Austroads: Transport Research and Trends
Government
Austroads has completed its update of Section 3: Inspection, Testing, Monitoring and Reporting of the Guide to Bridge Technology Part 7: Maintenance and Management of Existing Bridges.
The project involved taking a fresh look at the inspection process to provide a flexible framework from which users of the Guide can develop and improve their own inspection processes.
The project team undertook an assessment of Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions, as well as some international organisations. The assessment included reviewing the processes and practices and the uses of inspection data collected at each inspection level. This was followed up with a workshop with each individual jurisdiction.
Practices varied across the jurisdictions from basic to advanced levels in terms of programming, data collection, and inspection processes. Similar observations were also made of the international practices assessed. The current practices were also assessed against the existing documentation to quantify gaps within the existing documentation.
With the current range of complexities in systems, data requirements and processes, coupled with the intention of some jurisdictions to change existing practices, it was concluded that a flexible approach is needed within the revised inspection framework to enable varying jurisdictional needs to be accommodated. The fundamentals such as defining inspection types, components and component numbering are documented as a single approach, whilst for other sections, a risk-based framework will be adopted to allow flexibility, such as in assigning inspection timings.
Key updates to the Guide include:
The webinar will be presented by Andy Ng and Paul Cannons.
Guidelines for the Provision of Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Facilities
Embedding Safe System in the Guide to Traffic Management
Level of Service Requirements for Freight on Rural Roads and Refinement of Heavy Vehicle Roughness Band Index
C-ITS Compliance Assessment Framework for Australia and New Zealand
Evaluation of the European C-ITS Platform including Threat, Vulnerability and Risk Analysis
Measuring and Reporting the Value of Road Maintenance and Renewal Works
Establishing Extended Hours Delivery Trials
Connected and Automated Vehicles Open Data
Suggested Good Practice for Road Tunnel Emergency Egress Signage
Bituminous Binders and Selection and Design of Sprayed Seals: Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 4F and 4K
Implications of Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) Systems for Road Operators
Operations of Automated Heavy Vehicles in Remote and Regional Areas
Guide to Project Delivery Part 5: Road Construction Quality Assurance
Minimum Levels of Componentisation for Road Infrastructure Assets
Australia and New Zealand Roads Capability Analysis 2017-2027
Scoping Study for a Location Referencing Model to Support the BIM Environment
Appropriate Use of Marginal and Non-standard Materials in Road Construction and Maintenance
Network Performance Indicators
Connected and Automated Vehicles Trials
Guideline for Continual Improvement Processes for Asset Management
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