Long Term Performance and Acoustic Properties of an Aging Open Graded Friction Course Asphalt Pavement Surface
This paper describes a long term follow up study carried out by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (BC MoT) on two developmental paving projects constructed in the...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN PAVEMENT MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: John Laxdal, Mike Oliver, Mike Bishop, Daryl Finlayson, Clair Wakefield
2009
Measurable Performance Indicators for Roads: Canadian and International Practice
Performance indicators are an essential part of modern road asset management. The basic rationale for having measureable performance indicators is that limited availability of resources makes it...
Session title: BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: MEASURING CHANGE (B)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Ralph Haas, Guy Felio, Zoubir Lounis, Lynne Cowe Falls
2009
Measuring Highway Maintenance Performance
Key Performance Indicators (KPI), like mile markers on a highway, provide an indication of performance and, all being well, a measure that progress is being made. All effective organisations...
Session title: DELIVERY OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES WITH A DECREASING LABOUR FORCE AND LIMITED INDUSTRY CAPACITY
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Steve Batchelor
2009
MECHANISMS AND KINEMATICS OF RIVER VALLEY LANDSLIDES IN EDMONTON
A study of three translational landslides along the North Saskatchewan River Valley in Edmonton is presented in this paper. The major focus is on kinematics and mechanisms of deep seated...
Session title: SLOPE AND EMBANKMENT ENGINEERING FOR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: K.W. Soe Moe, D.M. Cruden, C.D. Martin, D. Lewycky, P. R. Lach
2009
Mechanistic Design and Structural Evaluation of Time Sensitive Urban Full Depth Strengthening Projects
Cold in-place recycling and full depth reclamation are growing technologies for rehabilitating and strengthening in-service roads. Relative to conventional remove and replace road rehabilitation...
Session title: SOIL STABILIZATION FOR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Curtis Berthelot, Diana Podborochynski, Jody Berthelot, Colin Wandzura, Colin Prang, Harlan Ritchie
2009
Meeting Difficult Hot Mix Asphalt Challenges with Warm Mix Asphalt Solutions
Session title: SUSTAINABILITY OF ASPHALT MIXES
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Vince Aurilio
2009
Methodology to determine optimal intervention strategies for structures adversely affected by latent processes
Determination of optimal intervention strategies depends on predictions of the future, with which there is uncertainty. The degree of uncertainty varies significantly depending on whether the...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Bryan T. Adey, Rade Hajdin, James D. Birdsall
2009
Mitigating Environmental Impacts on the Sea-to-Sky Highway through Innovative Structural Concepts and Details
In preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Sea-to-Sky Highway from Vancouver to Whistler has undergone major improvements with respect to safety, reliability and capacity. MMM Group has...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Keith Holmes, Jianping Jiang
2009
Modeling Traffic Operations for Performance Measurement of the Port Mann/ Highway 1 Project
The Port Mann/Highway 1 (PMH1) corridor is the most congested route in the Province of British Columbia. Built in the early 1960s, when the population of Greater Vancouver was 800,...
Session title: Reducing the Carbon Footprint through Traffic Management
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Rubina Ali, Felipe Rodriguez
2009
Modifications to Queensborough Bridge, New Westminster, BC
Reconstruction of the Highway 91A corridor to improve traffic mobility involved safety upgrades on the Queensborough Bridge, reconfiguration of the existing north-end Queensborough interchange,...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors:
2009