Strategic maintenance on the right track

Strategic maintenance on the right track

Van der Kamp, M.V.

Van Arem, B. (mentor)
Annema, J.A. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Transport & Planning

MSc. Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

2014-01-21

Strategic maintenance planning in the field of high-speed railway infrastructure maintenance is currently performed inefficiently. It is an important topic, since high-speed railway many kilometers of infrastructure will be constructed in the next twenty years. Interviewed experts state that the actual problem statements consists of five groups of lacks in knowledge: model and data lacking, financial aspects, organizational structures, emphasis on efficiency and interface problems. In order to solve these lacks of knowledge, seven design requirements for a railway infrastructure maintenance organization and seven design requirements for a type of computer simulation tool have been identified. A computer simulation tool is desired, since an optimum point in the costs of maintenance exists and, as stated, maintenance is currently performed inefficiently. Within company Oxand SA, computer simulation tool StrateGo is most suitable for efficient long-term maintenance planning. A case study and a confrontation with the design requirements showed that the functionality of StrateGo is promising, but it could not be used for operational maintenance planning yet. Main concern is the reliability of the simulation and data. Improvements are proposed to overcome the weaknesses of this simulation tool.

maintenance
railway
infrastructure
France
Netherlands

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2014 Van der Kamp, M.V.