Citation

Iivanainen T, Pettersson M. Transp. Res. Circular 2004; (E-C063): 127-135.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board)

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Abstract

Accurate road weather data are a prerequisite for cost-effective winter maintenance and reliable information services. Road weather data quality depend on several factors including properties of the road weather measuring device in use, as well as placement, assembly, and maintenance of the device. The purpose of the project described is to ensure the quality of road weather information by developing a quality management system for the road weather information system in Finland. The project started in the autumn of 2002. From the very beginning, the quality standard ISO 9001:2000 was taken as a frame of reference for the work, as it serves a generally accepted framework for quality. A project group was formed, members of which came from the Finnish Road Administration, winter maintenance organizations, measuring equipment assembly and maintenance service providers, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and the authors as quality experts. In the first phase of the project, from autumn 2002 through spring 2003, a quality manual for road weather system was prepared. The second phase, started in autumn 2003, is an implementation phase, with the objective of ensuring that the activities within the system are carried out as described in the manual. Moreover, some new software tools are introduced to support quality management.