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Jaroslav, Hauser, Ševelová Lenka, Matula Radek, and Zedník Petr. "Optimization of low volume road pavement design and construction." Journal of Forest Science 64, No. 2 (February 28, 2018): 74–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/109/2017-jfs.

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Low volume roads in the Czech Republic are roads with lower traffic volume that primarily include forest and field roads, and they are an integral part of the Czech transport network. When building road pavements, we can use processes for surveying, designing, building and inspecting road constructions included in national and international, particularly European, standards. In addition, the roads are evaluated in terms of their environmental impacts, in order to maintain the quality of the environment. However, during the construction of road pavements decisions based on financial, time and other reasons are made. The decisions have impacts on the operation of roads and lead to other measures and additional costs of repairs and reconstructions. The article summarizes the authors’ research results from constructions of low volume road pavements and contains evaluations of laboratory and in situ material tests (soils, layers) of installed road pavements as well as evaluations of modelled laboratory and long-term monitored in situ structures.

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Kuang, Degang. "Analysis on Reconstruction Design of Old Urban Roads." Urban Transportation & Construction 6, no. 3 (November 19, 2020): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/utc.v6i3.91.

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<p>With the continuous development of cities, the urban roads built in the early days can no longer meet the needs of modern urban transportation. Therefore, in the current urban development and construction process, the reconstruction of old roads is the key construction content. At the same time, the transformation of old urban roads is also an inevitable requirement to improve the urban road system and improve the level of urban communication infrastructure construction and transportation service capacity. The reconstruction of old roads meets the requirements of the overall planning and construction of modern cities, and plays a vital role in promoting the development and progress of urban economy and improving the quality of life of urban residents. In the process of urban old road reconstruction, because the original urban road environment is very complex and involves many factors, the rational design of the construction scheme of the old road reconstruction project is the key factor affecting the effect of the old road reconstruction. This paper makes an in-depth exploration and analysis of the old road reconstruction design of urban roads, and puts forward scientific and reasonable suggestions in combination with the actual situation, so as to provide reliable theoretical support for improving the old road reconstruction level and promoting the urbanization development process in China.</p>

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Corbett, Matt, and Juan Gaviria. "Integration of Comprehensive Environmental and Social Measures into Low-Volume Road Design for the Hills of Nepal." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1819, no. 1 (January 2003): 118–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1819a-18.

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Road construction through Nepal’s hilly and mountainous terrain has historically had a significant impact on the local environment and land-owners, primarily because of the steep and often unstable terrain traversed, monsoonal climate, necessity for low-cost roads, and no landowner compensation for compulsorily acquired land. The design phase of the Road Maintenance and Development Project sought to incorporate comprehensive environmental and social measures into the design of low-cost roads in the western hills of Nepal to achieve more stable and lower-impact roads. The project involved the design of 196 km of new roads and 253 km of upgrading to existing roads by integrating engineering, environmental, social, and economic factors throughout the design process. The project began with the screening of candidate project roads on the basis of economic, environmental, and social factors by using a weighted scoring system to select those roads that would be most advantageous in relation to passenger and goods transport and associated economic development, while minimizing adverse environmental and social impacts. Proposed new road alignments were refined primarily through a walkover survey by a multidisciplinary team, ensuring that environmental and social issues were incorporated into this key stage of road design, when significant impacts can be avoided. Detailed road design incorporated comprehensive environmental management and social planning through integrated planning. Project outcomes include road designs that would increase road stability and have fewer construction impacts and the first comprehensive land and property compensation program for road construction in Nepal.

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Kamenchukov, Aleksey Viktorovich. "Quality road surfacing: two stages of control over design concept." Урбанистика, no. 4 (April 2020): 99–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2310-8673.2020.4.34295.

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This article examines the questions of improving the quality of design concepts on construction and reconstruction of roads. The primary subject of this research is the road surface, the quality of which directly affects the convenience and safety of traffic. The author also assesses the effectiveness of the system “subgrade – road surface” in the conditions of cyclical dynamic load from vehicles and temporal variability of the characteristics of soil ground-geological environment. An overview is conducted on the relevant requirements to engineering of road surface and efficiency assessment of design concepts. The author considers the national and foreign experience of road construction, including modern software  solutions. The two key aspects of selection and efficiency assessment of design solutions are formulated. The article describes the concept, algorithm and results of implementation of comprehensive methodology for assessing efficiency of engineering and construction of road surfaces. Detailed analysis is conducted on the stages of mathematical modeling and effectiveness of the system “subgrade – road surface”. An undisputable scientific novelty of this research consists in application of the modern mathematical apparatus, methods and techniques of linear programming, together with the leading company on the development of software for design and construction of roads. The necessity and practical importance of the elaborated concept on efficiency assessment of design concepts is confirmed by implementation into the practice of road construction. The conclusion is made that the application of integrated index of the effectiveness of construction of road surfaces, coupled with software packages for assessing the stress-deformed condition of soil ground-geological systems, allow eliminated the design errors and ensure maximal reliability and safety of roads under construction of reconstruction.

