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• Management of the operator - Emergency teams interface in road tunnels

  

  The purpose of this report is to assist the owners, operators of tunnels and emergency services to coordinate their operations in order to improve the level of safety for users, staff members and emergency teams during serious tunnel fires and tunnel incidents. The first part presents the most relevant [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 75
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R03EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-201-6
• Indicators representative of the condition of geotechnical structures for road asset management

  

  The management of geotechnical assets of road infrastructure is a subject that is rarely investigated. The variability and the difficulty to predict long-term performances pose a challenge for planning maintenance. The report provides an overview of the state of practice. After a description of the [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 173
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-201-6
• CD-ROUTE

  Minimum Equipment Required CD-ROUTE can be used on PC (386 at least, Windows 3.1, 95 & NT) and Macintosh® (68020 at least), Power Mac®, Mac OS version 7. Minimum equipment required: 16 Mo RAM, a hard disk and a 14'' colour screen (256 colours or more). The program is very easy to install. [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • PIARC Ref. : CD-ROUTEEN
• Modelling Road Deterioration and Works Effects in HDM-4

  This document is the sixth volume in the series of seven volumes of HDM-4 documentation. It gives a detailed description of the road deterioration and works effects (RDWE) models currently in HDM-4 and provides some background to their development, particularly from HDM-III to HDM-4. Also included are [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 296
  • PIARC Ref. : HDM4-Volume6EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-103-6
• Modelling Road User and Environmental Effects in HDM-4

  This document is the seventh volume in the series of seven volumes of HDM-4 documentation. It covers modelling road user and environmental effects (RUEE). The report presents an overview of how they are introduced in studies and describes representative vehicles. The second section deals with road [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 412
  • PIARC Ref. : HDM4-Volume7EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-103-6
• Integrated approach to road tunnel safety

  

  This report proposes an integrated approach to road tunnel safety, which has been developed in co-operation with the European research projects SafeT and UPTUN. General principles and current perspectives on road tunnel safety are summarised, including practical tunnel project experience. An international [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 170
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R07EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-195-8
• Impacts of road construction and maintenance activities on road users and the adjacent land use

  

  This technical report synthesizes information on techniques to reduce the impact of road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance activities on road users (driving public and construction workers) and the adjacent land use (homeowners, businesses, etc.). The study included a survey to collect [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 133
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-194-X
• Guide for organizing, recruiting and training road tunnel operating staff

  

  This report has been produced by Working Group 1 (WG 1) "Tunnel Operation", for PIARC Technical Committee C3.3. Road Tunnel Operation. This report was developed through contributions from individual members of WG 1. The given recommendations have been reviewed by WG 1 and are commended to the reader [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 123
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R04EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-193-1
• ITS Manual - 2nd edition

  Following the success of the ITS Handbook 2000, the PIARC Technical Committee on Network Operations has completed a new and extended edition. This new edition takes into account the experience gained over the last years; it provides information about the status of implementation of ITS technologies [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 450
  • PIARC Ref. : Manuel STI - 2e edition / ITS Handbook - 2nd editionEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-188-5 Edition française / 1-58053-103-2 English version
• Measures promoting alternatives to the road and intermodal terminals

  

  La croissance très importante du transport de marchandises par la route rend nécessaire la recherche d'une utilisation optimale des différents modes de transport dans une perspective de développement durable. Ce rapport présente les tendances et problèmes clés dans le transport intermodal. Il [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 175
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-192-3
• A Conceptual Performance Indicator Framework for the Road Sector

  

  This paper deals with two strategic themes that the PIARC committee C15 on the Performance of Road Administrations was given to examine, namely: to propose an effective performance management framework and to identify internationally comparable measures of performance of the road system and road administrations. [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-171-0
• A Fact Finding Review of Performance Specifications in 2002

  

  This document is an awareness-raising review of the current state of the art for performance specifications. It provides insight into three important areas of performance specification and presents the responses to an international questionnaire on the subject. The three important areas of discussion [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 48
  • PIARC Ref. : 78.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-152-4
• Asset Management for Roads - An Overview

  

  A very great deal of work has been done in recent years in developing the Asset Management concept.At the forefront have been OECD, PIARC, and road administrations in the United States, Finland and Australasia. The purpose of this report is threefold: a) to briefly summarise what Asset Management means; [...]

