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2011 Conference Papers

3rd International Road Surface Friction Conference
Gold Coast, Queensland – 15 – 18 May 2011

Sunday 15 May 2011

Official Delegate Welcome – Peter Damen, General Manager, Research and Consulting, ARRB Group
Trade Exhibition Opening – John Gardiner, Chairman WDM Ltd

Monday 16 May 2011

Official Welcome and chair- Gerard Waldron, Managing Director, ARRB Group
Keynote addresses:

  1. Rob Klein, Chief Operations Director, GHVI/ FIA – A decade of road safety (2010 – 2020) – See Presentations
  2. Superintendent Paula Rose, National Road Police Manager, NZ Police – Skidding related crashes and issues – real life stories and value of partnerships
  3. Paul Hillier, National Technical Leader – Incident Investigations and Strategic Reviews, ARRB Group – Looking back to the 2008 conference – a reminder of the identified objectives and expectations for the 2011 conference – See Presentations

Mount Cotton OH&S Briefing – an overview of what to expect at the Mount Cotton test track day and occupational health and safety requirements. – See Presentations

Skid resistance strategy and objectives
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Peter Damen, ARRB Group
An evaluation of NZ’s state highway skid resistance policy Presented by: David CookNew Zealand
Transport Agency, NZ
A revised skid resistance standard for the UK truck roads
Presented by: John Donbavand
Highways Agency, UK
WDM Limited, UK
Do we need to monitor friction in summertime?
Presented by: Leif Sjogren
The Swedish Road and
Transport Institute,
Sweden
Data led, experience driven – developing a ‘fit for purpose’ skid resistance management strategy
Presented by: Paul Hillier
ARRB Group, Australia
Performance prediction
(Romney room) Session chair: Julie Mitchell, QLD TMR
Comparison of the Wehner-Schulze and PSV test for estimating the polishing resistance of New Zealand chip seal aggregates
Presented by: Haran Arampamoorthy
Opus International
Consultants Ltd, NZ
Case study: Ran off road crash variation with pavement friction
Presented by: Gerardo Flintsch
Federal Highway
Administration, USA
Lendis Corporation, USA
The Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University, USA
Research on laboratory simulation test method for skid resistance performance of chip seals
Presented by: Yuhua Li
Dalian University of
Technology, China
Temperature influence on skid resistance measurement
Presented by: Ed Baran
Queensland Transport and
Main Roads Department
Australia
Asset management benefits
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Allan Bell, QLD TMR
Long-term study of skid resistance on inservice roads England
Presented by: Chris Kennedy
Highways Agency, UK
TRL, UK
WDM Ltd, UK
Developing an objective measure for flushing on chip seals
Presented: David Whitehead
New Zealand Transport
Agency, NZ
WDM Ltd, UK
High friction surfacing – improving the life cycle cost
Presented by: Jeff Waters
Fulton Hogan Ltd, NZ
Asset Management and SCRIM: a targeted approach to the management of skidding resistance
Presented by: John Donbavand
Cornwall County
Council, UK
WDM Ltd, UK
Measurement, data processing, data analysis
(Romney room) Session chair: David Pratt, RTA NSW
Improved locational accuracy of SCRIM data using GPS
Presented: James Mitchell
WDM Limited, UK
New Zealand Transport
Agency, NZ
Accuracy of pavement texture measurement
Presented by: Darren Holloway
Department for Transport,
Energy and Infrastructure
South Australia, Australia
Using data mining to predict road crash count with a focus on skid resistance values
Presented by: Daniel Emerson
Queensland University of
Technology, Australia
Asset management processes
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Andrew Golding, QLD TMR
Implementing a skidding policy in London
Presented by: Chris Kennedy
WDM Limited, UK
London Borough
of Lambeth, UK
Skid resistance performance profile
Presented by: Dr Noppadol Piyatrapoomi
Queensland Department of
Transport and Main Roads,
Australia AAPA, Australia
Vehicle activated ‘slippery road’ warning signs
Presented by: Raja Abeysekera
Queensland Department
of Transport and Main
Roads, Australia
A prioritisation scheme for the safety management of curves
Presented by: Peter Cenek
Opus Central
Laboratories, NZ
New Zealand
Transport Agency,
NZ Statistic Research
Associates, NZ MWH
Global, NZ
Surfacings
(Romney room) Session chair: Kym Neaylon, ARRB Group
Development of skid resistant hot asphalt mixtures by blending aggregates from different sources
Presented by: Shimon Nesichi
Geokom Limited, Israel
INRC – Israel National Roads
Company, Israel
Effect of aggregate arrangement on increasing frictional resistance through blending stone materials
Presented by: Abouzar Shafiepour
IUST University of Science
and Technology, Iran
Ministry of Road and
Transportation, Iran
P25 specification for high Skid resistant surfaces
Presented by: Joanna Towler
New Zealand Transport
Agency, NZ
Fletcher Corporation
Ltd, NZ
New Zealand Greywacke aggregates and their skid resistance performance
Presented by: Douglas Wilson
The University of
Auckland, NZ
A decade of action for road safety workshop

