNMS will provide a shared data bank in which all departmental users can access one single source of true data.
The need to minimize development and maintenance costs of this business critical function drove a strategic decision at the DOT to purchase a modularised Commercial Off the Shelf System (COTS). This will ensure Newfoundland and Labrador adheres to the Canadian National Road Network standard, benefit from vendor led product development and reduce its ‘risk’ from natural staff turnover.
Exor will lead the comprehensive RNMS implementation project that will establish the road network and its associated inventory data within a relational database environment that includes a Geographical Information System (GIS) data and functionality. It will serve as a data integration platform (hub) to support multiple departmental applications for managing current and future road assets.
The RNMS will eventually be used to evaluate and prioritise work on the network, manage road condition and evaluate the lifecycle of assets. The initial phase of the implementation will establish a maintenance environment for the Newfoundland and Labrador Road Network (NLRN) and associated departmental road physical features inventory.
Cluney Mercer, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Engineer at NLTW: “We’re delighted to have Exor working with us on this project to provide us with an integrated road network maintenance system. The department recognizes the strategic importance of optimising the whole of life cost of its transportation network assets, and we believe that the RNMS will provide a solid foundation to support current and planned asset management systems.”
The Department of Transportation and Works is responsible for the maintenance of over 9,500 kilometres of primary, secondary highway and community access roads. The department maintains over 850 bridges throughout the province.
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About Exor:
Exor Corporation was founded in 1995 and is the global leader in infrastructure asset management solutions for Government and network centric industries. Exor established its operating base in highways management and is rapidly expanding into other strategic markets including rail and water. Based on world-class Oracle technology Exor provides clients with a modular approach to their individual technology needs. Exor Corporation operates worldwide in Europe, North America and Asia/Pacific and in September 2005 was included in the Software 500 list of the world’s foremost software and service providers. Exor systems manage 1,000,000 miles of roads with an asset value in excess of $750 billion (USD).
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Alun Hunt