International Trenchless Technology Colloquium

本次国际研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，讨论GIS（地理信息系统）、CMMS（计算机维护管理系统）和IT（信息技术）领域在地下市政基础设施的智能评估、更新和管理应用方面的发展。该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、市政管理者和行业代表的研究人员，为市政基础设施管理的整体方法迈出了重要一步。研究活动将有助于提高对地下市政基础设施评估、监测和智能管理领域的认识和理解。高度自动化的GIS系统能够搜索、组织、保存并与大量的状态和维护数据交互，这将为面临预算缩减、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。讲习班分三个阶段组织。第一阶段为非开挖技术研究研讨会，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。第二阶段包括实地考察芬兰的赫尔辛基和俄罗斯的圣彼得堡。第三阶段包括在2002年丹麦哥本哈根国际NoDig会议上展示研究成果并为小组讨论做出贡献。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、数据收集结果和分析工作的文件。电子副本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（TTC）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/).