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• Improving resilience of road networks – Case studies

  

  In the recent years, natural hazards have been responsible for numerous failures of infrastructure assets and significant consequences thereof in terms of traffic disruptions and associated economic losses. It is seen that climate change and its associated impacts lead to more frequent and intensive [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-030
• Paving our Ways: A History of the World’s Roads and Pavements

  

  Travel has always played an important role in the functioning of the human species. After our ancestors descended from the trees, the character of that role changed as human existence now relied on journeys across the ground. Frequent essential journeys to one particular location, such as a waterhole, [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-063
• Resilience and Asset Management

  

  The management of transport infrastructure assets must take into account many parameters, including the necessary resilience of these infrastructures.

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-019
• Road Asset Management: Different approaches in different road networks

  

  The city’s roads and streets are all extremely valuable assets that provide citizens with the necessary infrastructure for travelling from one place to another in their vehicles. At the same time, they also act as a basic pillar of the transport network for all goods and services, and therefore [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 7
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-056
• Use of geosynthetics for more resilient infrastructure

  

  Natural catastrophes, e.g. extreme weather conditions or destructive seismic events, can cause enormous damage or the collapse of infrastructure objects, resulting even in heavy losses of human lives. Typically, engineered slopes and bridges are a very sensitive part of the infrastructure, particularly [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-053
• Approaches to Resilience: Examples from the United States of America

  

  Transportation owners and operators are responsible for the delivery of a range of services and functions through the management of a multifaceted system of assets. These systems must be managed notwithstanding external threats, aging and deteriorating infrastructure, and fiscally constrained sustainable [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-046
• Enhancing Resilience of Tunnels with the Integration of Monitoring Data into the BIM Platform

  

  In recent years, infrastructure monitoring has benefited greatly from rapid advances in sensor and data processing technology, as well as from advances emanating from sophisticated computer aided construction management tools (BIM). Such advances have made it possible to install extensive monitoring [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-049
• Resilience of Road Network: A Preventive Approach to Bridge Seismic Retrofitting to Reduce Macro-Economic Impacts

  

  Transport infrastructure networks are essential to ensure the economic development of nations and to improve the quality of life of citizens. For this reason, the focus on proper management of these systems has been increasing over the last 50 years. Since the end of the 90’s, an intense research [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-041
• The City of Toronto Flood Resilience Strategy

  

  The City of Toronto, Canada and its metropolitan area is home to over 6 million people and is the largest City in Canada and the fourth largest city in North America. Toronto is somewhat surrounded by the Great Lakes which strongly influence the local climate which can cause significant rain events [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR389-038
• How Countries Undertake Well-Prepared Projects: A Review on Ten Countries - Litterature Review

  

  It is well acknowledged that good project preparation tends to deliver better outcomes (benefits) as well as providing good project management performance (with respect to budget, delays and quality). This report presents processes put in place in 10 countries to deliver well-prepared transport projects. [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 63
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-651-2
• Earthworks Manual - Genesis and Preamble

  

  PREFACES by Guy RAOUL, Coordinator of the Earthworks Manual. The Earthworks Manual project was launched in 2012 by the Executive Committee of the PIARC Strategic Plan, which entrusted its preparation to Technical Committee 4.4 "Earthworks and unpaved roads". The Earthworks Manual is an important [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R00EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-634-5
• Earthworks Manual – General considerations

  

  The Earthworks Manual is a collection of state of the art and good practice to inform readers about earthworks management. Part 1 is a summary of the different phases and associated topics to be considered in the Earthworks process for the construction of earth-structures. The definitions presented [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-637-6
• Earthworks Manual - Specific technical developments

  

  The general considerations in Part 1 show in summary the earthworks process and the different phases of construction of earth-structures. The Part 2 develops the specific, transverse technical topics that are most relevant to our field. These topics are dealt with in depth in order to promote the [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-641-3
• Earthworks Manual - Specific technical developments - 2A - Materials

  

