Appia and TRL - The Best of Both Worlds

Date: 10/1/2012

Appia Infrastructure Solutions and TRL are delighted to announce their agreement to work in partnership in the delivery of enhanced highways and infrastructure asset management solutions for local authority and national road networks, both in the UK and around the world.

This agreement strengthens the existing excellent working relationship that the two organisations have developed in recent years and combines TRL's acknowledged position as world-leading transport research and consultancy experts with Appia's expertise as a leading highway and pavement management consultancy and their innovative asset management software.

Appia and TRL are collaborating to further develop Appia's Scheme Engineer® family of software products to provide enhanced asset management analysis and modelling capabilities. These developments will include methods and models for advanced asset management, drawing upon TRL's extensive research base and in-house technical expertise to deliver the capability that asset managers have been requesting to meet business needs.

At the same time Appia will have access to TRL's considerable research expertise and knowledge to support further development of custom and standard modelling within Scheme Engineer®, and to facilitate the develop of new models and approaches.

Appia and TRL will provide a range of solutions designed to meet client's asset management needs across their entire range of consultancy, training and software needs.

This closer working relationship was formally announced by Barry Cleave, Head of Asset Management for TRL and Peter Davidson of Appia, at Appia's Asset Management Training conference in 2011.

About Scheme Engineer®

Scheme Engineer® is Appia's core software product that can be used as a stand-alone Pavement Management System or can be operated alongside an existing UKPMS system, that provides a range of functionality that includes:

• Identifying Scheme Locations and Treatment Types
• Scheme costs (budgeting)
• Value Management & Whole Life Costing
• Condition Projection and Forward Works Programming
• Asset Valuation (GRC and DRC)
• Skid Policy management
• Performance reporting and service levels

In addition to the core Scheme Engineer® product are four related products that can be operated as stand-alone installations or alternatively, integrated with Scheme Engineer®.
1. SE®_data provides the functionality of a "Tranche 1" UKPMS System, allowing data to be loaded, managed and exported in a range of standard formats.
2. SE®_map allows the asset data within Scheme Engineer to be displayed and interacted with on a map background, including the production of "RAG" (red-amber-green) maps.
3. SE®_survey is handheld computer software for carrying out visual surveys including UKPMS Visual Inspections, routine safety inspections and bespoke engineering surveys.
4. SE®_video allows digital video surveys to be displayed, for asset inventory data to be extracted, and for the video data to be displayed alongside the related asset data within Scheme Engineer®.

Notes to Editors

About TRL

TRL, based in Crowthorne, Berkshire, is the UK's leading transport research laboratory. Commercially independent, it is recognised internationally for providing consultancy, research, advice and solutions on wide range of transport issues, and has many world renowned experts in their field.
Key areas of work for TRL include transport infrastructure, road, network and vehicle safety, traffic management, planning and control, investigations and risk management, climate change, human behaviour and security. Facilities include a self contained road network, 3.8 km test track, DigiSim - driving simulator centre, structures hall, pavement and impact test facilities.

About Appia Infrastructure Solutions

Appia Infrastructure Solutions provide consultancy and software to support the management of highways and other infrastructure assets, and comprise a team of experienced professionals that includes specialists in highways and asset management, software development, data management and materials and pavement engineering.

Appia specialise in helping local authorities and other organisations to be more effective in their highways, pavement and asset management and offer a range of services and software to organisations looking to get best value from their highways asset management data and plans. Data management experience includes pavement condition data (SCANNER, SCRIM, UKPMS, FWD, Deflectograph, GPR and FNS), asset inventory data, construction data and spatial data.

Images of Peter Davidson (Appia) and Barry Cleave (TRL), together with the TRL and Appia Logo are available on request

Issued by TRL's Communications Team
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