Abstract:
Public Works Department is a leading Government Department of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh which is mainly responsible for the construction and
maintenance of the Government buildings. The department is more than 150
years old and has a very good reputation in the field of construction. But in the
recent days, this department is loosing credibility to its clients. There are many
reasons behind this. But one obvious reason is that the department failed to
adopt the new technologies in general and information technology in particular in
its day to day operation. This has put a serious negative impact on the
confidence of its clients. At the same time the efficiency of work could not be
achieved at the desired level.
Under such circumstances, this study has been conducted to find out the
problems of Public Works Department and to find out the areas where
Geographic Information System (GIS) can be introduced to improve its
management.
After an analysis with the help of cause and effect diagram, it is found that
followings are the main problems lie with the Management of PWD. Such as
improper organogram of the department at the Headquarter level, problem
related to Human Resource development, traditional poor communication
system, increase in time and cost in 'implementation of projects and complex
departmental rules and regulations. After a detail analysis it was found out that
GIS can effectively be introduced in planning of physical infrastructure, in design
related aspects, in managing Government Khas Land under disposal of PWD,
managing fund disbursement, managing human resource and in case of disaster
management to improve the overall management of PWD.
A series of activities have been recommended to introduce GIS in PWD. Such
as analysis of requirements, specification of requirements, evaluation of
alternatives and finally implementation of the system.
