All transportation agencies keep a list of planned projects, which is updated regularly to include when a project will be performed, where it will be performed, the intended treatments, and estimated project cost. This list is termed a work plan. It constitutes the final list of projects and treatments that are proposed for various structures in your network based upon the results of optimization analysis and, as necessary, user intervention. Structures Analyst allows you to analyze the recommended list of projects from one or more optimization analysis runs and compile a work program.
The system allows you to develop multiple work plans of various types.
The list of the work plan types is maintained in the Work Plan Type window which can be navigated to by following the steps below:
The work plans are maintained in the Master Work Plan window which can be navigated to by following the steps below:
Work plans may also be used as an input to optimization analysis when you want to analyze the impact of the projects in a work plan on the structures in your network as well as when you want to include a specified set of projects in an optimization analysis. For example, if certain projects have already been scheduled, you may want to include these in an optimization analysis so that these projects are always selected and then other projects are added to them as constraints dictate.
Before creating work plans, you need to first create the different types of work plans. Types are containers into which the line items of a plan are placed. The set of different work plan types is created and maintained in the Work Plan Type window. Below is an example of this window.
To create a work plan type, navigate to the Work Plan Types window by following the steps:
Note: This is what will appear in other windows and drop-down lists, so you should make it as descriptive as possible. |
Click Save to save the new work plan type
The Master Work Plan window contains the line items for a particular work plan. Below is an example of this window.
To display the line items in a particular work plan, navigate to the Master Work Plan window by following the steps below:
An optimization analysis results in a list of recommended projects that meet the objective and constraints of the analysis. If desired, you may copy this set of projects into an already-existing work plan by following the steps below: