Fugro organising road maintenance event in UK

Survey specialist, Fugro Aperio is organising the one day Developments in Highways Assessment (DIHA 2013) conference. This event takes place on July 16th, 2013, at the Midlands Engineering Centre in the UK city of Birmingham. The use of survey data in predictive modelling for improved highways asset management will be a particular focus at the DIHA 2013 conference in July. Richard Barnes will highlight Stockport Council’s work to develop a model for strategic road maintenance investment integrating local co
May 16, 2013 Read time: 3 mins
Survey specialist, 2929 Fugro Aperio is organising the one day Developments in Highways Assessment (DIHA 2013) conference. This event takes place on July 16th, 2013, at the Midlands Engineering Centre in the UK city of Birmingham. The use of survey data in predictive modelling for improved highways asset management will be a particular focus at the DIHA 2013 conference in July. Richard Barnes will highlight Stockport Council’s work to develop a model for strategic road maintenance investment integrating local condition survey data and pavement construction data. He will report on the latest progress to build deterioration models using visual survey and GPR data for the appraisal of carriageway network renewal options and maintenance scenarios. The project is part of the Highways Asset Renewal Partnership (HARP) which is aiming to develop new approaches to sustainable highway asset investment and share best practice. Showcasing work by public agencies in the United States, Pascal Laumet of asset management software specialist, 3293 AgileAssets, will demonstrate the successful implementation of cross asset management and analysis software for infrastructure. Mikkel Bruun will report on the three-year long Asset Management Programme undertaken with the support of the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). Sponsored by 13 national road authorities, this major research programme consisted of seven inter-dependent projects covering the theme ‘Effective Asset Management Meeting Future Challenges’. DIHA delegates will learn about the results and indicators coming out of the research, including new perceptions, methods and definitions in the field of asset management. Alex Wright of 777 TRL will discuss the emerging role of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for road asset identification and assessment. More commonly used as a tool in airborne measurements, vehicle-based LIDAR is attracting interest as a method for locating, identifying and measuring road assets as increasingly accurate and cost-effective commercial systems become available. The presentation will cover current and emerging uses of LIDAR technologies. John Broomfield, an eminent specialist in steel corrosion mechanisms in concrete, will talk about latest approaches to the maintenance and preservation of reinforced concrete highway bridges. With the challenge of maintaining and extending the life of our many ageing road bridges, highway authorities need to identify the most efficient ways of assessing and maintaining current stock. Dr Broomfield will discuss the types of deterioration mechanism and corrosion that can affect current highway bridges, and their consideration in relation to bridge design durability, assessment, monitoring and rehabilitation.

Other speakers lined up for the event include Jon Munslow of South Gloucestershire County Council who will examine the current and future impact of climate change on highways infrastructure. Rod Eddies of Fugro will talk about the use of modern engineering geophysics for better ground characterisation throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.

The one-day conference examines policy and trends in pavement assessment, and with its broader remit this year, will also cover highway structures, roadside inventory, drainage and geotechnics, plus discussion of international developments. The final programme of speakers for DIHA 2013 will be published later: %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.fugro-aperio.com www.fugro-aperio.com false http://www.fugro-aperio.com/ false false%>

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