FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES – APPLICATION # EF-3157 COUNTY OF RENFREW RWIS NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION POST-DEPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
In 2002, the County of Renfrew and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities co-funded the installation of a two-station Road Weather Information System (RWIS) network within the County. As part...
Session title: ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION AS A DECISION-MAKING TOOL IN WINTER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors:
2005
Highway Performance Measures for Business Plans in Alberta
A core business in the Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation business plan [1] (http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/publications/budget/budget2005/inftra.html) is to “Plan, develop and manage...
Session title: VERY LONG-TERM LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS OF PAVEMENTS – DETERMINING THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR INVESTMENT (B)
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Jurgens, R, Chan, J
2005
Hold the Salt: Paving the way for better road salt storage
The City of Calgary is setting a new standard in its efforts to prevent the release of stored road salts to the environment. The City’s state-of-the-art 194th Avenue Roads Maintenance Depot...
Session title: 2004 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2005
Innovative CAD-based application for parking lot design
A good parking lot design practice is as much an art as it is science. The design of larger parking lots is often a tedious and highly iterative process. Further, in most situations, the stall...
Session title: INNOVATION AND EMERGING ISSUES IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Milton, C
2005
INNOVATIVE LOW COVER BRIDGES UTILIZING DEEP-CORRUGATED STEEL PLATE WITH ENCASED CONCRETE COMPOSITE RIBS
Deep-corrugated steel plate structures have been in use throughout the world since 1988. While they provide economical alternatives for short to medium span bridges, highway and rail grade...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Morrison, T.D
2005
KICHI SIPI BRIDGE TO CROSS LAKE INNOVATIONS IN DEEP FOUNDATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
The Kichi Sipi Bridge, as part of Manitoba’s Northern Development Strategy, represents an investment in both transportation infrastructure in the region and in the well-being of the...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Loewen, E.C, Betke, J.S, Kemp, F, Eden, R.J
2005
Lester B. Pearson Airport Greater Toronto Airports Authority Old Terminal 1 Decommissioning and Demolition
In 1964, Terminal One at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto opened for service. When constructed it was considered an architectural masterpiece and lauded as a state-of-the art...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING (A)
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Seow, K, MacDonald, H.M
2005
Managing Salt Impacted Water at Maintenance Yards
The Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salt recommends that Best Management Practices be developed that target three objectives. One of the identified objectives is improved...
Session title: MANAGEMENT OF SALT-IMPACTED WATER AT MAINTENANCE YARDS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2005
MECHANISTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTI-STRIPPING ADDITIVES IN SASKATCHEWAN ASPHALT MIXES
Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation commonly uses hydrated lime and liquid anti-stripping additives to mitigate asphalt-aggregate stripping susceptibility of hot mix asphalt mixes. Based on...
Session title: ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Berthelot, C, Anthony, A, Raducanu, C
2005
Microsimulating Weekend Travel by Households in Calgary
The City of Calgary funded much of the development work described here along with the associated data collection. Some of the research work done and the preparation of this paper were funded from...
Session title: EMERGING BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (B)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Hunt*, J.D, Stefan, K, McMillan, P
2005