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Publications Routes/Road Road assets management

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

  • Award-Winning National Reports - TS4 - Resilient Infrastructure - Improved Life Cycle Management of Road Infrastructure During Digital Transformation

    This report includes a global view of achieved results and potential opportunities for the continuous improvement of road management in the extended system of digitization process, with an emphasis on data acquisition, systematic monitoring of assets as well as construction materials and their multiple reuse (qualitatively hierarchically conditioned) for the next mission in the service of road users. The focus for future is on the continuous improvement of possibilities of this activity using the [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • TS3 - Safety and Sustainability - Safety of the Road System in Romania

    Responsibility for the organisation of road safety in Romania lies with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure through the subordinate unit, National Company for Roads Infrastructure Administration (NCRIA SA).

  • 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 [...]

  • Study of the Impact on Surface Water of Lime Slurry Used to Treat Bleeding

    Bleeding is a phenomenon that usually occurs during periods of intense heat, mainly on roads coated with thin surfaces, such as surface dressings (SD). A surface dressing is a treatment consisting of successive layers of binder and aggregates. Bleeding is when bitumen rises from the thin layer to the surface. This phenomenon is exacerbated by hot summer weather and by the level of traffic constraints. When bitumen becomes viscous or even liquid, it is no longer able to ensure maintenance of the [...]