The BMC will install software—Live Works—to keep a tab on errant contractors.
After drawing flak for potholed roads in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to monitor road construction live to ensure quality work.
The BMC will install software—Live Works—to keep a tab on errant contractors.
“The system will have an intelligent compaction system, which will help monitor and control the compaction of road work. There will be censors installed on every compactor for vehicle tracking. As soon as the engine of the vehicle is started, the censors will send signals and images of the vehicle movement on the road,” said a senior civic official.
The vibratory rollers will be equipped by an in-situ measurement system and feedback control. The software will maintain continuous record of movement of equipment through a colour coded plot. The system will have red, green and yellow lights. These lights will signify how many times a roller has moved over a stretch of road, temperature of the road mixture and precise location of the roller.
“Usually, the contractors do work half way. When a roller is supposed to compact the mixture aggregate on the road surface more than 10 times, they will leave it mid-way by just one or two rounds. With the software in place we would be able to curb such lapses,” said Satish Badve, chief engineer of the road department.
The real time mapping will be controlled by Global Positioning System (GPS). While all the relevant data will be displayed on Geographic Information System (GIS) maps. The ‘Live Works’ software will also track loading and unloading of batches onto the dumper. Officials say this will ensure that the material ready for road construction reaches well within the time to the location.
“The work will be monitored online through web portal. Installation of this software by the contractors on their vehicles will be made mandatory by the administration,” he added.
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