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Technical Reports Road assets management

This page lists technical reports of PIARC in the field of road assets management. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS)

    In 1996, PIARC launched a project linked to Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS). The objective of this project was to assess existing HPMS-systems to provide road administrations (especially from Central and eastern Europe) with efficient short-term and long-term maintenance strategies and appropriate means to report to the Ministry of Finance and Parliament. At first stage, this project defined performance criteria for evaluation and acquire necessary information of the existing systems; [...]

  • Towards an Indicator of the Health Condition of Bridges

    The survey was carried out to clarify the present conditions and trends of the management of bridges currently in service by collecting knowledge and information on bridge management in various countries. The results of the survey can then be used to improve inspection and diagnosis techniques. The survey questionnaires were given to various countries, and seventeen countries responded (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Slovakia, [...]

  • A Fact Finding Review of Performance Specifications in 2002

    This document is an awareness-raising review of the current state of the art for performance specifications. It provides insight into three important areas of performance specification and presents the responses to an international questionnaire on the subject. The three important areas of discussion are appropriate definition; initial and whole life cost implications, and the use of warranty periods in the procurement contract.

  • Inventory of Surface Characteristics Measuring Equipment

    In 1989, the PIARC Technical Committee C1 started compiling an inventory of surface characteristics measuring equipment used throughout the world. The result is a comprehensive listing of equipment for measuring longitudinal evenness, transverse profile distresses (rutting), texture and skid resistance (tire-pavement friction) of pavements, the deformation of road surfaces. The information is presented as tables (one table per device) which composed a bilingual catalogue (English - French). [...]

  • Urban Road Network Management

    Many different organizations are interested in using the area above and below the streets. One of the most important things is to co-ordinate and harmonize the various areas of interest. The purpose of this report is to show who decides how the street zones in cities are used; to show different organizational solutions chosen to share access, and the type of laws that form the basis of this work; to define those who have an interest in using street zones and the conflicts that arise; to show the [...]