Work machines in municipalities and the example of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

With the sustainable growth in construction sector and benefits of technologic developents, construction machines are getting more important and bring contractors in works more money and more time. Using the right construction machine and good management of those machines are substantial for persistancy of machines and also the firms profit. Municipalities and other public enterprises are also attach importance to using construction machines for keep step with the new projects due to growing economy and avoid using machines randomly and inattentive.Municipalities are making public procurements due to State Procurement Law which is numbered 4734 like the other public enterprises. Procurements of construction machines can be in five different ways; open tender procedure, negotiated tendering, buying from state supply office, direct supply and donation. When choosing the type of procurement way, it has to be done by knowing the needs and also for tendering procurement competition has to be provided .Municipalities are not profit making enterprises but that doesn?t mean construction machines are not used efficiently. In fact, İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality is an example fort he municipalities in this work and due to vision and mission of this municipality efficiency is one of the most substantial factor fort he municipal works. Therefore in this work, construction machines in İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality have analyzed and the management system of construction machines in municipality has observed. There are many factors hat affect the job performance of work machines in the construction area. These factors can be divided into three parts as mechanic factors, work place factors and management factors.Frequently the construction machines are in the Directorate of Road Maintenance and Repair/ Restoration and when we look at this directorate, we see some needs to do for construction machines under the roof of efficiency and these are;?First of all, the ages of the construction machines have determined and the machines that are older than their machine life have to disposed.?Due to European Union harmonization process, determination of which machines are compatible for european regulations have been made.?Determination the numbers of machines which are functional.?Determination of the numbers and work plans of construction machines in the moment of disaster like earthquake.Keywords: construction machines, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, productiveness, purchasing, public institutions, work machines