***Training
in 2012 *** HDM-4
Version 2 training course - 10th
- 13th April 2012 The
Institute of Cement, Chile (ICH), HDMGlobal
partners, have just been announced
a new date for a course to be
held in April 2012. The course
will be taking place in
Santiago, Chile,
and will be conducted in
Spanish. For
more details please see the
Training and Events page.
***Training
in 2012 *** HDM-4
Version 2 training course - 4th
- 15th June 2012 Ecole
des Ponts ParisTech / Ponts
Formation Edition, HDMGlobal
partners, have just been announced
a new date for a course to be
held in June 2012. The course will be lead by
Pierre Joubert. The course
will be taking place in
Paris, France,
although it will be conducted in
French. For
more details please see the
Training and Events page.
World
Road Congress. Mexico City - 26th
- 30th September 2011HDMGlobal
were present at the recent PIARC
World Road Congress in Mexico
City. There were two HDM-4
workshops organised during the
week, one introducing HDMGlobal
and HDM-4 to potential and new
users, and the second included 6
presentations from existing
HDM-4 users giving details of
how they have used the software
and their experience of applying
it to a number of projects,
mainly in South America, but one
presentation from Namibia.
These
workshops were a great success
with ~60 people attending the
first workshop, and ~130 people
attending the second.
PIARC also
kindly allocated space on
their pavillion in the
exhibition centre dedicated to
HDM-4. This enabled HDMGlobal
members Eric Stannard and Robert
Mesnard, with help from Ricardo
Solario (Mexican
Instituite of Transport) and
several of his colleagues, to
meet existing HDM-4 users and to discuss HDM-4 to
those interested in using the
software.
Robert Mesnard (HDMGlobal/EGIS) talking
to visitors in the HDM-4
area of the PIARC
pavillion in the
exhibition hall
Robert Mesnard (HDMGlobal/EGIS)
and Eric Stannard
(HDMGlobal) waiting to
meet and greet HDM-4
users in the PIARC
pavillion
Ricardo Solario (Mexican
Institute of Transport)
speaking at the
HDM-4 Workshop:
Introduction to HDM-4
Standing room only at
the HDM-4 Workshop:
HDM-4 for Users
***HDM-4 Exceeds 1000 licence Sales***
HDMGlobal is pleased to announce that sales of HDM-4 Version 2 have now
exceeded
1000 licences to over 100 countries. With its evolving functionality and high reliability
HDM-4 Version 2 has over the five years since its launch shown itself to be, with sustained
level of sales, the internationally recognised software tool for conducting project appraisals
and analyses for road management and investment alternatives. The customers include government
departments, construction agencies, research agencies, funding/development banks, individual
consultants, Universities and training organisations.
Through the HDM-4 User Group meetings, workshops and presentations made by third parties at
conferences we have seen HDM-4 used in a wide range of projects and a selection of these can be
seen by downloading the presentations and articles from the
free downloads area of the HDMGlobal website. HDMGlobal would
encourage any HDM-4 practitioner to write a short article to highlight how they have used HDM-4
successfully in a project they have been involved with and these will be profiled on the website.
Please send to
e.e.stannard@bham.ac.uk
***HDM-4/HDMGlobal
Presentations***
During the China
Rural Roads convention Tyrone Toole gave a formal presentation on the best
practice management of rural roads, including application of HDM-4
and similar tools.
Tyrone also made available a presentation entitled "HDM-4
Developments: Summary presentation".
Both of
these are now available under
the Free Downloads section of
the website.
***NEW
*** HDM-4 Version 2.08 Update: an
update to the HDM-4 software is
now available to download for
existing licence holders. This
release fixes an issue that some
users were experiencing when
conducting a Project Analysis and
tried to include Accident Costs.
See the Software Updates page
for more details.
HDM-4 Version 2 is now
available in Spanish : a
project funded by
PIARC to translate the HDM-4
user interface and reports into
Spanish has been completed by
the Mexican Institute of Transport
and is now available for
purchase and as an
update
for existing users.
Following the same offer for
English and French users
upgrading from HDM-4 Version 1,
users in Spanish speaking
countries are entitled to a
special price for a period of
one year.
This update to
HDM-4, HDM-4 Version 2.07, also
resolves a number of issues
identified in HDM-4. Existing
users should review the changes
to determine if they need to
update their existing software.
***NEW
*** HDM-4 Related Articles
Available for Download: the fourth quarter 2009 edition
of ROUTES/Roads magazine
published by PIARC contained
several articles related to
HDM-4/HDMGlobal. The article
titles and links to download
them can be found on the
Free Downloads page. <
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HDM-4 User Group Forum is now live. The forum aims to bring greater interactivity between the Consortium and the users, and to simplify the direct exchanges between users, to provide a platform from which varying approaches and methodologies are discussed between users and HDMGlobal. Use of the forum is for HDM-4 Version 2 licence holders only and requires registration.
<...read more details...>.
HDM-4 Version 2 can now be purchased via internet download. Following feedback from users HDMGlobal is now pleased to be able to offer HDM-4 Version 2 for purchase via internet download. This service is provided by the Software Bureau of TRL, a partner of HDMGlobal. <Product Page on TRL Software Site>
You can still purchase the software on CDROM from the usual sales channel < ... read more details ... >
HDM-4 Version 1.x Users IMPORTANT PLEASE READ : under the terms of the agreement HDMGlobal agreement with PIARC, technical support for HDM-4 Version 1.x will be available for the first year only. Therefore existing HDM-4 Version 1.x users should be aware that support for this version of the software will cease on 1st August 2006. Existing HDM-4 Version 1.x users are encouraged to take advantage of the discounted HDM-4 Version 2 upgrade price which is available for a limited period only. Please contact the HDMGlobal sales team for a quote or more details <...contact the sales team...>
The "Getting Started with HDM-4 Version 2" manual is available for download. This manual provides information for existing users of HDM-4 version 1.3 on the use of version 2.0<...read more details...>
For existing users of HDM-4 there is a Summary of Improvements in HDM-4 Version 2.0. <...read more details...>
PIARC have signed an agreement with HDMGlobal who are now responsible for the management and exclusive distribution of the HDM-4 software for the next five years. The consortium is a partner between the Highway Management Research Group, a UK based association of the University of Birmingham, and ...... <read full details...>
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