2026 SAG Award Winners

Engineering Consultant International Private Limited (ECIL)

Project Goal

The project delivered a comprehensive Master Plan and Road Asset Management System for the provincial road maintenance agency in Sindh, Pakistan, covering the inventory and condition of roads and structures across more than 43,000 km of the provincial network.

Core activities included establishing a GIS-based network definition and functional classification system, developing a complete road and asset inventory, and collecting condition, performance, and safety data using advanced technologies. Classified traffic counts supported capacity assessments and identified operational bottlenecks.

All datasets were cleaned, standardized, and integrated into a unified geospatial database to support modelling, prioritization, and scenario analysis. The resulting maintenance and rehabilitation plan defined strategic policies and investment programs to sustain service levels, rehabilitate deficient corridors, expand capacity where needed, and plan new infrastructure for long-term mobility ne
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Business Problem Solved

The Client’s core business problem was the absence of a single, trusted source of truth for the road network. Data on pavements, bridges, and right-of-way assets was incomplete, fragmented, and inconsistent, limiting the agency’s ability to justify budgets, prioritize maintenance, and plan interventions with confidence. This challenge was addressed by collecting, validating, cleaning, and standardizing disparate datasets, then integrating them into a unified ArcGIS geodatabase. The system brought all key assets onto one platform, making them visible, spatially linked, and easily queryable. As a result, it enabled the Client to shift from reactive decision-making to defensible, evidence-based planning, support objective prioritization of works, optimize maintenance programs, improve reporting and resource allocation, and facilitate the development of a long-term master plan based on accurate, current, and auditable information. This also strengthened transparency and confidence overall.

Technology Implemented

We used ArcGIS to develop a unified geospatial database for the road network, integrating network definition, full asset inventory, pavement performance indicators, bridge inspection records, right-of-way assets, and classified traffic counts into one shared platform. Pavement datasets included surface distress quantities and roughness/IRI, while bridge records captured inventory details and inspection-based condition ratings. Traffic analysis outputs, including AADT, peak-hour volumes, heavy-vehicle percentages, growth factors, v/c ratios, capacity, LOS, and recurring bottlenecks, were geocoded, symbolized, and published as ArcGIS maps. Supported by standardized schemas, metadata, and QA/QC rules, the platform enabled corridor-level analysis, maintenance prioritization, investment programming, scenario testing, and evidence-based preparation of the Road Asset Management System and long-term master plan. It also supported policy setting, budget justification, and phased implementation.

Development Team Biography

This project was delivered by a distinguished, multidisciplinary team of transportation planners, road asset management specialists, pavement and bridge engineers, transport economists, traffic engineers, GIS specialists, and other supporting disciplines. Its key business value was transforming many parallel technical efforts into one coordinated, decision-ready platform. The team’s inputs were integrated into a single ArcGIS geodatabase so network definition, inventories, condition and performance indicators, and analysis outputs were standardized, spatially referenced, quality-checked, and traceable to source records. This removed data silos, reduced duplication and rework, and ensured stakeholders worked from the same source of truth. As a result, the Client could access consistent maps and queries, compare corridors objectively, and make faster, defensible investment and maintenance decisions. It improved planning, prioritization, budgeting, reporting, and long-term governance too.