REAAA NZ CHAPTER WEBINAR SERIES
A series of fortnightly webinars that will appeal to a range of practitioners in the roading and transportation industry. If you would like to present in the webinar series please email lisa.pallister@reaaa.co.nz
(Please note the recordings are available to view for 30 days from the date of the webinar. The recordings can be downloaded for future viewing)
Thursday 17 February, 12.30 - 1.00pm
Engineering Judgement – a Critical Component in the Art of Pavement Design
Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky, Technical Director – Pavements & Laboratories, Fulton Hogan
The AUSTROADS Guide to Pavement Technology and the Waka Kotahi Rehab guide and specifications provide a wealth of background and theory for an engineer to design a pavement. However, best practice in pavement design and engineering requires not only the final output from the AUSTROADS design guide, Waka Kotahi Rehab guide and specifications, and CIRCLY computer analysis but also considers engineering judgement, materials knowledge, experience and practicalities of construction.
The purpose of the presentation is to trigger the attendees to think about the ‘art’ of pavement design and the importance of applying engineering judgement in order to achieve the optimum solution for a given situation, including taking into account local materials, client’s budget constraints, construction capabilities and performance requirements.
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Thursday 17 March, 12.30 - 1.00pm
Sustainability in action
Kate Chivers, HEB, Rowan Dixon, WSP & Phoebe Stallmann, WSP
More than just a roading project, the NZ$534m Te Ahu a Turanga Highway is one of the first big infrastructure investments in the Manawatu Tararua area.
Te Ahu a Turanga is the first Waka Kotahi project to undergo ISC, a comprehensive sustainability system that has required a commitment from the entire team to perform well.
ISCA is Australia and New Zealand’s only comprehensive rating system for evaluating sustainability across the planning, design, construction and operational phases of infrastructure programs, projects, networks and assets.
HEB sustainability expert Kate Chivers is responsible for integrating sustainability and ISC throughout the project, supporting and advocating sustainable outcomes for the duration of the project, and overall ensuring an IS Rating is achieved. Dr Rowan Dixon of WSP focuses on key sustainable outcomes, such as climate change reporting and building base cases, in order to show measured reduction in energy, material and water consumption, and waste creation.
Te Ahu a Turanga is projected to exceed the Commended certification and receive an Excellent rating.
Join Kate and Rowan as they share insights on how to incorporate sustainability into transport projects and answer questions on ISC implementation challenges and opportunities.
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Thursday 31 March, 12.30 - 1.00pm
Framework for Evacuation Routes
by Becky Tuke, Senior Transportation Engineer, Abley
While transport systems enable people to get to and from their destinations on a day-to-day basis, their ability to enable people to evacuate during an emergency is critical to keeping people safe. In a natural hazard-caused disaster, people must evacuate if there is an unacceptable risk to their safety, or if the hazards involved render the area uninhabitable. Abley recently undertook research for Waka Kotahi to develop a framework and methodology for identifying, planning, designing and assessing emergency evacuation routes in the event of a natural disaster. The research and resulting framework consist of three parts: evacuation factors, evacuation scenarios, and evacuation route identification and assessment. The presentation will discuss how the framework can be applied pre-event to identify and evaluate potential route options, or during an event to assess potential routes in real time. Two case studies will demonstrate how the framework can be applied for different scenarios.
Thursday 14 April, 12.30 - 1.00pm
One Network Framework
by Caroline Dumas, Waka Kotah
The One Network Framework is our new national classification system. It will be used to determine the function of our roads and streets, and inform decision making. The One Network Framework evolves the One Network Road Classification to a two-dimensional classification focused on movement and place. The One Network Framework recognises that shared, integrated approaches between transport and land-use planners will result in better outcomes.
Caroline is the Programme Lead for the One Network Framework and the purpose of this presentation is to provide a detailed overview of the One Network Framework, including the work to date and the next steps, but also to promote discussion and thought to the application of movement and place from a transport network perspective.
