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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.

  • Strategies for Improving the Performance of Aging Expressway Bridges

    Expressways in Korea began with the Seoul-Incheon line, which opened in 1968. As of 2022, there were 4,238 km of expressways with 45 lines. The expressway network was built with the aim of allowing drivers to reach the expressway from any part of the country within 30 minutes. South Korea is a small country, 450 km from north to south and 290 km from east to west, so this goal was almost achieved. Korea has 70% mountainous terrain and many rivers, so many bridges and tunnels have been used to [...]

  • Use of Performance Management in the Public and Private Sectors in Mexico

    Performance management is a central part of road asset management as it defines the reference framework for continually assessing the achievement of objectives by the responsible organisation. To link the organisation’s objectives with achievable performance goals, it is necessary to predict how the service levels and intervention needs will evolve in the future. This leads to life cycle planning, another typical part of asset management.

  • BIM-Supported Performance-Based Asset Management

    Asset management (AM) strategies have shifted from reactive, schedule-based approaches to more proactive, data-driven, and performance-oriented frameworks. The Performance-Based Asset Management (PBAM) represents a systematic process that uses performance metrics and goals to guide decisions during the life cycle of infrastructure assets. It is characterised by outcome-driven planning, life cycle costing, risk management, and data-informed decisions and aligns with international standards such as [...]

  • INFRACOMS Project: Advancing Road Asset Condition Monitoring for European NRAs

    The INFRACOMS project was initiated by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) to address a fundamental and growing challenge faced by National Road Authorities (NRAs) across Europe: How can the increasing amounts of data generated by modern sensor technologies be effectively utilised for infrastructure condition monitoring and asset management? These data streams come from a variety of sources, including advanced remote sensing platforms, IoT sensors embedded in pavements and structures, [...]

  • Learning, Development and Embracing the Culture of Asset Management in Canada

    Canada is a very large country with one of the largest road networks in the world. Unfortunately, the country ranks only 38th in terms of population. This results in significant challenges in funding the needs of the road network. In addition, unlike many other countries, Canada does not have a national agency responsible for design, standards, specifications, construction, maintenance and funding of the road network. Each of the Provinces and Territories in Canada is responsible for the higher-level [...]