International Trenchless Technology Colloquium

本次国际研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，讨论发展，在地理信息系统（GIS），CMMS（计算机维护管理系统）和IT（信息技术）领域的应用，智能评估，更新和管理地下市政基础设施。这一领域的研究以国际和跨学科合作为特点。拟议的国际论坛汇集了来自大学的研究人员、市政管理人员和行业代表，为市政基础设施管理采取综合办法迈出了重要一步。 研究活动将有助于推进评估，监测地下市政基础设施智能管理领域的知识和理解。 开发能够搜索、组织、保存大量状态维护数据并与之交互的高度自动化的GIS系统，将为面临预算缩减、问题增多和法规增多的市政当局提供一种具有成本效益的工具。讲习班分三个阶段举办。第一阶段是非开挖技术研究座谈会，由英国伯明翰大学工程学院基础设施工程与管理研究中心主办。第二阶段包括实地访问芬兰的赫尔辛基和俄罗斯的彼得堡。第三阶段包括在丹麦哥本哈根举行的2002年国际NoDig会议上介绍研究结果和参与小组讨论。英国伯明翰大学将编写一份研究报告，其中载有研究过程、案例研究、数据收集和分析结果的文件。电子版将通过路易斯安那州拉斯顿路易斯安那理工大学非开挖技术中心主办的非开挖技术研究讨论会网站（http：//www.latech.edu/tech/engr/ttc/）提供。

The aim of this International Symposium is to provide a forum for discussion of developments, in the GIS (Geographical Information Systems), CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management Systems), and IT (Information Technology) areas in the application of an intelligent assessment, renewal and management of underground municipal infrastructure. Research in this area is characterized by international and interdisciplinary cooperation. The proposed international forum by bringing together researchers from universities, municipal managers, and industry representatives, provides a major step towards a holistic approach to municipal infrastructure management. Research activities will help in advancing knowledge and understanding in the fields of assessment, monitoring & intelligent management of underground municipal infrastructure. The development of highly automated GIS systems capable of searching, organizing, preserving, and interacting with large quantities of condition & maintenance data will provide a cost-effective tool for municipalities faced with shrinking budgets, growing problems and increasing regulations. The workshop is being organized in three phases. Phase I is the Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium, hosted by the Infrastructure Engineering and Management Research Center, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Phase II consists of field trips to visit the municipalities of Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Phase III consists of presenting research findings and contributing to panel discussions at the 2002 International NoDig Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.A Research Report containing the documentation of the research process, case studies, results of the data collection and analysis efforts, will be compiled by University of Birmingham, UK. Electronic copies will be made available through the Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium web site hosted by Trenchless Technology Center (TTC), Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana (http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/ttc/).