  2A - Materials The optimal utilisation of materials, locally available on the site, of a road project is today a priority, both from an economic objective and an environmental objective contributing to sustainable development. Consequently, the identification and knowledge of the resources that [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R02AEN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-642-0
• Earthworks Manual - Specific technical developments - 2B - Treatment of materials

  

  2B - Treatment of materials The Booklet 2B downloadable on this page deals with the treatment of materials. This technique is increasingly carried out to optimize the use of materials under economically advantageous conditions. For Earthworks, the process involves the treatment of natural soils [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 159
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R02BEN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-643-7
• COVID-19: Survey of Impacts and Responses from the Global Roads and Transport Sector - Briefing Note

  

  In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the world, creating massive impacts and challenges for multiple sectors, including roads and transport. PIARC took action rapidly, forming a COVID-19 Response Team and initiating a programme of knowledge-sharing webinars.  The Response Team also [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 50
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021BN01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-647-5
• Use of Recycled Materials in Pavements - Literature review

  

  Back in 2003, PIARC published a report from Technical Committee C7/8 on “Pavement Recycling”. This report contains guidelines for in-place recycling with cement, emulsion or foamed bitumen and hot mix recycling in a plant. The current literature review is part of a set of three publications on [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 105
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-646-8
• Dynamic Weighing and High-Capacity Vehicles in the Pre-XVIII Congress on Road Design and Transport

  

  The agenda of the Argentine Road Association’s Pre-Congress on Road Design and Transport, held virtually on 11 and 12 November 2020, covered broad and diverse topics and approaches, all of which are permanently dealt with by PIARC’s various Technical Committees. Of these, we would like to highlight [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-041
• Expert System for the Identification of Appropriate Logistics Areas in Austria

  

  Freight transport and logistics services represent a crucial element for the entire value chain. In order to support the function of the logistics industry, it is necessary from an economic, ecological and social point of view to provide areas with optimal preconditions. It is therefore essential to [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-031
• Focussing on the Human Face of Road Freight Transport

  

  Despite many awareness campaigns and actions, staff safety remains a major issue for road managers, particularly with regard to truck traffic. Motorways today are often considered to be “pipes” lacking a human side, and truck drivers seem to be “invisible” to society. Atlandes, concessionaire [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 2
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-039
• Freight Transport by Road: Reasoned Historic Overview and Chronicle

  

  Humans have always needed to transport goods of all kinds, including food, construction materials, and raw materials for making tools and weapons. For thousands of years, the majority of heavy or bulky cargo was transported by sea, particularly through coastal navigation, and by river. Shaped by these [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-045
• Freight Transport: The Lifeline of the Economy and Society in the Past, Present and in the Future

  

  It is our pleasure to introduce the March issue of the World Road Association’s Routes/Roads magazine dedicated to burning issues in freight transport. The Association has decided on this topic because freight transport is more important than ever which could also be seen during a pandemic like COVID-19 [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 2
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-019
• HGV Spacing and Silhouettes on a Motorway

  

  Besides monitoring compliance with regulations on commercial vehicle weight, weigh-in-motion (WIM) devices provide detailed data that are very useful for analysing characteristics of road freight traffic and HGV driver behaviour [1, 2]. This paper presents results on HGV spacing and silhouettes on a [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-021
• Hydrogen Among Other Solutions to Decarbonate Road Freight Transport

  

  To limit global warming to +2°C and hopefully 1.5°C, Europe, UK, Japan and Korea have already announced carbon neutrality in 2050, China in 2060 and it becomes probable that the USA will join this dynamic. Road transportation (cars, pick-ups, light commercial vehicles, medium and heavy-duty trucks) [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-035
• Identifying Technology Applications to Address Freight Transportation Challenges and Needs in Texas

  

  The 2018 Texas Freight Mobility Plan (TFMP) provided Texas with a blueprint for facilitating continued economic growth through a comprehensive, multimodal strategy for addressing freight transportation. One major recommendation from the TFMP is for the State to develop and implement a statewide, technology-based [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR388-027