NEXCO CENTRAL (Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited)




07 May 26, 2017 Miyaike President briefing

Conference Summary

MC

Thank you for waiting. We will start the 127th regular conference right now.
ToDay"NEXCO CENTRAL We will guide you as a "local briefing session on the inspection technology of the group", but there are several topics prepared before that, and the president will explain.

 

[Introduction]

President

Thank you very much for your busy today.
Before we start, let me say a few words.
July 14, as a pin point congestion measures, Higashi-Meihan Expwy(In-bound from the line) Suzuka Interchange (IC)Yokkaichi at about 8km section of the inter-IC, began a provisional three-lane operation.
About 10 days have passed since the start of operation, but certain effects such as alleviation of congestion are appearing.
It is still 10 days after the start of operation, and we will continue to collect and analyze data on traffic conditions after the operation, so I would like to announce the traffic conditions after the measures again.

[ETC Multipurpose Use Service Large Efforts toward

Refer to the documentation 1-1 and materials 1-2.
Toward "Large ETC multipurpose use service", NEXCO EAST and the Shuto Expressway Company have been collaborating on technological development studies.
This time, using the ETC card and ETC on-board unit have everyone is you, I've decided to implement a trial operation of the fee payment of a fee parking lot.
The trial operation will be conducted at the Shin-Shizuoka Senova parking lot from October, and a series of technical and operational aspects will be verified.
For this reason I am cooperating with the trial operation, it is looking for a monitor of ETC card settlement.
Applicants to the monitor, you can ask from the home page of "ETC2.0 Promotion Study Group".
The acceptance period is from July 26 to September 15 today, so please cooperate.
Also, although not in the materials, we are preparing for the trial operation in the Nagoya area, so we will notify you as soon as we are ready.

[NEXCO CENTRAL Local briefing session on group inspection technology]

Today, we will showcase and demonstrate the various inspection and safety technologies and products developed by our group, as introduced.
In our group, Expressway With the aim of ensuring safety, improving reliability, and improving productivity in anticipation of an increase in maintenance costs due to aging infrastructure and a shortage of engineers due to the declining birthrate and aging of the future, Expressway In order to comprehensively manage and maintain the road structures above, we aim to build an “advanced road infrastructure management system” that incorporates the latest technologies such as ICT, IoT, AI, sensors, and robot technology.
The latest technologies such as ICT, IoT, AI, etc. in our group are not limited to business areas such as inspection and repair.
Safe and comfortable for customers Expressway In order to use this service, targeting the entire maintenance and service business, such as providing traffic information, reducing traffic congestion, and improving toll services, Expressway Is working to make it suitable for the future mobile space.
The inspection technology introduced today includes bridge inspections using drones, tunnel inspections using high-speed image processing, dedicated vehicles that can measure road surface properties at high speeds, as well as geographical location information and location information. We offer GIS that comprehensively manages and processes data and an inspection / repair work support system that uses a tablet for inspection using cloud technology.
In addition to demonstrations of large-scale bridge inspection vehicles that can be used in difficult-to-inspect areas of bridges and bridge inspections using rope access, we will exhibit about 20 inspection-related safety technologies and products developed by the Group. Introducing.
Today's on-site briefing session was divided into two morning and afternoon sessions, in order to widely introduce various inspection and safety technologies and products developed by our group. It is also being viewed by consultants and others.
Then, from now on, the host will guide you, so thank you.

MC

These are the topics we prepared today. In addition to that, Document 2 (the current state of the business) is distributed, so I would like you to check it later.
Then, before receiving the inspection technology, we will answer your questions.

Reporter

This time, we have released a variety of technologies, but if you have any positioning of this approach, please.

President

As I explained earlier Expressway Is quite aged. On the other hand, there is also a problem that the number of people checking will be insufficient in the future due to the declining birthrate and aging population. Under such circumstances, we think that it is necessary to promote technological development as much as possible and increase productivity. To that end, it is necessary to develop inspection technology and repair technology with high safety while introducing ICT, IoT, AI and so on. One point is that today's briefing was held to let everyone know more about the technologies we are currently working on as a system.
Another point is that today, consultants and professional manufacturers are also looking at it, and we are also thinking about improving their skills while working hard together.

MC

Then, about various inspection techniques, we will guide you in the following order.
1. "Large Bridge Inspection Vehicle", "Rope Access", "Drone" used for inspection of difficult bridge parts
2. Inspection technology for cable-stayed bridge diagonals using an inspection robot
3. Tunnel inspection technology using high-speed image processing currently being developed with the University of Tokyo
4. "Road Tiger" vehicle that can measure road surface properties at high speeds
5. Inspection / repair work support system using tablet for inspection
At each exhibition booth, a specialist will explain, so if you have any questions, please ask.
We would like to ask you to report to the general public such as university students, construction companies, consultants, etc.