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Batrakova, A., Y. Dorozhko, E. Zakharova, and O. Kliuka. "ANALYSIS AND GENERALIZATION OF REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR GEODESIC SUPPORT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION OBJECTS." Municipal economy of cities 4, no. 164 (October 1, 2021): 99–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.33042/2522-1809-2021-4-164-99-103.

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The transfer of the project to the site requires the performance of measurements and constructions with high accuracy. Changes in the technology of geodetic works related to the computerization of geodesy, the introduction into geodetic practice of electronic geodetic instruments and automated processing programs, require the introduction into production of both traditional methods of geodetic measurements and new technologies and methods of geodetic works. Despite the fact that geodetic works are an integral part of construction, in the regulations on surveys, design and construction of roads and man-made structures quite limited regulation of the content of work on the transfer of projects to the field, division work, executive surveys, geodetic quality control, accuracy requirements, etc. Given the current state of regulatory and legal support for geodetic support of road construction sites, it is advisable to develop a national standard for the implementation of geodetic surveying and geodetic control in the construction of road construction sites. This standard will supplement the main provisions of regulations on the construction of roads and transport facilities. With the growing volume of design, construction and overhaul of roads, it is necessary to standardize all stages of design and construction work, including those related to geodetic production. The development of technologies and methods of geodetic works related to the computerization of geodesy requires the introduction into production of both traditional methods of geodetic measurements and new technologies and methods of geodetic works. Based on the analysis and generalization of regulatory support for geodetic support of design and construction of roads and artificial structures, the need to develop a national standard for geodetic surveying and geodetic control in the construction of road construction as a supplement to the basic provisions of regulations on road construction and transport facilities.

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Tereshchenko, Tatiana, and Serhii Illiash. "EXPERIENCE ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD PAVEMENTS USING THE CLAUSES OF EUROPEAN STANDARDS ON HYDRAULICALLY BOUND MATERIALS." Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny, no. 3 (259) ’ 2019 (October 17, 2019): 42–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.33868/0365-8392-2019-3-259-42-50.

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Hydraulically bound mixtures (HBM) are most effectively applied in the base layers of flexible road pavements to enhance their load bearing capacity and also in the base layers of rigid road pavements in the case of weak soils of the sub-grade. The evaluation of Ukrainian standards which are identical to European standards relating HBM leads to the point of subsequent implementation of new requirements trough design and construction of motor roads in Ukraine. The by European standards stated requirements and classification of HBM provide a modelling regime closer to the performance of bound pavement layer and give the wider range of HBM designations with different strength properties. Thus, this article reviews such aspects of design and construction of road pavements with HBM layers which are distinguished from the conception approved now in Ukraine. The reviewed clauses on design and construction concern road pavements which, in accordance with the European practice, are classified as flexible pavements or semi-rigid pavements and are comprised of flexible (bitumen-bound) upper layers laid on a HBM base. The reviewed types of road pavement constructions are most eligible to emphasize the possibilities of implementation of new standard requirements in the Ukrainian road building industry. As it was concluded, the European standards state classification of HBM by compressive strength RC and classification by tensile strength in combination with elastic modulus Rt, E. These methods of classification are equivalent with no correlation intended between them and have been successfully used during design and construction of road pavement constructions comprised of bitumen-bound layers laid on a HBM base. When designing the motor roads with the above mentioned pavement construction to be loaded with high traffic, HBM of strength classes RС from С8/10 to С9/12 shall be contributed where classes of strength are determined by the type of a hydraulic binder and can be accorded to the categories by ”Rt, E” values not less than T3 (from T3 to T5). Keywords: hydraulically bound mixtures, classification by values of mechanical properties, compressive strength, base layers from hydraulically bound mixtures.

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Ryabova, O. V., A. V. Skrypnikov, V. G. Kozlov, and P. V. Tikhomirov. "STUDYING A GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ROAD DESIGN." Russian Journal of Building Construction and Architecture, no. 1(49) (February 24, 2021): 66–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.36622/vstu.2021.49.1.006.

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Statement of the problem. The state of theoretical studies in the field of engineering and landscape zoning is detailed. Results. The analysis made it possible to outline the goals, objectives and the general methodology of research and modeling of organization and planning processes for the construction of departmental roads considering micro-landscapes, varying degrees of complexity of road construction, value of natural resources, species qualities of a road area as well as to optimize the design process of departmental highways.Conclusions. The suggested comprehensive assessment of the natural and technogenic conditions for the construction of departmental highways is gaining economic, technical and environmental significance and can be employed as the basis for landscape design of departmental highways.

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Van Zyl, G. D., M. G. Henderson, and H. G. Fourie. "Optimizing Low-Volume Road Network Performance Through Improved Management, Design, and Construction." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1819, no. 1 (January 2003): 299–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1819b-38.

