Brazilian consultant SOTEPA has been closely involved with infrastructure improvements in a series of projects in the southern state of Santa Catarina. One of the most important of these has been design work for the SC-477 state highway, which connects the east of the state to Brazil’s Littoral zone and the BR-101 federal highway. The SC-477 has had to be upgraded as part of it has been unsurfaced, without an asphalt surface between Itaiópolis and Doutor Pedrinho. The road provides an important link for the
Huesker, an earthworks and foundation designer for roads and pavements, has posted a short video explaining “interaction flexibility”, a new term for geogrid-reinforced structures. Interaction flexibility is an important technical term, as important as tensile strength and tensile stiffness, to secure the quality of a geogrid reinforced construction, explains the engineering team at Huesker which has its head office in Gescher, Germany.
Dr Rahman spoke about the potential role of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), as a technology enabler, for improving road safety and thereby achieving the goals of the Decade of Action
Dr Rahman discussed the role of ITS in improving the management and planning of road networks, in data collection, for developing evidence based interventions, speed management and better trauma care through timely care to accident victims during the golden hour.
Governments, said Dr Rahman, can play an importan
