PRESENTATIONS (pdf file copies)

Thursday 19 July

9.45am            Robin Dunlop

11.00am           Smart Use of Local Aggregates and Stabilising Techniques

• Cement Modification of Low Grade Aggregates for Urban Road Maintenance. 

                                      Paul Howard and Phil Pawsey, Works Infrastructure

• The Status of NZ Natural Gravel Resources. 

                                      Carl Grabowski, MWH

11.40am           Roadusers’ Expectations and Establishing Levels of Service

• Developing a Defendable Auditable Approach to Pavement Defect Repair Prioritisation.  
  (Pdf copy of paper)

                                      Stuart Finlan, Tonkin and Taylor

12.40pm

• Establishing Levels of Service and Meeting the Community’s Expectations. 
  
  Ray Firth, MWH
  
  
• Glacier Roads Seal Extension – can a Win Win be Achieved between Conflicting Philosophies of Engineering and Safety Standards and those of a National Park. 

                                      Jim McNeill, GHD and Tom Hopkins, DoC

1.20pm             Developing Long Term Forward Works Programmes

• Smart Data Management and Systems in Developing Robust FWPs. 

                                      Elke Beca, Opus

• Developing a Robust Forward Works Programme. 

                                      Peter Anderson, Westland District Council and Tony Garchow, MWH

• Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing Strategy to Develop FWP.

                                      Anu Premathilaka, Fulton Hogan

• Edgebreak Prediction Model for Low Volume Roads. 

                                      Riaz Ul-Islam, Opus

2.40pm             Road Safety

• False Impressions: Roadside Guardrails and Safety. 

                                      Julian Chisnall, LTNZ and Rob Merrifield, LTNZ

• Road Safety Prioritisation using the Sliding Strip Analysis Tool. 

                                      Rhys Palmer, MWH

• Calcium Magnesium Acetate as a De-Icing / Anti-Icing Agent on Urban Roads. 

                                      Paul Howard, Works Infrastructure and Fred Coralde, Dunedin City Council

• Queenstown Lakes: Kinloch Greenstone Road: Cost-effective Safety Improvement.

  David Hutchison, Works Infrastructure, Trevor Tattersfield, Queenstown Lakes District Council Engineering,  Norm Major and Alistair Haig, Works Infrastructure

• Impact of Coroners Court Findings on Low Volume Roads. 

                                      Melanie Muirson, Mike Smith, MWH and David McNaughton, Christchurch City Council

4.50pm           

• Building the Knowledge Foundations for Rural Access
  
  David Salter

Friday 20 July

8.30am             Philip Paige-Green New perspectives on unsealed roads in South Africa (pdf copy of paper)


9.15am             Unsealed Roads

• Unsealed Road Management System. 

                             Simon Hunt, Fulton Hogan

• Assessing the Effectiveness of Unsealed Road Key Performance Measures 

 Dave McDougall, Opus

• Dust Control – Otta Seal Trials (LTNZ R & D Project)

Jeff Waters, Fulton Hogan

• Making it Work on the Chatham Islands. 

                                      Andrew McDonald, MWH

11.05am           Grading Best Practice

• Grading Best Practice in Taranaki. 

                                      Mike Watty, Fulton Hogan

• Smart Grading Practices. 

                                      Danny Poharama, Fulton Hogan

11.45am           International Experiences

• Smart Ideas from South Africa. 

Philip Paige-Green

• Advances from across the Ditch. 

                           George Guimarra

• LVR Texas 2007 Report Back. 
  
  Janice Brass and Patrick Keenan

1.40pm             Research and Development Projects

• Development of Gravel Loss and other Condition Performance Models for Unsealed Roads. 

Theuns Henning, MWH, George Guimarra, ARRB and Janice Brass, LTNZ