NEWSLETTER N° 60
April 2017

Hello,

I am pleased to present the April edition of the "Newsletter" of the World Road Association (PIARC). With Marina Domingo Monsonís, our new Communications Advisor, we redesigned its format for easier and faster reading. Our Newsletter is complementary to the Association's other communication media, https://www.piarc.org/en/, the Routes/Roads magazine, and our targeted mailings, which I suggest that you consult regularly.

In this edition, we mention, among others, two recent reports, among the 40 which we produced in the 2012-2015 work cycle. These reports are available free of charge and are the result of the work of the Technical Committees of the Association, which involve over 1,000 international experts. A big thank you to them.

Finally, please know that the General Secretariat of PIARC is at your disposal for any possible joint project. Do not hesitate and contact us at info@piarc.org.

The new Executive Committee of the World Road Association meets in Abu Dhabi 

Abu Dhabi, 28 February - 01 March 2017

The Executive Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC), the body responsible for administering the Association on delegation from the Council, held its first meeting after its election in September 2016, in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) from 28 February to 1 March 2017...

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PIARC was present at the 15th Conference of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) 

Bali (Indonesia), March 22-24, 2017

This conference is organized every four years and it is a premier forum for exchange of information and experiences in the Asian and Autralasian region...

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PIARC consolidates its strategy for the period 2017-2020 

29 March 2017

Claude Van Rooten, President of the World Road Association for the 2017-2020 period, launched a strategic process during the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association in Abu Dhabi (28 February - 1 March 2017) so as to identify the guidelines that will guide the work of PIARC over the next four years...

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Road Tunnel Reconstruction: A meeting of international experts was held in Montreal 

Montreal (Canada), 2 - 5 April 2017

The purpose of this reception, coordinated by the PIARC-Québec Committee in collaboration with the General Directorate of Major Road Projects, was to deepen the work carried out successfully during the previous work cycles in the field of "Road Tunnel Operations", in particular the updating of the Road Tunnel Manual and data on the sustainable use of tunnels, as well as in the optimization of the safety and security of underground road networks...

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ATC-PIARC organizes a workshop on "Reinforcement of Concrete Bridges with Composite Materials" 

Madrid (Spain), 6 April 2017

During the event, more than 150 professionals and technicians from all over the world had the opportunity to exchange best practices and recommendations on the design, implementation and quality control of these materials dedicated to the reinforcement of concrete bridges...

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Routes/Roads Mag N° 372 

Issue N° 372 dedicated to Governance of Multi-Modal Transport covers seven contributions from Australia, Austria, France, Hungary, Spain and Sweden.

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Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Winter Operations 

This report has tried to summarize the knowledge of Climate Change Considerations in Winter Operations.

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Framework for Citywide Road Freight Transport Management 

This report describes the research and findings about the frameworks for public sector road freight transport management (RFTM).

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ASECAP DAYS 2017 

Paris (France)

29-31 May 2017

International Transport Forum 2017 

Leipzig (Germany)

31 May - 02 June 2017