Requirements for the Education of Road Asset Managers - A PIARC Approach

N°381 (2nd quarter 2019)

Road Asset Management: from Local Level to Supranational Perspectives, from Successfully Implemented Approaches to Visions for the Future

A developed, high-capacity and safe road network is the basis for growth and prosperity in all national economies. It enables mobility, …

N°381 (2nd quarter 2019)

Advances in maintenance planning of roads by empirical models

Road Asset Management and road maintenance planning have been important topics for practitioners all over the world. The topic has raised …

N°377 (2nd quarter 2018)

User - friendly infrastructure management systems: Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines and Bhutan implementation experience

This paper presents a methodology which allows infrastructure assets basic management, without requiring advanced knowledge, based on …

N°376 (1st quarter 2018)

A comparative study of sustainability tools to assess an asphalt road pavement's life cycle

Global warming is caused mainly by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases, among which CO2 emissions are very important. The Kyoto …

N° 369 (2nd Quarter 2016 / April)

Taking decisions in the rehabilitation of flexible pavements based on non-destructive measurements

The present paper outlines a proposal that allows in a reasoned manner to develop an intervention approach with regard to the …

N° 368 (1st Quarter 2016 / January)

Implementation of a management assistance system dedicated to road maintenance in Niger

The Republic of Niger is a West African country (illustration 1) with a vast land mass (1.3 million km²), 80% of which lies in an …

N° 366 (2nd Quarter 2015 / April)

Load capacity measurements with the traffic speed deflectometer (TSD)

Assessment of the structural pavement condition plays a crucial role in an economic pavement maintenance planning. An existing database for …

N° 366 (2nd Quarter 2015 / April)

Methods for pavement maintenance planning at operational level and distribution of maintenance funds among sub-networks

Amethod for operative pavement management planning and the distribution of maintenance budget among the sub-networks (local road …

N° 366 (2nd Quarter 2015 / April)

New pavement types reduce rolling resistance

Low rolling resistance pavements can reduce fuel consumption by 4%. In Denmark alone the CO2 emissions from the road transport alone are …

N° 366 (2nd Quarter 2015 / April)