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The Provincial Administration of the Western Cape in South Africa is responsible for 18,900 km of proclaimed roads, of which 10,500 km are unsurfaced. A formal gravel road management system has been in operation since 1989 that assists in prioritizing projects for regraveling and upgrading gravel roads to surfaced standards. Because of fund limitations for upgrading gravel roads to surfaced roads, there is a need to optimize performance of the gravel road network and maximize use of knowledge and latest research results for southern Africa. Staff shortages and loss of in-house expertise made external assistance necessary to improve service to road users. Processes formalized, implemented, and planned for this purpose included ( a) upgrading the gravel road management system to quantify benefits, prioritize activities, and select maintenance and improvement measures; ( b) appointing consulting engineers in each district to help manage borrow pits, materials design, training, construction supervision and quality control, maintenance planning and control, and performance monitoring; ( c) communication about project priorities, construction programs, work methods, construction team performance, and activity costs; and ( d) development of an operational web-enabled system to manage all activities related to unsurfaced roads. Within 1 year, a remarkable difference in gravel road performance was observed without a significant reduction in productivity. Total transportation costs were lowered with only a marginal increase in agency costs. Continuous communication among system operators, design engineers, project managers, and construction teams is considered one of the most important aspects in optimizing performance of the Western Cape low-volume road network. This study highlights the most important changes in management, systems, design, and construction and the practical innovations responsible for the successes achieved as a potentially valuable aid to those involved with providing and maintaining low-volume roads.

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Wang, Liji. "Application Strategy of Dynamic Management Mode in Municipal Road Survey and Design Management." Journal of Architectural Research and Development 6, no. 4 (July 13, 2022): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.26689/jard.v6i4.4134.

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With the continuous improvement of urbanization level, the construction of municipal roads has received more attention. The rational application of dynamic management mode to the survey and design management of municipal roads is conducive to improve the survey and design management level of municipal roads and further realizing the optimization of the construction effect of municipal roads. In this paper, the various factors which are affecting the management of municipal road survey and design as well the principles of municipal road design were discussed. Further, the recommendation of the application strategy of dynamic management mode in municipal road survey and design management was proposed in this paper.

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Shevchenko, Sergey, Sergey Ukolov, Dmitry Simonov, Vladimir Trepalin, and Liliya Yustikova. "Design of modular removable road pavement slabs for the agro-industrial complex." E3S Web of Conferences 175 (2020): 11025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017511025.

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The article deals with the justification for the design of a modular removable road pavement plate (slab) intended for high-speed construction of road sections and access roads to various objects of agricultural infrastructure under difficult off-road conditions. The proposed designs can be widely used in the rehabilitation of motor roads in the agricultural areas of eliminating the consequences of natural calamities, accidents and disasters in transport communications, at agricultural industry facilities, as well as for the deployment of road service enterprises.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Road design and construction"

Rehnberg, Adam. "Suspension design for off-road construction machines." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Fordonsdynamik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33883.

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Construction machines, also referred to as engineering vehicles or earth movers, are used in a variety of tasks related to infrastructure development and material handling. While modern construction machines represent a high level of sophistication in several areas, their suspension systems are generally rudimentary or even nonexistent. This leads to unacceptably high vibration levels for the operator, particularly when considering front loaders and dump trucks, which regularly traverse longer distances at reasonably high velocities. To meet future demands on operator comfort and high speed capacity, more refined wheel suspensions will have to be developed. The aim of this thesis is therefore to investigate which factors need to be considered in the fundamental design of suspension systems for wheeled construction machines. The ride dynamics of wheeled construction machines are affected by a number of particular properties specific to this type of vehicle. The pitch inertia is typically high in relation to the mass and wheelbase, which leads to pronounced pitching. The axle loads differ considerably between the loaded and the unloaded condition, necessitating ride height control, and hence the suspension properties may be altered as the vehicle is loaded. Furthermore, the low vertical stiffness of off-road tyres means that changes in the tyre properties will have a large impact on the dynamics of the suspended mass. The impact of these factors has been investigated using analytical models and parameters for a typical wheel loader. Multibody dynamic simulations have also been used to study the effects of suspended axles on the vehicle ride vibrations in more detail. The simulation model has also been compared to measurements performed on a prototype wheel loader with suspended axles. For reasons of manoeuvrability and robustness, many construction machines use articulated frame steering. The dynamic behaviour of articulated vehicles has therefore been examined here, focusing on lateral instabilities in the form of “snaking” and “folding”. A multibody dynamics model has been used to investigate how suspended axles influence the snaking stability of an articulated wheel loader. A remote-controlled, articulated test vehicle in model-scale has also been developed to enable safe and inexpensive practical experiments. The test vehicle is used to study the influence of several vehicle parameters on snaking stability, including suspension, drive configuration and mass distribution. Comparisons are also made with predictions using a simplified linear model. Off-road tyres represent a further complication of construction machine dynamics, since the tyres’ behaviour is typically highly nonlinear and difficult to evaluate in testing due to the size of the tyres. A rolling test rig for large tyres has here been evaluated, showing that the test rig is capable of producing useful data for validating tyre simulation models of varying complexity. The theoretical and experimental studies presented in this thesis contribute to the deeper understanding of a number of aspects of the dynamic behaviour of construction machines. This work therefore provides a basis for the continued development of wheel suspensions for such vehicles.
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Obuzor, Gift Nwadinma. "Development of technology for the construction of low-cost road embankments." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2011. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/development-of-technology-for-the-construction-of-lowcost-road-embankments(e92d7c4e-e9d5-47e8-bf8e-e4b66769dd2d).html.

