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.
Benefits of Safety and Traffic Management Technologies
Guidelines and Specifications for Microsurfacing
Updated Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool (2018)
Best Practice in Road Safety Infrastructure Programs
Towards Safe System Infrastructure
Geopolymer Concrete and its Applications
Local Road Access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles
Pavement Design: Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 2 and 4C (2017 Editions)
National Performance-based Asphalt Specification Framework
Modelling of High Productivity Vehicles in Metropolitan Areas
Safe System Infrastructure on Mixed Use Arterials
National Mass Assessment for Oversize Overmass Vehicles
Strategic Review of the Guide to Traffic Management
Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis (2017 Edition)
Current Practice and Developments in Concept of Operations across Road Agencies in Australia and New Zealand
Guide to Traffic Management Part 13: Road Environment Safety (2017 Edition)
Intersections - Guide to Traffic Management Part 6 and Guide to Road Design Part 4 and 4A (2017 Editions)
Road Transport Management Framework and Principles
Safety Benefits of Cooperative ITS and Automated Driving in Australia and New Zealand
Prioritising On-Road Public Transport
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