Organizations of Road Service and Maintenance in the Nordic countries. Similarities and Differences. Helsinki October 7 th 2014.

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1 Organizations of Road Service and Maintenance in the Nordic countries. Similarities and Differences Helsinki October 7 th 2014 Anders Asp

2 Anders Asp MSc, MBA Management Consultant (EQC Management AB) Manager (SVP) in Construction Company (Svevia AB) Swedish National Road Administration

3 Summary of Organization Models Specialised Denmark, Norway General Finland, Sweden Centralism Denmark, Sweden Decentralisation Norway, Finland

4 The Swedish Transport Administration (General organization)

5 Business Area Maintenace Maintenance Planning Human Resources Finance and Control Communication Maintenance Areas National Maintenance Infrastructure Development

6 Sweden The Swedish Transport Administration Managing Roads and Railway Managing Service and Maintenance of State owned roads No in-house contractors Advantages Strong central Governance Unified Ways of Working Synergies Road-Railway (limited) Disadvantages Lots of units per district Complex decision-making Limited room for local adjustments Major Focus on Railways

7 The Danish Road Directorate

8 Construction and Maintenance Construction and maintenance Construction East Construction West Operation and maintenance Geometrics & land acquision Operation and maintenance (Project owner) Maintenance (Project manager) Project & road engineering Project controller Special asignments. (special coordinator) Project officer Road Construction, bridges & road survey Ongoing maintenance West (Course project manager) Ongoing maintenance East (Course project manager) Mecnical and elektric installations (Course project manager) Contract management Specialist Entrepriseleder: Coordinator: (FA) Entreprisestyrer Entreprisestyrer Contract PM Manager (Project (PM) officer) Specialist Entrepriseleder: Coordinator: (FA) Entreprisestyrer Entreprisestyrer Contract PM Manager (Project (PM) officer) Specialist Entrepriseleder: Coordinator: (FA) Entreprisestyrer Entreprisestyrer Contract PM Manager (Project (PM) officer) Project officer Project officer Project officer Project officer Project officer Project officer 8

9 Denmark The Danish Road Directorate Managing State owned Roads Few km (5%) but Heavy Traffic (45%) Matrixorganization No in-house contractors Small and specialised contracts Advantages Unified approach towards customers Close cooperation Contruction-Maintenance Strong Focus on Road Maintenace Disadvantages Major parts of managing and initiativs delegated to Contractors Quality of work depending of Contractors performance Marginal Regional and Local influence

10 The Finnish Transport Agency

11 Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment

12 Finland The Finnish Transport Agency has the strategic responsibility for Road Maintenance 9 Centers for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment have the operational responsibility for Road Maintenance No in-house contractors Advantages Cost Effective (large and long contracts) Internal Focus on Cost Efficiency Disadvantages Two different organizations responible for Road Maintenance Lack of R&D due to small Transport Agency Anders Asp

13 the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA)

14 the NPRA Western Region

15 Norway The Norwegian Public Roads Administration are managing Service and Maintenance of National and County roads Public roads are organized in three levels state owned (national) roads, regional/county owned (county) roads, and local/municipality owned roads Counties have extensive influence on Management of County roads No in-house contractors Advantages Close to decision-making Extensive Local influence Disadvantages Duplication of job assignments Several small and vunerable organizations Lack of R&D due to small organizations Anders Asp

16 Summary of Organization Models Specialised Denmark, Norway General Finland, Sweden Centralism Denmark, Sweden Decentralisation Norway, Finland