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Publications Routes/Roads Project management

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of project management. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Winter Road Intelligence Project - From data to decisions through standardization and technology - PIARC Prize - Young professional authors

    Winter Road Intelligence Project (WRIP) is a collaboration between the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland). It examines the current and future state of winter maintenance. It explores new technologies and data sources that could impact weather station planning and usage in winter maintenance management. The project also aims to share information and identify gaps in current weather data.

  • General Report of the PIARC World Road Congress, Prague 2023

    PIARC was honored and delighted to have partnered with the Czech Republic to organize the 27 th World Road Congress in Prague. Indeed we were “together on the road again”. The success of the Congress is a testament to the cooperation between the Local Organizing Committee and PIARC. The record attendance of over 4000 delegates from more than 120 countries is evidence of the popularity and stature of the quadrennial PIARC World Road Congress. The technical sessions featured over 900 presentations [...]

  • Innovation Management Approaches to Manage a Large Portfolio of Innovation Projects on German Motorways

    On 1 January 2021, after two intensive years of development, the Federal Motorway Company (Autobahn GmbH) assumed overall responsibility for the planning, construction, operation, traffic management, maintenance, financing and asset management of all federal motorways in Germany. This brings together decades of experience from 16 Federal Sates, while at the same time using new technological developments to shape a modern and innovative company and develop the federal motorways into even safer, more [...]

  • Road Works, an Opportunity to Create the Future While Improving the Present

    Many events have been unfolding around the world in short period of time, with diverse and interrelated consequences in practically all areas of social and economic life of countries. COVID-19 impacts on road and transport sector are extensively described in numerous PIARC webinars since March 2020 as well as in PIARC report 2020BN03ES [1] and despite issues faced, overwhelmingly road networks have performed well due to their capillarity, resilience and professionalism of their staff and managers. [...]

  • XXVI World Road Congress – Abu Dhabi, October 2019 Connecting Cultures, Enabling Economies - General Report

    The General Report of the XXVI World Road Congress has been prepared by GHD under contract with the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. It has not been possible to include the conclusions of all sessions in this report. They will be available from PIARC’s website.