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Publications Routes/Road Road assets management

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of road assets management. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Development of Action Plans as Part of the Implementation of a Sustainable Winter Service Programme

    The Evian Impluvium is the preferential infiltration site of the Evian hydromineral deposit. It is recognised as being of international importance and is protected from chlorides through a framework agreement on the environmental control of road maintenance in winter. The Association for the Protection of the Evian Mineral Water Impluvium (APIEME) is testing and implementing an action plan in partnership with the Department of Haute-Savoie and the 13 municipalities which are members of APIEME. [...]

  • PIARC Prize - Road Design, Construction, Maintenance and Operation - Bridge Monitoring and Data-Driven Structural Asset Management

    Balancing transport productivity and risk of bridge damage requires sound engineering judgments. The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is closing the loop between the assumptions and rules underpinning heavy vehicle access to bridges, observed bridge responses and heavy vehicle behaviour through the application of bridge and traffic monitoring, weigh-in-motion, video, and data analytics, and engineering fundamentals.

  • Renewal and Rejuvenation of Aging Infrastructure

    The PIARC Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023 identified the issue of “Renewal and Rejuvenation of Aging Infrastructure” as a priority for this cycle and allocated it to the Technical Committee 3.3 Asset Management. To address this, a Working Group was established in 2020 to identify best practices and approaches that support the renewal and modernisation of aging road infrastructure and management of road renewal backlogs. The Working Group represents a broad mix of road administrations, covering [...]

  • GERESE – Secondary Road Network Management Project, Optimised Road Network Management

    France has a substantial road network, comprising over a million kilometres of roads and streets. However, the national road network accounts for only 2% of this total. One third of the remainder is managed by the Departments (101 numbered administrative divisions), while the other two thirds are managed by the Communes (municipalities, of which France has 35,000).

  • Advances in Road Asset Management in Chile within the Framework of the ‘PIARC Asset Management Manual’

    Chile’s road network spans 85,984 kilometres. This largely consists of interurban roads and some sections in urban areas of strategic interest. The network is administered by the Highway Office, apart from 3,371 kilometres which operate under a concession system, a public-private partnership scheme. Over the last decade, the management of the road assets (divided into 9 categories) has become an essential task and road agencies are trying to achieve maximum performance from the infrastructure [...]