New Brunswick Department of Transportation Selects Hansen 8 XML-Based Solution to Manage Enterprise Assets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
RANCHO CORDOVA, California, U.S.A and MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada,
April 25, 2005 – Hansen Information Technologies (Hansen®),
in partnership with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hansen Information Technologies
- Canada, Inc.,
today announced that it was selected to provide a comprehensive enterprise
asset management solution for the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. As
part of its work, Hansen® will provide its Hansen 8 XML-based solution,
including business consulting, data conversion, system integration, training,
and project management. As New Brunswick is a bilingual province, the system
will support both English and French languages and metric standards.
"We are delighted to be selected to provide a new Operations Management
System for the New Brunswick Department of Transportation," said
Chuck Hansen, Hansen's Chairman and CEO. "New Brunswick represents
our first provincial win in Canada, and more importantly, becomes our
first XML-based Hansen 8 Transportation solution in the world. Transportation
infrastructure is a major investment for governments that require proactive
management to track the performance of this long-term asset. We applaud
the Department of Transportation for placing such a high priority on
asset management and customer care."
A key aspect of the project will be to convert New Brunswick's highway
asset inventory into Hansen's Linear/Spatial Asset Model. In contrast
to generic asset management systems, Hansen has developed asset-specific
data models for over 100 different public sector assets, able to store
and display inventory, condition, costing, valuation, spatial, document,
and image related data types. A unique feature of the new system will
allow users to dynamically display and scroll through a complete profile
of their roadways, showing work histories, activity-based costing, inspections,
preventive maintenance schedules, and service requests.
"Transportation represents one of the most complex and demanding
public sector assets to manage," stated John Buffington, Hansen's
Chief Technology Officer. "That's why we decided to design, develop,
and deploy our full array of transportation-specific assets into our
XML-based Hansen 8 business object model first. After completing beta
tests on our linear asset data model for transportation, we were able
to create linear asset models for other assets as well."
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About the New Brunswick Department of Transportation
In support of the economic and social goals of the Province of New Brunswick,
the New Brunswick Department of Transportation provides, maintains and
manages a safe, reliable and efficient highway network, promotes an efficient
multi-modal transportation system and provides fleet management and radio
communications services to other provincial government departments and
agencies. The Department is responsible for 21,000 kilometers of highway
and employs 2,500 people. The Department's capital and ordinary budget
in 2005-2006 will be $396 million. For more information, please visit
the New Brunswick Department of Transportation Web site at www.gnb.ca/0113/.
About New Brunswick
New Brunswick is the largest of Canada's three Maritime provinces, covering 27,587
square miles (7,145,000 hectares) which closely approximates the size of the
State of Maine. The province shares borders with Quebec, Maine, Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island. With a population of 730,000, New Brunswick is Canada's
only officially bilingual province. About 33 per cent of the population is French-speaking,
based on 2001 census results. For more information, please visit the New Brunswick
Web site at www.gnb.ca/.
About Hansen Information Technologies
Hansen is the world's leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
applications that help manage the operations of government. Hansen's integrated
suite of performance management solutions include Enterprise Asset Management
(EAM), Building Permit, Business Licensing, Business Intelligence, Citizen Relationship
Management (CRM), Code Enforcement, Financials, GIS, HR & Payroll, Property
Tax, Timesheet Reporting, Transportation, Utility Billing, and Web Portal applications.
Major customers include 15 of the 25 largest city and county governments in the
United States. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, the company employs
over 250 people with offices in Auckland, London, Melbourne, Mississauga, Perth,
and Sydney. For more information, please visit Hansen's Web site at www.hansen.com.
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