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It is envisaged that flood plains will be put into more active usage to meet the increasing demands for road infrastructural development as well as relieve the pressure exerted on arable lands owing to infrastructural development activities. This is consequent upon the general shortfall in the availability of soils possessing the right engineering properties to carry infrastructures such as roads which consume large tracks of land. Expanding the global infrastructural base is inevitable due to the ever increasing human population and the need to meet their social, economic, political and transportation needs. However, owing to the prevailing environmental awareness campaigns fronted by different environmental agencies, there is the need to regulate and monitor the interaction of the processes involved in the provision of these needs with the limited resources as well as the environmental aftermath associated with such operations. The stabilization of flood plain soils for road embankment construction is envisaged to reduce the demand on the material resources required to build classical high embankments in flood prone areas as well as offer implied mitigating dimensions in the restoration of environmental integrity. This impliedly will reduce the use of traditionally unsustainable methods of soil stabilization such as, the excavation and importation of new materials, to a more robust system that will offer environmental friendliness amidst value engineering for better strength and durability results. The experimental processes involved the simulation of flooding scenarios in the laboratory, to monitor the strength and durability aspects of low-bearing-capacity soils (such as Lower Oxford Clay) stabilized with blended mixes of the traditional stabilizer of lime and the novel materials of lime and Ground Granulated Blastfumace Slag (GOBS) by-product combined. Preliminary investigations were carried out on the Lower Oxford Clay soil to establish the moisture and compaction requirements of the material. Different mix compositions were formulated by incrementally replacing the amount of lime in the system with GOBS. This was based on the premise that high stabilizer contents could offer better stabilization to flood susceptible geo-materials upon flooding. A high stabilizer level of 16% was therefore investigated. Regimes of different blending ratios were established as follows: 16%Lime-0%GGBS, 12%Lime-4%GGBS, 8%Lime-8%GGBS, 4%Lime-12%GGBS and 0%Lime-16%GGBS and tested at moisture contents of 23%, 28%, 33% and 38%. The two extremes 16%Lime-0%GGBS and 0%Lime-16GGBS were used as controls. A system of elimination based on strength criteria was employed, where only the 8%Lime- 8%GGBS and 4%Lime-12%GGBS mixtures were deemed fit to be investigated further to determine their resistance to challenging environmental factors of flooding. The test samples were cylindrical, measuring 50 mm in diameter and 100 mm long, and these were compacted using a static compaction apparatus to achieve Maximum Dry Density (MDD). Depending on the testing regime to be applied to a given specimen, a curing pattern was defined and samples were wrapped in cling film to minimise moisture losses. At the end of each curing period of 7, 14, 28, 56 and 90 days, one of the experimental procedures which ranged from Unconfined Compressive Strength, Water Absorption, Volume Stability, Permeability, Soaked Strength and Durability Index Assessment or Compressibility Assessment was carried out on the moist cured samples. Following these assessments, the 4%Lime-12%GGBS mix composition was appraised to have overall improved characteristics with the added benefit of reduced cost of material utilisation. Based on the available data, regression analyses were carried out and equations established for predicting the strength values of stabilized materials. Using these equations further extrapolations were made and the observable trends were those of the dependence of compressive strength on the age of moist curing and the compaction moisture contents at which samples were produced at given blended mixture. Cost-benefit-risk analysis was also carried out with a further cost annualisation of the capital and operational cost of a selected system. It is reassuring to learn that at replacement level of lime with GOBS of 4%Lime-12%GGBS it was possible to establish multi-binder mixtures that could be effectively used for sustainable construction in flood prone areas with enormous savings accruing from the possible higher strength and enhanced durability indices achievable over traditional unsustainable options of continued over-reliance on lime and Portland cement.

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Sadagah, Bahaaeldin Hashim. "Engineering geological maps for road design & construction in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47636.

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McKinney, Edward James. "The evolution of a commercial strip : a design approach for Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23081.

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Cheung, Kwong-chung. "Reinforced earth wall design & construction in northern access road for Cyberport Development /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3676288X.

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Cheung, Kwong-chung, and 張光中. "Reinforced earth wall design & construction in northern access road for Cyberport Development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014279.

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McLaughlin, Logan M. "Understanding Road Use and Road User Interaction: An Exploratory Ethnographic Study Toward the Design of Autonomous Vehicles." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849632/.

