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• Disaster Management and Recovery Techniques for Road Administrators - Technical Report

  

  Road networks are one of the most important infrastructure elements that support all kinds of socio-economic activities. In the case of disasters, the role of a road network is more crucial. The purpose of road disaster management is to increase resilience of road networks, effectively and efficiently. [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 66
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R41EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-829-5
• Road Infrastructure And Transportation Security - A PIARC Technical Report

  

  The management of road assets is becoming increasingly important in the current global context. Design, construction and maintenance are being adapted to improve and guarantee the durability of structures. The resilience of infrastructure to climate change is being sought. The priority objective is [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R46EN
• Measures for Improving Resilience of Road Network - Technical Report

  

  Transportation infrastructure is vulnerable to threats such are natural and man-made hazards and each agency needs to improve their own ability to adequately and decisively respond to sudden and unforeseen challenges to infrastructure performance. It is pivotal for countries to learn from past experiences [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 98
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R38EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-826-4
• Models for Sight Distance in Road Design - A Worldwide Comparison of Standards - A PIARC Technical Report

  

  This report is the second of two planned publications of PIARC Task Force 4.1 “Road Design Standards” in the period 2020 – 2023. PIARC considered the importance of comparing international road design standards to check their updated status and the degree of their readiness to face the forthcoming [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 156
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R37EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-825-7
• PIARC DataBook of Road and Road Transport 2020-2023

  

  Under the adverse circumstances of COVID-19 spreading across the world, many road administrations have to take further austerity measures while investing in construction of road network, maintaining/rehabilitating existing aged roads, ensuring increased traffic safety and so on. Then they are requested [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R31EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-808-0
• Renewal and Rejuvenation of Aging Infrastructure - Technical Report

  

  For the purpose of this research, “aging infrastructure” is defined as any road related assets that are approaching the end of their expected service life or have prematurely deteriorated in condition and are no longer providing the required level of service. This may be due to shorter service [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 106
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R29EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-805-9
• Financial Aspects of Disaster Management - Technical Report

  

  This technical report stems from a collection of case studies pertaining disaster management in different countries of the world; the aim is to analyze the tools and activities that could potentially provide a more integrated and effective financial resource management process during extreme natural [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R23EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-796-0
• Forensic Engineering for Structural Failures - Technical Report

  

  When a bridge collapse occurs, engineers investigate the cause of collapse to identify how design, materials, workmanship, and/or overloading affected structural performance. In this meaning, forensic engineering plays an important role in improving the safety of bridges. Engineers learn from the results [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 191
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R18EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-790-8
• Measures for improving resilience of pavements - Technical Report

  

  This report discusses resilience in pavements with regard to various vulnerability issues resulting from disruptions or hazards due to climate change, vehicular traffic, and natural and human-caused disasters. For the purpose of this report, resilience is approached from a “bottom up” or object [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 46
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R20EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-792-2
• Climate Change, Resilience and Disaster Management for Roads - Seminar

  

  Climate change and other hazards have a wide range of implications on the performance of road infrastructure and can cause disruptions to road network operations. For example, extreme rainfall influences the intensity beyond the drainage capacity of roadways, resulting in slope collapses and landslides [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R14EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-777-9
• The Use of Big Data for Road Condition Monitoring - Briefing Note

  

  This briefing note provides an overview of numerous big data sources and the data-processing methods that can be used to analyse data for road condition monitoring. It focuses on solutions that allow data to be collected quickly, in real time and repeatedly, e.g. via CAN bus, smartphones, digital imagery, [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-746-5
• The Use of Big Data for Road Condition Monitoring - Literature Review

  

  This literature review provides an overview of numerous big data sources and the data-processing methods that can be used to analyse data for road condition monitoring. It focuses on solutions that allow data to be collected quickly, in real time and repeatedly, e.g. via CAN bus, smartphones, digital [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 85
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-745-8
• Road Disaster Management - Using Latest Information Technologies - Briefing Note

  

  An international workshop was jointly organized by PIARC via its Technical Committee 1.5 “Disaster Management" and the JARA (Japan Road Association). The event was greatly cooperated by REAAA (Regional Association of Asia and Australasia) via its Climate Change, Resilience and Emergency Management [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 23
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R29EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-72
• Innovative Pavement Maintenance and Repair Strategies - Collection of Case Studies

  

  This report contains the collection of case studies related to innovative pavement maintenance and repair strategies of road pavements. This report addresses different pavement types i.e. flexible and (semi-)rigid pavements - as well as different road types. It considers both functional and structural [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 87
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R28EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-721-2
• Customer Experience -Case Study Analysis

  

  Research continues to show that when public agencies offer a better customer experience, they deliver measurable impacts across multiple priorities. To that end this report focusses its research on what approaches are currently happening across the world in respect of delivering an improved experience [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 28
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-714-4
• Measures for Improving Resilience of Pavements - Collection of Case Studies

  

  This report contains a collection of case studies related to measures to improve the resilience of pavements. Most of the measures address the impacts of climate change, such as increased precipitation and extreme temperatures. However, the case studies also explore how to make pavement more resilient [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 111
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R25EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-713-7
• A Study on Financial Management of Disasters in the International Arena - Briefing Note

  

  The threats linked to extreme natural events, compromise not only the safety of human life, but also important activities that can move the economy of a country, regardless of its level of wealth. For this reason, the results of this study may be useful not only for high-income countries, but also for [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 24
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R16EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-694-9
• The Use of Big Data and Social Networks for Disaster Management - Briefing Note

  

  PIARC's Technical Committee 1.5 - Disaster Management, has established a task related to the'Use of Big Data and Social Networks for Disaster Management. This task considers new information evolutions such as big data and social networks. It involves an international literature review, collection and [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 27
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R17EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-696-3
• Well-Prepared Projects

  

  This collection of case studies includes 17 cases from 10 different countries participating in this task force, plus one case dedicated to the use of the SOURCE platform in the preparation of transportation projects. It comes after our first report delivered earlier in 2021 in which we reviewed the [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 123
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-687-1
• Use Of Recycled Materials In Pavements - Briefing Note

  

  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 briefing note is the final part of a set of three reports on [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 17
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R10EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-685-7
• Use of Recycled Materials in Pavements - Case studies

  

  This report contains the collection of case studies related to in-place recycling with cement, emulsion or foamed bitumen, hot mix and cement concrete recycling in a plant. The current collection of case studies is part of a set of three publications on the “Use of Recycled Materials in Pavements” [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 142
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-678-9
• Diversity and Talent Management in Transport Administrations – The Road to Success? - Litterature Review

  

  The World Road Association (PIARC) tasked the Technical Committee 1.1 (Performance of Transport Administrations) to analyze effective approaches for defining and promoting Diversity in opportunity across the roads and transportation sectors, and for attracting new talents into the transport industry [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 23
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-670-3
• Reducing the Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of Pavements (2019R33) - High Impact Summary

  

  In 2019 PIARC published the report “Reducing the life cycle Carbon Footprint of pavements” (2019R33), which was a result from the work conducted by the Technical Committee D.2 – Pavements, during the 2012-2015 cycle. This report assessed and synthesized recent innovations leading to the reduction [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 12
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-661-1
• Increasing Resilience of Earth Structures to Natural Hazards - Litterature Review

  

  This report provides preliminary background on the topic of “Increasing Resilience of Earth Structures to Natural Hazards” assigned to WG1 of PIARC TC 4.3 as part of the 2020-2023 Work Program. This topic will be further developed as part of the 2020-2023 Work Cycle and is expected to be completed [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 41
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-652-9
• 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