FRIDAY, AUGUST 5,
1988
CIVIL SERVICE SECRETARY VISITS HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
THE
CIVIL THE
HARNAM GREWAL,
MR SERVICE,
FOR SECRETARY VISITED THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS TODAY (FRIDAY).
BEATON,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD GREWAL MET SENIOR STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND DISCUSSED THEIR WORK.
MR
HE WAS TOLD ABOUT COLLECTING AND
HE ALSO VISITED THE SURVEY DIVISION WHERE THE SURVEY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE, FOR PROCESSING FIELD DATA.
THIS SYSTEM IS FULLY
COMPATIBLE
WITH THE
MODELLING
SYSTEMB
(MOSS) WHICH IS ALSO BEING USED BY THE DIVISION.
THE MOSS, A HIGHWAY ENGINEERING SOFTWARE PACKAGE, DIVISION TO IMPROVE THE SPEED OF HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT DESIGN.
THIS SYSTEM ALSO PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR CHANGING WHEN REQUIRED.
ENABLES THE
THE DESIGN
OF THE $60 MILLION
LATER, MR GREWAL WENT TO THE SITE OFFICE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
INTEREST IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT IS OF PARTICULAR THAT THE EXISTING FLYOVER HAS TO BE KEPT OPEN TO TRAFFIC WHILI BEING DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED SECTION BY SECTION BY THE NEW ONE.
THE PROJECT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INNOVATION OF THE PROJECTS IN AREAS WHERE TRAFFIC IN DEVELOPING HIGHWAY LEAVE LITTLE SCOPE FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING WORKS.
MR GREWAL ENDED HIS VISIT BY MEETING STAFF THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, CLERICAL, AND THE DEPARTMENT.
TOPICS SUCH AS
HOUSING
IT IS
DEPARTMENT CONDITIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
OF
WORKER GRADES IN
AND FRINGE BENEFITS, EMPLOYMENT AND GENERAL STAFF WELFARE WERE DISCUSSED.
CONDITIONS
OF
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