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This thesis contributes to research that informs the design of autonomous vehicles (AVs). It examines interactions among various types of road users, such as pedestrians and drivers, and describes how findings can contribute to the design of AVs. The work was undertaken as part of a research internship at Nissan Research Center-Silicon Valley on the Human Understanding in Design team. Methods included video ethnography “travel-alongs” which captured the experience of travel from the point of view of drivers and pedestrians, analysis of interaction patterns taken from video of intersections, and analysis of road laws. Findings address the implications of what it will mean for AVs to exist as social entities in a world of varied road contexts, and how AVs might navigate the social act of driving on roads they share with a variety of human users. This thesis contributes to an emerging body of research and application on the subject of the AV in the world.

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Karagania, Richard M. "Road roughness and infrastructure damage." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36011/1/36011_Karagania_1997.pdf.

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Scientific research has identified road roughness as a significant factor that contributes to increased vehicle dynamic wheel loads and therefore damage to pavements and bridges. The other factors include vehicle speed and vehicle suspension type. More specifically and regarding road roughness, research has shown that damaging effects are caused by certain wavelengths and features in road profiles and not the overall road roughness. Various methods of classifying road roughness based on the ride quality are available. These methods, though important, are limited in identifying the location of features along road profiles that cause exceptionally high dynamic wheel loads hence damage. It is the development of a methodology for identifying the location of these abnormally high dynamic wheel forces that this thesis addresses. A vehicle-road interaction model was developed for this research. This computer model uses a quarter vehicle model and recorded road profile elevation data to simulate the response of half a vehicle axle (quarter vehicle) driving along a road. 47 road profiles over 17 bridges were measured to run the model. Signal processing techniques developed by electrical and mechanical engineers have been used as an additional tool to road profile analysis. These techniques are very powerful and their application to road profile investigations is significant. Using computer simulation and by combining ride and damage criteria analysis, a methodology of identifying segments of road that induce high dynamic wheel forces and the location of abnormally high dynamic wheel forces has been established.

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Olsson, Sofia. "Concept Study of Construction Ingress." Thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-15647.

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The purpose of this thesis is to, on Volvo Truck’s account, look at a new concept for the construction ingress used on construction vehicles which have a higher ground clearance than ordinary trucks. The high ground clearance makes it hard for the driver to reach the first instep and therefore a construction ingress is assembled below the stationary insteps. It is designed in a way that avoids damage if colliding with objects.

The present construction ingress used is too expensive, too complex and a bit unsteady to climb on. There is also a new construction vehicle being developed and the old ingress might not fit the new truck.

The concept generation is carried out using systematic concept development. There are many demands and requests for the ingress and these are summarized in a design criterion list. All wished-for properties can not be fulfilled for the simplest ingress designs since they conflict with each other, for example flexibility and stability.

The concepts that are generated are evaluated and selected through different matrices until one concept is found to be the most promising. Different designs of this concept are discussed and one is chosen as the most suitable. The chosen concept design is already used by at least two competitors and that confirms its suitability.

The detailed design presented is only a suggestion for a new construction ingress. Before manufacturing the design needs to be analysed more accurately and the strength, material and cost need to be optimized. The analyses made in the project only show that the design is realistic and that it is worth further work. The final design is promising since it is stable to use, consists of only a few simple parts and will be cheap to manufacture.

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Chan, Kwok-wong, and 陳國煌. "The study of utilization of pulverized fuel ash in road construction in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31232966.

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Books on the topic "Road design and construction"

Great Britain. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. Layout of housing roads design guide. Belfast: HMSO, 1988.

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Antola, Allan. Forest road construction techniques. Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Dept. of Logging and Utilization of Forest Products, 1988.

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Virginia. Dept. of Transportation. Location and Design Division. Road design manual. [Richmond]: The Dept., 1998.

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Authority, National Roads. Specification for road works. Dublin: National Roads Authority, 1995.

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Nittinger, Sharon. Road. Ann Arbor, Mich: Cherry Lake Pub., 2009.

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Dr, Hunter Robert N., ed. Asphalts in road construction. London: Thomas Telford, 2000.

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Authority, National Roads. Notes for guidance on the specification for road works. Dublin: National Roads Authority, 1995.

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Authority, National Roads. Road geometry handbook. Dublin: National Roads Authority, An tÚdarás um Bóithre Náisiúnta, 2000.

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United States. Forest Service. Division of Engineering. Region 4. Cost estimating guide for road construction. U.S.]: The Division, 1991.

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Building a road. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press, 2008.

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Warren, Dene R. "Road Pavements." In Civil Engineering Construction Design and Management, 234–53. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13727-5_10.

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Ballo, Federico Maria, Massimiliano Gobbi, Giampiero Mastinu, and Giorgio Previati. "Structural Optimisation in Road Vehicle Components Design." In Optimal Lightweight Construction Principles, 233–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60835-4_13.

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Malios, Yannis. "Design and construction of Metsovon road tunnel, Greece." In Tunnelling’ 94, 661–78. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2646-9_37.

