Webinar: Introduction to the Life-Cycle Costing Framework and its Application to Sealed Roads

Austroads’ Sustainable Roads Through Fit-for-purpose Use of Available Materials provides step-by-step guidance to help road agencies undertake a material risk assessment for roads and identify practices or design and construction considerations which may reduce risk and expand fit-for-purpose material options.

This session will focus on the life-cycle costing framework and a suite of practical examples to demonstrate how to assess the best use of available marginal and non‑standard materials in sealed roads in different geographical and climactic conditions in Australia. Another session will focus on unsealed roads.

Special guest speakers from ARRB’s Asset Management team will provide a detailed introduction into the PLCC tool. Phil Hunt from Road Engineering Services will talk about local insight into the performance of sealed roads in the Western Queensland region, followed by worked examples through the presentation of several case studies.

There will also be question and answer opportunities throughout the session.

Presented by Tyrone Toole, Phil Hunt and Ranita Sen.

Tyrone Toole’s experience covers highway engineering and management projects, and 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 Africa and worldwide and in Australia on the use of marginal and non-standard materials, performance of the Queensland state road network and life-cycle cost impacts of rain and flood events in Queensland.

Phil Hunt’s baseline skills come from nearly 3 decades of experience in the road design and construction industry. He has extensive experience in the concept, planning, design, construction, maintenance and asset management of roads and bridges. Phil’s skills in project management, contract management, along with his technical and analytical approach to issues can be applied to any field for a successful outcome. Phil often sees the big-picture issues, problems and resolutions where others fail to do so.

Ranita Sen commenced her employment at ARRB in 2012 as a graduate civil engineer. She is currently Senior Technology Leader in the NSW office and manages various consulting and research projects related to road asset management. Working in the pavement management area has allowed her to continually develop database management, computing and analytical skills. Currently Ranita works in the development of pavement management systems (programmed maintenance plan) for various clients utilising tools such as dTIMS, FAMLIT and Microsoft office packages.

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Introduction to the Materials Assessment Framework and its Application in Resource Assessment Tuesday 2 June 2020, 11 am-12:30 pm AEST.

Introduction to the Life-Cycle Costing Framework and its Application to Unsealed Roads Tuesday 30 June 2020, 11 am-12.30 pm AEST.