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• Reduction of construction time and cost of road pavements

  

  Road authorities who want to build, rehabilitate or repair pavements wish, for many reasons, to do this in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost. However construction time and costs are often conflicting parameters. Hence the issue of reducing construction time and costs, without affecting [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 100
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-253-9
• Dealing with the effects of climate change on road pavements

  

  Climate change can have a direct impact on the performance of our transportation infrastructure. The purpose of the report is to sensitize the road sector to the likely impacts of climate change on road pavements and to provide guidance on how to go about: -Assessing the vulnerability of road pavements [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 146
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R06EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-247-4
• Evaluating the performance of automated pavement cracking measurement equipment

  

  Crack type, severity and extent are among the most important data of a pavement management system. This report prepared by Technical Committee 4.2 Road/Vehicle Interactions of the World Road Association presents: A series of objective rules to measure and classify cracks in order to improve the [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 28
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R10EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-251-2
• Monitoring of environmental impacts of roads

  

  The construction, operation and maintenance of road infrastructures impact the environment in many ways. Monitoring road impacts is essential for the identification of new issues, tracking trends and implementing appropriate mitigation actions. This report clarifies what is encompassed in the concept [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 94
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R03EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-245-8
• The connected vehicle

  

  The advent of Intelligent Transport Systems has provided new opportunities for improving the safety and efficiency of the road network. The development of intelligent vehicles, connected by wireless networks to the roadside infrastructure, brings opportunities and issues which are being discussed in [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-246-6
• Worldwide situation of road pricing and assessment of its impacts

  

  The report of Technical Committee " Road System Economics and Social Development " presents the state of road pricing schemes implemented or studied in the world, the corresponding developments and an assessment of their impacts. The panorama of pricing schemes covers the following twenty-two countries: [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 246
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-242-3
• Adaptation to climate change for bridges

  

  Climate change has now become a global issue of concern and it is for this reason that the World Road Association has incorporated it into the strategic themes for the term 2008-2011. Higher levels of carbon-dioxide as part of greenhouse gas emissions are being released resulting in heat being trapped [...]

  • Date : 2011
  • Pages : 68
  • PIARC Ref. : 2011R08EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-241-5
• Sustainable interurban roads for tomorrow

  

  Ce rapport traite de l'amélioration de la planification et de l'exploitation des réseaux routiers interurbains. Les interactions entre la planification des transports intégrés, la planification régionale et l'aménagement du territoire sont examinées par une approche en quatre étapes et la [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 213
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R09EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-229-6
• Evaluating the performance of automated pavement cracking measurement equipment

  

  Crack type, severity and extent are among the most important data used to identify maintenance and repair actions. The use of automated crack measurement systems is increasing although performance tests of these devices are only conducted infrequently, and these are very often incomplete and non-uniform. [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R14EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-214-8
• Review of the growth and development of recycling in pavement construction

  

  This report presents an overview of the use of recycling techniques in pavement construction in many countries. It highlights the barriers to recycling and describes systems and approaches that assist in overcoming these barriers. The incentives that are discussed are related to client awareness, [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 203
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-205-9
• Promoting optimal use of local materials

  

  This document aims to: • identify the progress made over the last decade with respect to soil and/or rock treatments in the area of road earthworks, and more specifically since the publication of PIARC's 1997 report: "Equipment and Methods Specific to Soil Treatment Work"; • look at developments [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 83
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R09EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-196-6
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 48
  • PIARC Ref. : 07.03.BEN
• Airfield Pavements

  

  This document presents the proceedings of a Workshop organized in Montreal in September 1995 by the PIARC Technical Committees on Surface Characteristics (C1), Concrete Roads (C7) and Flexible Roads (C8). The proceedings include future demands on airfield pavements, show similarities and differences [...]

  • Date : 1996
  • Pages : 344
  • PIARC Ref. : 07.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-042-0
• 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
• Bituminous Materials with a High Resistance to Flow Rutting

  After recalling the mechanisms of rutting, this publication identifies the main parameters affecting resistance to rutting in bituminous materials, presents the methods of characterizing this resistance, the methods of calculating rut depth and the practical mix design methods aimed in particular at [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 160
  • PIARC Ref. : 08.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-028-5
• CD-7802 - Pavement Recycling (Guidelines)

  This document, realised by the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Pavements (C7/8), is avaible only on CD-ROM. It contains three different guidelines: cold in place recycling of pavements with cement, cold in place recycling of pavements with bitumen emulsion or foamed bitumen, and hot mix [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 160
  • PIARC Ref. : 78.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-153-2
• Choice of Materials and Design of Flexible Pavements for Severe Traffic and Climates

  The rapid development of traffic, in particular commercial vehicles (CVs) within the last ten years, the development of the design of commercial vehicles and the variations in climate due to disturbances in the atmosphere have led to increased pavement damage. These changes have led to reviews of flexible [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 196
  • PIARC Ref. : 08.06.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-115-X
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 1986
  • Pages : 116
  • PIARC Ref. : 07.01.BEN
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 1987
  • Pages : 116
  • PIARC Ref. : 07.02.BEN
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 100
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.01.BEN