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Virajh Dias, A. A., H. M. J. M. K. Herath, and L. K. N. S. Kulathilake. "Landform Geometry for Restoration of Mountain Roads and Landslide Hazard Resilience." In Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 1, 2022, 327–39. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16898-7_25.

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AbstractTraveling on a mountainous road is attractive but questionable under aggressive climatic conditions such as extreme rainstorms. Roads are often designed in different geological complexity overlaying upper and lower terrains. The complexity of slope geometries, potential deformities, ground discontinuities, soil-rock composite nature, factors incorporated in structural integrity, the complexity associated with infrastructure developments, and unstable landform have long been causes of the increasing cost of road constructions in hills. In many instances, landform geometries and the natures of slope observed in-situ allow us to understand many salient features that we need to know in the design to mitigate landslide threats. The extent to which we make the collective effort to gather many features of landforms and their static representations concludes its validity. Findings are more forced to be based on geometrical evidence of slopes and cross-checked with an appropriate design criterion. A provision should describe a design or construction method that is deemed to comply with the site-specific conditions. Such an approach will save the enormous cost of investigations, design, and simplification for numerical evaluations, and also contribute to an indirect approach to road restoration and improve an appropriate approach for resilience to landslide hazards.

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El-Labany, Sacha, and George Massey. "Temporary access road optioneering and cost analysis." In High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction (Volume 1), 421–35. London: ICE Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/hs2.65765.421.

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Bai, Wanshuai, Junlong Zhou, Xiaomin Liu, Hang Ban, and Weiliang Qiang. "Construction design of cast-in-situ support for continuous beam of Expressway." In Frontier Research: Road and Traffic Engineering, 86–91. London: CRC Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003305002-11.

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Davidson, Andrea, Neil Wait, Robert Cairns, Lyndon Trinder, Dan Fawcett, Daniel Marsh, Carl Desouza, James Thorpe, Niki Welch, and David Green. "Reducing emissions in construction: non-road mobile machinery retrofit." In High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction (Volume 4), 217–27. London: ICE Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/hs2.66915.217.

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Liang, Haoguang, and Yaojun Zhang. "Legal Guarantees: Key Points on the Top-Level Design for Belt and Road Construction." In The Theoretical System of Belt and Road Initiative, 89–92. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7701-3_17.

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Bojović, Aleksandar, Zlatko Marković, Antonio Mora, Jorrit Blom, Dimitrije Aleksić, Marko Pavlović, Milan Spremić, Novak Novaković, and Boško Jnjušević. "Railway Road Bridge Across the Danube in Novi Sad – Design and Construction." In The Eight International Conference "Bridges in Danube Basin", 139–49. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03714-7_9.

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Akhnoukh, Amin K., Amr Abdel Hameed, and Abanoub Atteya. "States DoT Roads and Bridges Network Inspection and Maintenance Practices." In Design and Construction of Smart Cities, 97–102. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64217-4_12.

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Conference papers on the topic "Road design and construction"

Mengqi, Zhang, and Li Guoqing. "Construction of Beijing City Road Image." In 2013 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications (ISDEA). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isdea.2013.453.

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Šepac, Zvonimir. "Technical design and stability analysis procedure for horizontal stability construction of roads and railways." In 6th International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure. University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5592/co/cetra.2020.1021.

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Unstable sections of predominantly vertical roads and railways are usually stabilized by viaducts, while predominantly horizontal unstable sections of the same structures are regularly stabilized by special structures which have a common feature of spaciousness or massiveness, and which proportionally also require peculiarity in all aspects of the construction. The goal of the new solution is to avoid the highlighted structural peculiarity, that is, to apply a solution that will be more of a constructive element of roads and railways, like a viaduct in an approximate sense. There is such a solution, and that is the low-rise stable structure, which in a naturally appropriate way counteracts horizontal instabilities on low-rise objects. The horizontal effect on the object is converted to a vertical direction via this construction by means of pile coupling, while this effect is greatly reduced due to the effect of static interaction between the components of the coupling. If, instead of various vertical structures with horizontal anchors or mass structure retaining walls, we apply the slope-pile coupling at an optimal angle in the range of 15 to 20 degrees, then, by activating the external horizontal effect, i.e. instability, the primary axial resistance in the oblique pile is simultaneously activated through circumferential friction. The vertical component of this resistance decreases the active horizontal component, while the horizontal does the same, provided that the pile has a transverse static EI feature. This approach has not been used thus far in engineering practice and therefore represents a novelty. Therefore, it can be argued that by constructing a low-rise stable structure, we can achieve at least approximately the same structural impression that we enjoy regarding the viaduct construction for predominantly vertical instabilities.

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Wu, Shie-Shin. "DCP for Low Volume Road Design / Construction." In Seventh International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals Congress (ICCTP). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40952(317)72.

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Tang, Bicheng, Xuefeng Wang, Shengwei Lu, Yong Chen, and Chongming Li. "Steel deck pavement design and construction of Pelješac bridge." In 7th International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure. University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5592/co/cetra.2022.1379.

