Date: Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Location: Online, 1:00 – 2:30pm AEST
Organiser: Austroads
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This is the second session in a series to present the findings of Prolonging the Life of Road Assets Under Increasing Demand: A Framework and Tools for Informing the Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal.
It will explain the framework, tools and case studies in detail, and how asset management practitioners can apply these in their day-to-day work.
The emphasis will be on reinforcing good practice and its justification and how different preservation and renewal options can be evaluated.
A detailed introduction into the Pavement Life-cycle Costing tool will be provided, followed by worked examples through the presentation of several case studies.
Presented by Tyrone Toole, Ranita Sen, Qindong Li, Liam Terris and Zahid Hoque.
There will also be question and answer opportunities throughout the session.
Tyrone Toole’s experience covers highway engineering and management projects, institutional development and training in over 20 countries. He specialises in the management and delivery of multi-disciplinary projects and has extensive experience in research and advice related to the management and design of low and high-volume roads.
Having joined ARRB in 2001 following over 20 years with TRL’s Overseas Unit, he continues to contribute across a wide range of topics including road performance studies, the use of non-standard materials, development of road management systems, the marginal cost of road wear, and the economics of road maintenance. Projects of relevance to the presentation include his experience in Australia and worldwide and on pavement performance and preservation strategies, road asset management and safety, and the estimation of the economic benefits of preventive actions.
Ranita Sen is a Senior Technology Leader in the Road Asset Performance Team at ARRB, currently managing and contributing to the development of various research and consulting projects for different state and local government authorities. She joined ARRB in 2012 and since then has been an integral part in the projects involving data management and analysis, the development of pavement management systems utilising various tools, deterministic and probabilistic pavement deterioration modelling, maintenance strategy development, marginal cost analysis for heavy vehicle charging, PMS development for unsealed road network etc. Working in the asset management area has allowed her to continually expand analytical, computing, and statistical skills. Ranita holds a two-year research-based master’s degree in sustainable infrastructure management. Ranita’s research investigated the impact of changes in fleet composition and higher axle mass limits on pavement profile characteristics for selected highways in Victoria, Australia.
Liam Terris completed his civil engineering degree from the University of Wollongong in 1990. Liam has 30 years of civil engineering experience in road asset management and maintenance practices. He joined NSW’s road agency as a trainee in 1989. Liam has worked in several maintenance delivery and planning offices across NSW. He has considerable experience in asset policy, strategic investment prioritisation, pavement asset preservation and maintenance contracting. Currently, Liam is the Senior Pavement Manager providing leadership and guidance to ensure that the asset and service risks on NSW’s rural state roads are appropriately managed at the lowest life cycle cost.
Qindong Li has over 18 years’ experience in pavement design and construction, maintenance planning, whole-of-life cycle costing analysis and performance modelling. In his current role as the Asset Management Modelling and Analytics Manager at Main Roads WA, he focuses on implementing business intelligence in road infrastructure asset management. His career goal is to develop smart solutions that provide the community a fit-for-purpose and sustainable road network.
Dr Zahid Hoque is a manager of Pavement Performance Team, Transport for NSW (TfNSW), with over 25 years of experience in pavement investigation, design and analysis, asset maintenance, impacts of heavy vehicles, road surface skid resistance, etc. Zahid has a PhD degree in applying artificial intelligence technique in solving pavement asset management problems and published many technical reports, journals, conference papers and a book chapter. He also teaches an asset management course at the Monash University, Melbourne, through distance education.
No charge but registration is essential. Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.
Related webinars:
Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal: Report Overview
Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal: Investment Decision Making