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Agenda
- Defining low volume roads (LVR)
- Defining weak pavement structures
- Spring weight restrictions
- Winter weight premiums
- Response of weak pavement structures to axle loads
- Load management practices (year round)
- Economic aspects specific to LVRs
- Decision support framework
- Questions and answers
Learning Objectives
- Identify a weak pavement structure
- Determine whether or not weight restrictions should be applied and by how much
- Determine when to apply and remove spring weight restrictions and when restrictions are required year round
Target Audience
- Agencies responsible for the maintenance and rehabilitation of rural resource or agricultural roads
- Pavement management specialists
- Agencies responsible for the timing of the application and removal of spring thaw weight restrictions
- Intended for all levels of technical expertise
Presenter
Gary St. Michel, P.Eng., Principal, Pavement Asset Management, Tetra Tech
Gary has extensive experience in project management, asset management, roadway pavement management studies, municipal engineering, design and construction. He specializes in infrastructure preservation planning, infrastructure management and transportation-related infrastructure rehabilitation consulting. With over 25 years of experience in all aspects of transportation engineering, Gary provides expertise in specialized engineering consulting in the preservation of existing infrastructure through the use of innovative rehabilitation technologies, long-range planning and advanced life-cycle benefit/cost analysis methods and information/asset management systems. An internationally recognized expert in the development and implementation of asset management systems, he is the technical lead for Tetra Tech’s Vancouver based asset management group.