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Steel bridge orthotropic deck paving has generally been a technical challenge in the field of bridge engineering due to its complexity and uniqueness. This article describes the detailed design and construction technologies of the waterproof bonding system and the asphalt pavement structure of the Pelješac Bridge. The entire pavement area of the carriageway is approximately 38,000 m2. The epoxy resin waterproof bonding system was applied in this bridge, which was approved and certified by the German ZTV-ING series specifications. It is divided into the base layer, adhesion layer made of reactive resins, and sticky layer. The asphalt pavement comprises two layers: protective and wearing. The protective layer is 4cm-thick mastic asphalt MA11 (German: Gussasphalt) with the polymer modified bitumen PMB 25/55-55A, while the wearing layer is 4cm-thick asphalt concrete AC11 with the PMB 45/85-65. The contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) researched and designed the details of the bridge's waterproof bonding system and pavement structure in two years in advance to ensure that the waterproof bonding system and pavement structure can not only match the steel deck structure properly but also provide long-term stable performance in Mediterranean climate condition of high humidity, high salt content, and changeable weather. The contractor overcame the unfavorable objective conditions such as the difficulties in organizing special engineering equipment for paving, special bitumen materials, and special process operators required for paving. The deck pavement was accomplished within five months while maintaining a high level of quality. The acquired experience and exploration should be considered as a guideline for similar mega sea-crossing bridge steel orthotropic deck pavement projects in the future.

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Said, Hisham, V. Y. Jessica Ngo, and Katerina Bezrukova. "Introducing Civil Engineering Students to Ethical Infrastructure Development: Toll Road Design Exercise." In Construction Research Congress 2016. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479827.011.

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Yi, Chaojue, and Ming Lu. "Temporary Haul Road Layout Design Optimization Based on a Rough Grading Project." In Construction Research Congress 2016. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479827.213.

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Maltinti, F., D. Melis, and F. Annunziata. "Road Network Vulnerability: A Review of the Literature." In International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction (ICSDC) 2011. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41204(426)83.

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Maltinti, F., D. Melis, and F. Annunziata. "Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment of a Road Network." In International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction (ICSDC) 2011. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41204(426)84.

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Cantisani, G., G. Fascinelli, and G. Loprencipe. "Urban Road Noise: The Contribution of Pavement Discontinuities." In International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, and Construction 2012. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412688.039.

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Riksheim, Helene, Ola Lædre, and Paulos Wondimu. "Design-Build Contracts in Norwegian Road Projects." In 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC). International Group for Lean Construction, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24928/2020/0070.

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Reports on the topic "Road design and construction"

Collins, J. L., K. Fytas, and R. K. Singhal. Design, construction and maintenance of surface mine haulage roads. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/304971.

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Kaaret, Kaidi, and Evelin Piirsalu. Decarbonizing the EU’s road and construction sectors through green public procurement: the cases of Estonia and Poland. Stockholm Environment Institute, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.51414/sei2022.031.

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Government spending on public works, goods and services in the European Union (EU) accounts for about 14% of the EU’s GDP. Consequently, the EU and its Member States (MS) can make a great impact in accelerating the development and uptake of low-carbon technologies through green public procurement (GPP). This brief is part of a wider project financed by Breakthrough Energy, aiming to understand the divergences in GPP uptake in different EU MS and to identify key barriers to greater adoption and opportunities ahead. Ultimately, the project aims to contribute to greater policy coherence among member states to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as to increase policy support for the design of GPP implementation frameworks and for harmonized GPP target-setting. In 2020, the road transport sector accounted for 23% and 20% of total Estonian and Polish GHG emissions, respectively, while the construction sector represented about 5% and 9% of Estonian and Polish total GHG emissions, respectively. These numbers point to the large mitigation potential that procuring authorities can support by including environmental criteria in procurements. In this brief, we share the results from our desktop research and stakeholder interviews for Estonia and Poland. Results from all cases and additional research will be published in a report later in 2022.

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Bao, Jieyi, Xiaoqiang Hu, Cheng Peng, Yi Jiang, Shuo Li, and Tommy Nantung. Truck Traffic and Load Spectra of Indiana Roadways for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. Purdue University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317227.

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The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) has been employed for pavement design by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) since 2009 and has generated efficient pavement designs with a lower cost. It has been demonstrated that the success of MEPDG implementation depends largely on a high level of accuracy associated with the information supplied as design inputs. Vehicular traffic loading is one of the key factors that may cause not only pavement structural failures, such as fatigue cracking and rutting, but also functional surface distresses, including friction and smoothness. In particular, truck load spectra play a critical role in all aspects of the pavement structure design. Inaccurate traffic information will yield an incorrect estimate of pavement thickness, which can either make the pavement fail prematurely in the case of under-designed thickness or increase construction cost in the case of over-designed thickness. The primary objective of this study was to update the traffic design input module, and thus to improve the current INDOT pavement design procedures. Efforts were made to reclassify truck traffic categories to accurately account for the specific axle load spectra on two-lane roads with low truck traffic and interstate routes with very high truck traffic. The traffic input module was updated with the most recent data to better reflect the axle load spectra for pavement design. Vehicle platoons were analyzed to better understand the truck traffic characteristics. The unclassified vehicles by traffic recording devices were examined and analyzed to identify possible causes of the inaccurate data collection. Bus traffic in the Indiana urban areas was investigated to provide additional information for highway engineers with respect to city streets as well as highway sections passing through urban areas. New equivalent single axle load (ESAL) values were determined based on the updated traffic data. In addition, a truck traffic data repository and visualization model and a TABLEAU interactive visualization dashboard model were developed for easy access, view, storage, and analysis of MEPDG related traffic data.

