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• English-French Dictionary 97.00.B

  The PIARC technical Dictionary of road terms, whose first edition was published in 1931, basically includes specific road terms. The two official languages of the Association being French and English, this Dictionary is a basic dictionary. It refers to terms and definitions used in France and in the [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 200
  • PIARC Ref. : 97.00.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-053-6
• English-French Lexicon, 2nd Edition

  The PIARC Lexicon contains around 16,000 expressions in English and French of a common use for road engineers. In addition to all the terms of the PIARC Technical Road Dictionary, the Lexicon includes many new expressions that are classified in alphabetical order. It contains terminology related [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 1088
  • PIARC Ref. : 81.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-126-5
• Snow and ice databook

  

  The Snow and Ice Data Book was first published on the occasion of the XIth International Winter Road Congress, 2002, Sapporo (Japan) and contained information from 15 countries. This book was a valuable tool to support the exchanges of experiences between international experts. For this reason, the [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 205
  • PIARC Ref. : SNOW AND ICE DATABOOKEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-187-7
• A contractor's perspective on the impact of new contract forms

  Based on the example of the Private Finance Initiative ("PFI") contract awarded for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the street network in the city of Portsmouth, assessment herein the influence of PPP (public-private partnerships) and other innovative contracting practices on road industry organization [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 10
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-080
• An overview of PIARC studies on financing road system investments

  Overview of PIARC reports on road financing.

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 2
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-022
• Innovative financing mechanisms in road transport infrastructure investment

  Governments everywhere are increasingly challenged to meet transport infrastructure financing needs, including with regard to roads. This article puts forward a series of key issues emerging from the ongoing OECD/JTRC work on the use of innovative financing for road infrastructure.

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-014
• Risk profiles of different privatisation and PPP models in the road sector

  Description and comparison of the risk profiles of the different privatisation and PPP models applied in the road sector with a special focus on the traffic risk in PPP-models in this sector for better understanding, selection and structuring of the models according to the individual political, institutional, [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 14
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-024
• The Austrian model of network-based motorway financing

  Austrian interesting example of road financing via a state-owned entreprise. The Austrian model combines a self-supporting infrastructure provider that is not included in the government's budget and that uses private sector business practices, with public sector oversight and interest rates. In addition, [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-074
• Transport infrastructure charges as a basis for a quasi-market for road infrastructure services

  Presentation of the results of the broad and extended discussion initiated in Europe on charges for infrastructure use, by the White Paper of the European Commission. (EC, 2001).

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 14
  • PIARC Ref. : RR332-038
• Cable-Stayed bridge under construction in Saudi Arabia

  Near the diplomatic quarter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a large tower is slowly reaching upward to the sky. This tower is part of unique bridge which spans the deep and wide Wadi Laban on the souther leg of the Riaydh Ring Road near its intersection with the Riaydh-Jeddah Highway. The Bridge is one of [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-096
• Major trial of a design and build project at Auckland

  In the construction industry, there is historically a wide division between the design and construction aspects of a project. By bringing together these two aspects, there is often the opportunity for designer and the construction team to work together in a flexible and innovative manner to produce [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 11
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-102
• Road safety audit: The Australian approach

  This paper reports on the Autoroads Road Safety Audit Project, and includes a brief review of road review of road safety audit inn Australasia, the USA, the UK, Auctroads, the Australian national association of road transport and traffic authorities, established a Working Party in mid-1992 to: examine [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 9
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-077
• The development of road management system in Latvia after the regaining of independence

  Latvia is one of the three Baltic states, which gained independence in 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed. Latvia lies by the Baltic Sea and it borders on Estonia in the North, Russian and Byelorussian in the East, and Lithuania in the South. The lenght of its sea borber is 494 kilometres, and the [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 16
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-113
• Toll motorways

  This article presente the results of a very extensive survey of the status of toll motorways in europe, which illustrates the efficienency of the toll road system very well. At the end of 1992, 13 European countries had part of their road system costs directly met by users; in particular, tolls were [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 24
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-053
• Value engineering program

  This article defines value engineering, and evaluates the value engineering programme of the Federal Higway Administration (FHWA) in the USA and its States. Value engineering is a recognised analysis technique, systematically applied by a multidisciplinary team. It is a basically functinally orientied [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-086
• International experiment to compare and to harmonize pavement texture and skid resistance measurement methods

  This paper summaries the results of an International Experiment to compare and harmonise methodes of measuring pavement texture and skid resistance. This work was initiated in 1988 by the PIARC Technical Committee on Surface Characteristics (Committee C1). The tests were conducted in September and October [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 16
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-022
• Reduce height urban tunnels geometric desing

  This paper describes varoius aspects of the long reduced-height road tunnels that are being used in France to reduce traffic congestion in major courbations. These tunnels are typical between 500m and 10 km long. Reasons for using type of tunnels include: the very high proportion of low vechiles in [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 15
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-038
• Road construction in the United Federal Republic of Germany.

  This paper discusess road construction in the reunified germany within a wider context. It considers: German transport policy, the German economy and transport, the development and status of the Germn road network, the Federal Traffic Infrastructure Plan 1992, the Reguirement Plan for Federal trunk [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 15
  • PIARC Ref. : RR288-007
• Roads of Portugal

  This issues of "Routes/Roads" intends to provide an overview of the road sector in Portugal, and the national road network in particular.In 1978, the length of the nationla road network was 18 800 km, which represented 40% of the classified network, an abnormally high percentage. This fact, amongst [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 36
  • PIARC Ref. : RR286-04
• Road safety in residential areas, the dutch experiences

  This article describes the expercience in the Netherlands in tackling a problem, which is relevant fo all countries - hw to cope with increasing numbers of vechiles in often congested residential areas without damaging road safety.

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR285-49
• Minor earthworks: Backfilling of small trenches

  Massive construction work is always spectacular. It is often accompanied by smaller-scale works whose role in the structure as a whole is equally important. in the field of eartworks, this is the case of the backfilling of small trenches, and backfills against and covering bridges and culverts.

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 10
  • PIARC Ref. : RR284-12
• Numerical forecasting of radiotion fog

  This article includes research results were presented during the Standing International Road Weather Commission (SIRWEC); 21-22 March 1994; Seefeld (Tyrol - Austria).

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR283-56
  • ISBN : 131146
• Road on existing waste deposite

  Restraints influencing the choice of an alignement are increasing stronger and the road engineer may be led to cross a deposit of different waste materials from human origin. he may also find it after alignment has been chosen. The engineer is faced with unusual difficulties when he must cross what [...]

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 15
  • PIARC Ref. : RR283-67
  • ISBN : 131148
• Roads of Hungary

  This paper presents various aspects of the Hungarian road system. Aspects discussed in the paper include organisation, transport and road policy, finance, road network development and repairs, motorways, urban local roads, cycle tracks and private roads.

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : RR282-01
  • ISBN : 865127
• Tenderind and procurment procedures of National Road Administrations in Western Europe

  This paper containes the result of an exhange of information between national administrations of Western European Roads Directors Group within PIARC. The admintrative responsibilities for highways and the highways tendering and procurement procedures for the construction of national road networks are [...]

  • Date : 1994
  • Pages : 17
  • PIARC Ref. : RR282-71