Containment Devices on Road Bridges

Drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Bridges, this report deals with the study of equipment on the outer side of road bridges, i.e. located between the carriageway and the free edge, whose function is to ensure safety of users and frontagers. The report has used the replies to a survey received from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom, [...]

Combating Concrete Pavement Slab Pumping - State-of-the-art and Recommendations

The purpose of this document drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Concrete Roads is to provide advice to designers and managers of pavements in service. This will allow a significant increase of concrete pavement service life by controlling the changes in concrete surfacing support conditions which are the main causes of ageing and deterioration. Published in 1986, out of print You can find this report in CD-ROUTE

Concrete Roads - Practical Guidelines for Technology Transfer

This report was drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Concrete Roads in close co-operation with the PIARC Technical Committee on Roads in Developing Regions. It clarifies the main points of the concrete road technique and is intended for various categories of people concerned with pavement construction. It is therefore particularly intended for countries interested by the construction of that type of pavements either within the framework of an overall policy or that of a specific project. [...]

Surface Dressing - Practical Guide for Technology Transfer

This guide was drafted by the Technical Committee on Roads in Developing Regions in agreement with the PIARC Technical Committee on Flexible Roads. Surface Dressings Throughout the World : documents analysed in 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, France, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Spain, United Kingdom) Comparative Analysis of Different Surface Dressing Designs : aggregates -binders - design - rate of spread Assessment : aggregates - binders [...]

Achieving and Maintaining the Evenness of Concrete Pavements

Whereas concrete pavements have well-known advantages (long life, resistance to permanent deformations, etc.) over flexible pavements, the main disadvantages often mentioned are a certain lack of comfort as a result of neglected surface evenness, and a high level of rolling noise. Developments in construction techniques, in particular their gradual adaptation to slip-form paving machines, permanently raise the problem of achieving the best possible evenness. That is why the PIARC Technical Committee [...]