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Padhye, Suyash, Isaiah Mwamba, Kyubyung Kang, Samuel Labi, and Makarand Hastak. Safety, Mobility, and Cost Benefits of Closing One Direction of the Interstate in Rural Areas During Construction Work. Purdue University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317345.

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With specific regard to interstates in the rural area, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has expressed a need for research that sheds light on this Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) issue so the agency [INDOT and the contractor] can make informed decisions regarding the crossover sections versus the closure in one direction with detour roads. A number of studies have investigated the advantages and disadvantages of various MOT strategies; however, there is no specific study that can help INDOT traffic engineers and design engineers make decisions by comparing direct and indirect benefits of crossovers and detours (full lane closures). This research examined the advantages and disadvantages of entirely closing one direction of traffic over traditional work zone techniques (such as partial lane closure through median crossover) from the perspectives of the agency, road users, and the community. In the case of full closure, the study (a) examined the alternative MOT strategies and best practices through an extensive literature review and survey of agencies (b) investigated risk, benefit, and costs associated with selected detour routes (c) validated the identified critical factors through case studies in Indiana and at other states, and (d) implemented best practices in an expected project to evaluate the safety, mobility, and cost benefits of closing one direction. Through the literature review and four case studies, eleven KPIs for MOT strategy developments were identified. This study prioritized these KPIs through the survey questionnaire. The top five KPIs are (1) safety, (2) mobility, (3) budget constraint, (4) project duration, (5) complexity of project sites. Based on these KPIs and other findings presented in Section 4.3.3, this study has proposed a comparison tool for predetermined MOT strategies in the form of a flow-chart. This tool is followed by the scores or weights associated with each KPI. These scores are normalized—i.e., the most important KPI which is safety, has the maximum weightage 1 and rest of the KPIs are weighed relatively. INDOT has a set of editable documents which are references for making MOT decisions. This proposed flow-chart tool will “walk” the INDOT team through the use of these spreadsheets corresponding to the identified KPIs through this study. It will be at the discretion of the INDOT team as to which KPIs are relevant to the situation at hand. Therefore, the flow-chart tool is flexible to incorporate the dynamic nature of MOT strategy selection.

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Netid, Mihai. WATER DISCHARGE SYSTEMS IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Intellectual Archive, April 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.32370/iaj.2072.

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Skone, Timothy J. Gravel Road, 12 Inch Deep Roadbed, Construction. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1509385.

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Clevenger, Anthony P., and Adam T. Ford. A before-after-control-impact study of wildlife fencing along a highway in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Nevada Department of Transportation, February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15788/ndot2022.02.

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Wildlife exclusion fencing has become a standard component of highway mitigation systems designing to reduce collisions with large mammals. Past work on the effectiveness of exclusion fencing has relied heavily on control-impact (i.e., space-for-time substitutions) and before-after study designs. These designs limit inference and may confound the effectiveness of mitigation with co-occurring process that also change the rate of collisions. We used a replicated before-after-control-impact study design to assess fencing effectiveness along the Trans-Canada Highway in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. We found that collisions declined for common ungulates species (elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer) by up to 96% but not for large carnivores. The weak response of carnivores is likely due to combination of fence intrusions and low sample sizes. When accounting for background changes in collision rates observed at control sites, naïve estimates of fencing effectiveness declined by 6% at one site to 90% and increased by 10% at another to a realized effectiveness of 82%. When factoring in the cost of ungulate collisions to society as a whole, fencing provided a net economic gain within 1 year of construction. Over a 10-year period, fencing would provide a net economic gain of >$500,000 per km in reduced collisions. In contrast, control site may take upwards of 90 years before the background rates of collisions decline to a break even point. Our study highlights the benefits of long-term monitoring of road mitigation projects and provides evidence of fencing effectiveness for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions involving large mammals.

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Santoni, Rosa L. Enhanced Coastal Trafficability: Road Construction Over Sandy Soils. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, July 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada416427.

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Webster, Steve L., and Jeb S. Tingle. Expedient Road Construction Over Sands Using Lightweight Mats. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, June 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada348964.

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Schaffner, U. Road Construction In The Nepal Himalaya; The Experiences From The Lamosangu-Jiri Road Project. Kathmandu, Nepal: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.53055/icimod.31.

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