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March 2024

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EDITORIAL
PIARC PUBLICATIONS
HIGHLIGHTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
#PIARC ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

EDITORIAL

The international experts on the Technical Committees are a real asset to PIARC. These experts produce reports and organise knowledge-sharing seminars, and share their expertise with their peers. In doing so, they build up a network of resource people, whom they can contact throughout their careers. These experts are formally appointed by the Association's member countries, as they have a genuine mandate to represent their country.

At the start of the 2024-2027 four-year cycle, we can confirm that the participation of our experts is more than satisfactory. 71 countries have nominated 1,790 experts, 40% more than four years ago, which is [...]

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Patrick Malléjacq
PIARC Secretary General

PIARC PUBLICATIONS

Routes/Roads magazine

Read the latest issue of our magazine, devoted to the "Prague Congress Prizes" 

Read the latest issue of our magazine, devoted to the "Prague Congress Prizes"

Routes/Roads magazine

In this issue, you will find :

  • An article on " The Road Risk Incurred by Operating Agents during Interventions"
  • A spotlight on a Bolivian Young Professional
  • A forum on the Austrian National Committee
  • A feature on each winning paper at the 2023 World Road Congress

>> Read it here

Technical report

Models for Sight Distance in Road Design - A Worldwide Comparison of Standards 

PIARC Committee 4.1 on "Road Design Standards" presents in this comprehensive report a review of selected models in the field of road design standards based on a literature review.

>> Read here

Technical report

Innovations and Techniques - Application to Earth Structures in the Future 

In this report, PIARC Technical Committee 4.3 "Earthworks" presents current and future challenges and recommendations regarding the effects of climate change on infrastructure.

>> Read here

Technical report

Measures for Improving Resilience of Road Network 

This technical report, developed by PIARC Technical Committee 3.3 on "Road Asset Management", presents resilience issues and recommendations for including resilience as an essential component of decision-making by road operators.

>> Read here

HIGHLIGHTS

Complete your profile on www.piarc.org! 

Before 30 April 2024

Every PIARC member has a profile on the Association's website. The time has come for everyone to check and complete their profile!

This will allow you to:

  • Specify the technical topics that interest you most
  • Confirm your preferred language
  • Confirm your gender

>> Access your PIARC profile

Before 30 April 2024

International Workshop on Gender Inclusion in the road sector 

PIARC, the Spanish Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Spanish National Committee (ATC), organised an international workshop on gender equality in the road sector. Speakers from Spain and abroad shared their views, challenges and successes in terms of gender equality in the road sector.

>> Further information

21 March 2024, Madrid (Spain)

International Women's Day 

Two years ago, PIARC decided to make gender inclusion and diversity a value of the organisation. A gender inclusion and diversity team (PGIDT) has been set up at Executive Committee level.

>> Watch the presentation video

8 March 2024

Kick-off meeting of the PIARC Spanish National Committee 

The Asociación Técnica de Carreteras (ATC) held its meeting to launch the Technical Committees for the new 2024-2027 PIARC cycle. Under the motto "From Prague to Vancouver, new cycle, same commitment", more than 200 Spanish experts took part in the meeting and confirmed their commitment to the future of roads.

>> Visit the ATC website (in Spanish)

21 February 2024, Madrid (Spain)

UPCOMING EVENTS

TRA (Transport Research Arena) 2024 

April 15-18
Dublin (Ireland)

12th International Conference "Tunnel Safety and Ventilation" 

April 16-18
Graz (Austria)

7th Amivtac International Seminar on Bridges 

April 17-19
Nayarit (Mexico)

France snowplough competition 

April 24-25
Chambéry (France)

Workshop on "Rehabilitation of cross drainage works" 

May 07
Madrid (Spain)

Training session on DG-QRAM 

May 13-14
Paris (France)

Find all the events in the calendar 

#PIARC ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

“17th International Congress of hashtag#Winter Viability and hashtag#Road Resilience 2026. The countdown is on...! It was in a studious and convivial atmosphere that the various organising bodies of the 17th International Winter Road Congress, which will be held in Chambéry from 10 to 13 March 2026, met on 6 and 7 March. On the programme: two days of intense work, but in beautiful sunshine which brought together :

  • a delegation from PIARC - World Road Association - the association organising the congress,
  • the Viabilité Hivernale de Chambéry organising committee, the COVH 2026, set up as an association by GRAND CHAMBÉRY ALPES TOURISME to manage the project
  • and the PCO MCI FRANCE agency, commissioned by the same committee to organise the event.

This first highly productive "technical" meeting consolidated the foundations of a collaboration that had been underway for several months. It also enabled us to draw up a very clear roadmap, driven by the same determination and a common objective: the success of a much-awaited international meeting, with major economic and political stakes in winter service and road resilience, which will bring together more than 50 countries over 4 days in Chambéry.”

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