Governance Participation Strategies for Mobility as a Service
New and smart mobility are transforming the transportation landscape globally. As the landscape evolves, it will become increasingly viable for travellers to meet their mobility needs by...
Session title: Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Finalist Presentations (PS)
Organizers:
Authors: Underhill, Blair
2020
Impact of Road Geometry and Thickness on Pavement Behaviour using PSIPave 3D™
Roads allow for the transportation of people and goods, thus fostering economic growth and acting as an integral piece of infrastructure in any community. The design of the pavement structure and...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies (PS)
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Forghani, Faraz , Tighe, Susan, Henderson, Vimy, Becke, Michael, Soares, Roberto, Haichert, Rielle
2020
Improving the Efficacy of Learning Bridge Inspection & Maintenance
It’s well known that using a variety of instructional methods increases participants’ retention of the content and their enjoyment of the course. Videos are a good way to appeal to...
Session title: Educational Achievement Award Finalists (PS)
Organizers:
Authors: Warren, Janelle
2020
Investigating the Freeze-Thaw Damage in Asphalt Concrete Using Imaging Techniques
In cold regions, asphalt concrete (AC) pavements experience freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles. F-T cycles can cause damage and disintegration of AC mixtures, which cause significant operational problems...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies (PS)
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Alawneh, Mai, Soliman, Haithem , Anthony, Ania
2020
Invisible Trace Evidence: Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Species in Aquatic Ecosystems
Environmental DNA is an innovative method to collect accurate data is needed to predict presence of species at risk and other species that use aquatic habitats for impact assessment, meet...
Session title: Environmental Achievement Award Finalists (PS)
Organizers:
Authors: Routledge, Kyle
2020
Link Slabs in Highway 17 over Battle River Bridge
Project achievements were:
Eliminating all four expansion joints using innovative link slab and semi-integral abutment details. To our knowledge the link slabs are the first that...
Session title: Transportation Structures (PS)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: DeGrow, Kelvin
2020
Market Parkade, City of Guelph
The City of Guelph has opened an industry leading new parking garage powered entirely by renewable energy sources, making it Guelph’s first energy self-sufficient and self-sustaining parking...
Session title: Environmental Achievement Award Finalists (PS)
Organizers:
Authors: Zettle, Jamie
2020
Mechanical and Durability Performance of an Innovative In-Situ Concrete Pavement Repair Patch
Concrete roads crack and deteriorate due to severe service loadings, de-icing materials, freeze-thaw cycles, etc. The replacement cost of existing deficient concrete roads is expensive. Moreover,...
Session title: Safety Innovations in Delivery of Summer and Winter Maintenance (PS)
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Booya, Emad, Loh, Philip, Gardonio, Don, Adesina, Adeyemi, Das, Sreekanta
2020
Moisture Damage in Asphalt Concrete Mixtures: State of the Art and Critical Review of the Test Methods
Moisture-induced damage is among the four prevalent causes of premature failure of flexible pavements in Canada. Research on moisture damage evaluation of asphalt concrete mixtures dates back to...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Road and Embankment Materials (PS)
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Tavassoti, Pejoohan, Baaj, Hassan
2020
Multi-Criteria Risk-Informed Capital Renewal Planning: A Pavement Management Application
Developing a risk-informed decision making framework is crucial to address two major aspects of managing road networks. The first is the development of deterioration models to capture physical...
Session title: Innovations in Asset Management (PS)
Organizers: Asset Management Task Force
Authors: Rashedi, Roozbeh, Maher, Michael, Yuan, Arnold
2020