Overview of winter maintenance contracts

Road transportation has increased considerably in the past few decades and winter maintenance has become a public service activity of vital importance to the economy. Many production activities are organized with reduced inventories and just-in-time policies have developed considerably, resulting in a substantial growth of road transportation. In a society in motion, it is necessary to make passenger and freight traffic transportation when weather conditions are deteriorating and are likely to result [...]

Asset management practice

Road Asset Management is a more developed approach to the task of steadily improving the satisfaction of road stakeholders. It enables road administrations to better optimise outcomes. It also incorporates the concept of business excellence in relation to both results and enablers. The objective of this report is to help road administrations with implementation of the Asset Management approach for management of road networks. The report contains some arguments and practical recommendations for [...]

Anticipating the impact of climate change on road earthworks

Climate change and its consequences are one of the main preoccupations of the beginning of the 21 st century. The first part of the report presents, as an example, regional scenarios of the climate evolution for Quebec and Switzerland. The second part focuses on water: lack or excess of water and its state. It deals with the cases of embankments, natural slopes, rise of sea level, modifications of the permafrost, and the increase of the wind force. Various examples are presented in the third part. [...]

Integration of performance indicators

Road infrastructure management tends to be determined by objectives aiming at a sustainable socio-economic performance of the transport system. Such an approach requires performance indicators for the various stakeholders, which should be established by aggregating technical and non-technical indicators. The report introduces the « Drawer Concept » assigned to each area of interest, allowing the users to develop their own system according to their specific needs.The drawer includes advice [...]

Review of the growth and development of recycling in pavement construction

This report presents an overview of the use of recycling techniques in pavement construction in many countries. It highlights the barriers to recycling and describes systems and approaches that assist in overcoming these barriers. The incentives that are discussed are related to client awareness, appropriate technology, the benefits of recycling from an environmental and economic point of view and the implementation of regulatory and legislative measures. The report contains an appendix including [...]