Life Cycle Cost Analysis Considerations in Pavement Type Selection in Red Deer and Construction Challenges
In 2016 The City of Red Deer issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to complete intersection/roadway
improvements and upgrading of the 67 Street and Johnstone Drive intersection and the 66...
Session title: Investing in Road Construction: Building Canada’s Economy Session
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Czarnecki, B., Bouteillier, C., Gustafson, W.
2017
Manitoba Infrastructure Maintenance Career Training Program
Session title: 2017 Educational Achievement Award Nomination
Organizers: Education & Human Resources Development Council
Authors: Manitoba Infrastructure
2017
Mechanistic-empirical flexible pavement design using i3C-me
Mechanistic-empirical (ME) flexible pavement design is now the recommended practice in Canada. Yet, the complexity and the costs associated with the integration of the recent American design...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Road and Embankment Materials
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Bilodeau, J-P., Doré, G., Grellet, D
2017
Meeting the Unique Challenges of Pavements Engineering in the Urban Context, City of Calgary
Pavements engineering for urban applications is unique and differs in many aspects to that of rural or highway applications. This represents a challenge for major municipal agencies in...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Johnston, A., Lakkavalli, V., Sharma, V.
2017
Mistissini Wooden Bridge
The Cree Nation of Mistissini wanted a new bridge to help them cross the Uupaachikus Pass and reach the land west of the village. Two objectives lay behind the construction of such a structure:...
Session title: 2017 Environmental Achievement Award Nominations
Organizers: Environment Council, Environmental Issues Management Standing Committee
Authors: Stantec Consulting Ltd.
2017
Moving Forward with Winnipeg's Downtown Protected Cycling Network
Winnipeg City Council adopted the Pedestrian and Cycling Strategies in 2015 which provides a vision and long-range policy framework for walking and cycling in Winnipeg over the next 20 years....
Session title: Cycling in Canadian Communities: From Planning to Implementation
Organizers: Sustainable Transportation Standing Committee
Authors: Mruss, K., Suderman, S., Propp, G.
2017
New Advances in Novel Polymeric Alloy Geocell-Reinforced Base Course for Paved Roads
Seventh Street in Nisku industrial hub of Alberta was in very poor serviceability condition for the
heavy traffic of the industrial area. In 2012, the County of Leduc decided to...
Session title: INNOVATION IN GEOTECHNICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Pokharel, S., Norouzi, M., Breault, M.
2017
Ontario's Local Calibration of the MEPDG Distress and Performance Models for Flexible Roads: A Summary
This paper summarizes the research outcomes from the multiple research projects devoted to local calibration of the distress and performance models of the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Yuan, X., Lee, W., LI, N.
2017
Optimize Pre-Wetting for Sustainable Winter Road Maintenance
This research presents the findings from a field study aiming at comparing the performance of different pre wet ratios using salt for their impacts on snow melting performance/friction of road...
Session title: Investing in Winter Road Maintenance: Building Canada's Economy
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Usman, U., Fu, L., Kaur, J., Perchanok, M., McClintock, H.
2017
Pavement Geometry in Microscale Urban Heat Islands
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon has been observed in hundreds of cities across the world, which have been shown to be warmer than adjacent rural areas. Within a city however, the...
Session title: CLIMATE – HOW IS YOUR JURISDICTION/ORGANIZATION RESPONDING
Organizers: Integrated Committee on Climate Change
Authors: Sen, S., Roesler, J.
2017