SKID Policy Manager
SKID Policy manager was designed to incorporate a transparent and effective management system for prioritising SCRIM deficient sites from the annual SCRIM survey. It is implemented as an additional module within Scheme Engineer. The software supports risk assessments, site categorisation and the prioritisation of deficient sites in accordance with an authority’s skid resistance policy.
It reduces time spent by personnel in implementing and managing a skid resistance policy, and provides an audit trail of risk assessments and decisions on remedial actions.
Scrim Policy Manager utilises the following attributes as standard which can all be all user-definable subject to the availability of data and local policy considerations. These attributes are weighted within the prioritisation model:
In accordance with best practice and the “Well Maintained Highways” document, SKID Policy Manager incorporates a Risk Matrix in its analysis; it considers all attributes and the likelihood of the hazard occurring using traffic volumes. This is an important added factor as it ensures that sites with more traffic are considered ahead of those with similar consequences and low traffic volumes. The table below shows the different attributes that the prioritisation process is based on.
SCRIM Intervention Levels can be loaded via. UKPMS HMDIF or CSV File and can be maintained interactively using SKID Policy Manager.
Scheme Engineer allows SCRIM Intervention Levels to be added, deleted and modified across the network and an audit trail of change history is recorded automatically, providing users with the ability to look back in time and visualise the Intervention Levels that were in force on any given date.
In cases where the user has no reliable SCRIM Intervention Levels for loading, Scheme Engineer can generate an initial or proposed set of Intervention Levels by utilising the gradient and curvature data supplied with SCANNER surveys. These initial figures and categories can then be added to and modified interactively.
Once the user is satisfied with the Intervention Level definitions across the network, the data can be exported in UKPMS HMDIF format for loading into a UKPMS compliant system. SKID Policy Manager also supports the mapping of results within a user’s own GIS package.
In addition, we can work with you do develop your SKID policy, and can provide training in its application.