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Innovation in Roads Presentations
Because transportation plays such a vital role in sustaining infrastructure, the challenge of today’s civil/transportation engineers working for consultants, contractors, governments, and owner/operators is to work more productively, collaborate more globally, and deliver better-performing infrastructure assets. The projects in this category have demonstrated excellence in planning, engineering analysis, and design of roads or highways in their mission to sustain transportation infrastructure.
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SH18 Hobsonville DeviationPresenter: Richard Lauren, Senior Highway Technologist
Tuesday, October 19, 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Aurecon
Auckland, New Zealand
In undertaking the tender of the $200 million Hobsonville Deviation project in Auckland, New Zealand, Aurecon’s goal was to deliver an innovative design at a competitive price and enable HEB Construction and Aurecon to continue with detailed design of the road project. Using MXROAD, Aurecon was able to create a model easily adaptable to design changes. |
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Gallipoli Underpass
Presenter: Geoff Hepworth, Senior Road Designer
Tuesday, October 19, 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Traffic on South Road, the strategic north-south arterial route for moving freight within metropolitan Adelaide, Australia, is predicted to increase 6 percent each year through 2020. To accommodate the increase, the South Australian government plans to transform South Road into a 22-kilometer nonstop route between the Southern Expressway and the Port River Expressway. The major challenges facing the design team included maintaining two lanes of traffic open each way at all times and working safely alongside live traffic. |
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A46 Newark to Widmerpool
Presenter: Ian Wildgoose, Associate-Highways Major Projects
Tuesday, October 19, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Scott Wilson Group plc
Newark, United Kingdom
The A46 is a trunk road connecting the United Kingdom’s East and West Midlands in Nottinghamshire. The 28-kilometer stretch between Widmerpool and Newark is a single carriageway carrying more than 25,000 vehicles per day, well in excess of its capacity. The hazardous road is being upgraded to a dual two-lane carriageway at a cost of $572 million. Scott Wilson provided services for engineering design, statutory procedures, and environmental matters. |
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