Development & Implementation of a Structures Management System for a P3 Contract
On February 4, 2005, Brun-Way Highways Operations Inc. (BHOI) entered into a 28 year and one month contract with the Provincial Government, to operate, maintain and rehabilitate (OMR)...
Session title: BRIDGES - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LINKAGES (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Stairs, C, Corbett, M
2007
Development and Deployment of a Remotely Controlled Weigh Station
Transportation of goods by truck continues to rise in Canada while much of the highway infrastructure is aging and agencies are pressed to control costs and improve efficiency of operations....
Session title: NO ROAD - NO LOAD: ENABLING THE ECONOMY WHILE PROTECTING PAVEMENT STRUCTURES
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Wagar, B, Bushman, R, Taylor, B
2007
DEVELOPMENT OF A PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING PROCEDURE FOR INTERLOCKING CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
Most North American cities are using a pavement management system (PMS) for their streets to budget maintenance and future rehabilitation costs. PMS is a programming tool that collects and...
Session title: COST-EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT / REHABILITATION OF THE CONDITION OF MATERIALS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Hein, D, Burak, R
2007
Development of a Structural Asset Management System for Urban Pavements
The City of Saskatoon’s current pavement management system relies solely on surface condition data from manual and automated ratings to assign treatment without incorporating structural...
Session title: NO ROAD - NO LOAD: ENABLING THE ECONOMY WHILE PROTECTING PAVEMENT STRUCTURES
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Prang, C.A, Berthelot, C.F, Stuber, E, Fair, J
2007
DEVELOPMENT OF A WINTER MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
Maintenance of the Québec road network remains a major challenge for all operational personnel. In the early 2000s, given the difficulties presented by decision-making and the growing need to...
Session title: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT WINTER AND SUMMER ROAD MAINTENANCE DECISION-MAKING
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Arsenault, S
2007
Development of Objective Payment Adjustment Criteria for Nova Scotia
Most highway agencies in North America adopt specifications to control the level of initial roughness of new or rehabilitated pavements. Previous studies have indicated that high initial roughness...
Session title: INNOVATIVE CONTRACTING MODELS FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Zaghloul, S
2007
Duration Modeling of Calgary Household Weekday and Weekend Activities: How Different Are They?
A desirable activity-based travel demand modeling framework should be able to address both weekday and weekend activities. However, a literature review shows previous research efforts have mostly...
Session title: BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING – AN ECONOMIC ENABLER
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors: Zhong, M, Hunt, J.D, Lu, X
2007
Environmental Benefits of In-Situ Recycling of Pavements
Session title: 2006 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2007
Estimation of Investment Requirements to Preserve the Canadian Roadway Infrastructure
Session title: Pavement Preservation / Preserving the Economy
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Swan, D.J., Hajek, J.J., Hein, D.K., Jacques, B.
2007
Evaluating Weigh-In-Motion Sensing Technology for Traffic Data Collection
Traffic data, including traffic load and traffic volume, are necessary for pavement design and management of the road networks. However, in practice, such data is also the largest source of...
Session title: NO ROAD - NO LOAD: ENABLING THE ECONOMY WHILE PROTECTING PAVEMENT STRUCTURES
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Zhang, L, Haas, C, Tighe, S.L
2007