National Highways’ new pavement asset management system (P-AMS) is off to a flying start, with three times as many people logging on in the first fortnight than the total number of users its predecessor saw in the last year.
The government-owned company said the project to replace its longstanding HAPMS system with the new P-AMS system brought together specialists from across the company and harnessed a truly collaborative approach throughout every phase of development and delivery.
The new system, which will shortly complete its early operational support phase, launched in May after being scoped, developed and launched inside 18 months.
The project was delivered by a multi-discipline team comprising specialists across engineering and digital functions, both within National Highways and supported by TRL as software supplier.
Project manager Sarah Churchman said: ‘The information stored in the system is critical for informing decisions around future requirements for our roads, which is why users need a fast, secure system which is easy to use.
‘The engagement and feedback from internal and external users in the opening weeks have been fantastic and is exactly what we hoped for to get the new system working as effectively and efficiently as possible for our users.’
Senior responsible owner Jason Glasson said: ‘The new system was developed to align with our emerging asset management system strategy. This will ensure the new system supports cross-asset data access and analysis, and the company’s new data model.
‘This approach means the new system will meet our needs right now, while maintaining a level of flexibility to adapt to new and emerging needs in the rapidly changing digital world.’
National Highways said P-AMS forms part of its asset management transformation and will help support delivery of its digital roads strategy, helping to make better investment decisions and creating more efficient ways of working through improved digital integration.
