Business Guide
Reliable Maintenance
NEXCO-West Provides Efficient Operation and High Quality Maintenance of Road Infrastructure
LCC-Oriented Operation and Maintenance
NEXCO-West is performing maintenance and repair works including cleaning, vegetation works, snow and ice control, traffic safety measures, disaster prevention measures and bridge maintenance works based on the information obtained from highway inspection. We also gather and provide information on road condition for 24hours. In addition, by applying maintenance strategies to minimize life cycle costs and by introducing new technology and construction methods, NEXCO-West is working on efficient road operation to cope with the issues on maintaining aging road infrastructures.
Life Cycle Cost
“LCC” means the total costs required throughout the whole life of road infrastructures, from planning and construction to their long-term maintenance, rather than just initial costs, taking the life cycle of the road into consideration.
Inspection Planning
Scheduling for inspection activities using stored inspection data.
Design and Repair
Conducting design and repair works.
Planning for Design and Repair
Scheduling for designs and repair works.
Descision Making Meeting
Deciding the necessity of repair works with updated bridge inventory.
Inspection
Conducting inspection.
ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems)
NEXCO-West’s latest ITS technology can provide highway customers timely traffic information and reduce traffic congestion.
ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System)
Information Service by utilizing Cellular Phone (i-highway)
i-highway provides drivers with real-time traffic information anytime and anywhere through cellular phone.
【Principle function】
i-highway provides drivers with real-time traffic information anytime and anywhere through cellular phone.
- 1. Traffic flows at congested sections : map and text format
- 2. “Search function” of travel time to given destination
- 3. Re-opning prediction of lane closures
Information Service by VICS
(Vehicle Information and Communication System)
The world’s first VICS service started in Japan Apr.1996,
providing info of congestion, accidents and real-time estimates of travel times.
(Vehicle Information and Communication System)
The world’s first VICS service started in Japan Apr.1996,
providing info of congestion, accidents and real-time estimates of travel times.