  • Date : 2005
  • Pages : 100
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.09.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-176-1
• Asset Management in relation to Bridge Management

  

  The interest for integrated management of all network assets (pavement, bridges, etc) i.e. Asset Management (AM) is increasing all over the world. The scope of this state-of-the-art study is to investigate the degree of implementation, the ideas or philosophies, the management processes and the technical [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.11.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-167-2
• Automated Pavement Cracking Assessment Equipment - State of the Art

  

  The type, scope (length) and severity (opening) of cracks in the pavement are essential for road network managers. This information is used to qualify the condition of the pavement and identify the source of surface deterioration. Despite the fact that many highway companies and authorities have invested [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 01.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-156-7
• Comparison Study on Bridge Management Activities

  

  C11 has made a study which presents and compares the performance of activities, such as inventory and inspections, in different countries or regions. The survey studied the following activities: characteristics of structures, inventory, inspections, priority ranking of works, carrying out of operation, [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 136
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.12.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-169-9
• Decision-Making Processes in the Implementation of Sustainable Road Policies

  

  Investment and policy decisions in road transport infrastructure are often significant decisions in the life of governments and communities because of the large amounts of money involved and the impact that the construction and operation of the infrastructure can have on stakeholders, communities and [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 144
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-148-6
• Development of tools for Performance Measurement

  This report constitutes the synthesis of the work carried out by the C15 PIARC Committee on the theme: "Development of Performance Measuring Tools". It aims at showing the principal performance indicators used in the PIARC countries and the use which can be made of them in order to improve the efficiency [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-054-4
• Efficient Allocation of Financial and Budgetary Resources

  This report covers the work of PIARC Committee C15 on Performance of Road Administrations (C15) on efficient allocation of financial and budgetary resources. An evaluation of the efficiency of existing systems and economic appraisal methods to allocate financial and budgetary resources and a comparison [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-123-0
• Evaluation and funding of road maintenance in PIARC member countries

  

  This report presents an up to date description and analysis of the methodologies used by PIARC member countries and international agencies for evaluation and funding of road maintenance. The common problem of inadequate attention to road maintenance is highlighted. The concept of a systematic approach [...]

  • Date : 2005
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 09.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-182-6
• Good Practice for the Operation and Maintenance of Road Tunnels

  This report complements the report entitled "Reduction of operational cost of road tunnels" which was presented and published at the Kuala Lumpur Congress in 1999. Various aspects of the management and operation of tunnels are considered. A method for providing continuity of management of safety, throughout [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 184
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-175-3
• Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS)

  In 1996, PIARC launched a project linked to Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS). The objective of this project was to assess existing HPMS-systems to provide road administrations (especially from Central and eastern Europe) with efficient short-term and long-term maintenance strategies and [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 68
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-052-8
• Indicators for Bridge Performance and Prioritization of Bridge Actions

  

  Bridge management systems have been developed by many countries to serve as a tool to track inventory data and analyze maintenance and improvement needs for existing bridges. It has been previously identified in the 1996 C11 Committee report entitled Towards an Indicator of the Health Conditions of [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-161-3
• Internal Performance Improvement of Road Administrations

  

  This report sets out a framework for international collaboration in relation to performance improvement of Road Administrations. It develops the background for a dossier of best practice summaries linked to characteristics of country situations so that it will be practicable for the information to be [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.06.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-151-6
• International Experiment to Compare and Harmonize Skid Resistance and Texture Measurements

  

  This document presents the International Experiment involving 41 friction and texture measuring devices that operated on 58 locations (including 10 airfield runways) in Spain and Belgium in September-October 1992. The analysis of the results and conclusions bear on correlations between texture measuring [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 430
  • PIARC Ref. : 01.04.TEN
  • ISBN : 84-87825-96-6