(Merino room) Session chair: Rob Klein, GHVI/FIA
See Presentations

ADDITIONAL SESSION – MONDAY 16 MAY 2011

Disaster recovery panel session (including flood, cyclones and earthquake recovery) (MacArthur’s Ballroom)
Session chair: Matthew Lugg, Chair of the UK Roads Board – See Presentations
Panel speakers include:

  • Mr Shane Doran, Program Director, Transport Network Reconstruction Program, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads – See Presentations
  • Mr Alan Beuzenberg, Unit Manager Transport and Greenspace, Christchurch
    City Council – See Presentations
  • Mr Barry Stratton, Senior Asset Manager, North Canterbury, NZ Transport Agency

3rd International Friction Conference
Mount Cotton Test Track Day 3

Tuesday 17th May 2011

Demonstrations at the Mount Cotton track including Incident Investigation, Straight line braking, Truck & Motor cycle braking, mobile test devices and Differential friction.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Special address: The Honourable Craig Wallace MP, Queensland Minister for Main roads
Keynote addresses:

  1. Rob McInerney, Chief Executive Officer for the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) – Road surface condition parameters in iRAP now and in the future – See Presentations
  2. Matthew Lugg, Chair of the UK Roads Board – Local government collaboration – See Presentations
  3. Fabian Marsh, Previous role: National Traffic & Safety Manager, NZTA – A vision for the future /partnerships in NZ (Fabians’ current role is Traffic and Safety Specialist, Ashghal Public Works Authority, Qatar
Identifying and meeting friction demand
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Mark Owen, NZTA
Applying water blasting treatment policy aimed at reducing first rain skidding accidents – the Israeli experience
Presented by: Shimon Nesichi

INRC – Israel National
Roads Company Israel
Gritting for improved early life skid resistance of stone mastic surfaces
Presented by: Ed Baran

Queensland Transport
and Main Roads
Department, Australia
A new methodological approach for friction evaluation of dropped-on products for road markings
Presented by: Marco Pasetto

University of
Padua, Italy
Evaluation methods of road surface performance in Japan
Presented by: Kazuhio Watanabe

Public Works Research
Institute, Japan
Innovative surfacing treatments delivering safer roads
Presented by: Bryan Pidwerbesky

Fulton Hogan Ltd, NZ and
Australia
Tyre-road interface and consequences
(Merino room) Session chair: Superintendent Paula Rose, NZ Police
TYROSAFE (Tyre and road surface optimisation for skid resistance and further effects)
Presented by: Karen Scharnigg

BASt (Federal Highway
Research Institute),
Germany Austrian
Institute of Technology,
Austria
Mapping interfacial stress distributions to asphalt surface digital microtopographies
Presented by: Phillip Millar

University of Ulster, UK
A systems approach to managing skid deficient sites on a road network
Presented by: Glenn Foster

Transfield Services
Ltd, NZ Juno Serviced
Ltd, NZ
Deadly when wet
Presented by: David Axup

David R Axup &
Associates Pty
Ltd, Australia
Climatic considerations
(Romney room) Session chair: Fabian Marsh,
Ashghal Public Works Authority, Qatar
Analysis of temperature influence on skid resistance results
Presented by: Marta Pagola

National University of
Rosario, Argentina
Seasonal Influence of pavement skid resistance and equipment calibration
Presented by: Grant Mackey

Department for Transport,
Energy and Infrastructure,
South Australia, Australia
Influence of Seasonal Temperature on Pavement Reliability Performance: A CASE Study
Presented by: Gerardo Flintsch

Federal Highway
Administration, USA
Skid resistance effects of common treatments for frost and ice – mineral grit and CMA
Presented by : Neil Jamieson

Opus International
Consultants, NZ
Partnerships in practice
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Gerard Waldron, ARRB Group
Collaboration and partnerships in managing skid resistance for Queensland
Presented by: Justin Weligamage

Queensland Department
of Transport and
Main Roads, Australia
The benefits of a long term partnership approach in the provision of network skid resistance data
Presented by: Chris Kennedy

WDM Limited, UK
New Zealand
Transport Agency,
NZ
Are there opportunities for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to deliver more effective road asset management solutions?
Presented by: Jon Lewando

AECOM Consultants, NZ
Auckland Transport, NZ
Austroads developments in skid resistance
Presented by: Kym Neaylon

ARRB Group, Australia
Achieving positive road safety outcomes
(MacArthur’s Ballroom) Session chair: Rob McInerney, iRAP
Experience gained in road safety in implementing safer surfacings
Presented by: Robin Dunlop

DRD Consulting, NZ
A quantitative model of road-surface safety
Presented by: Jiangnbi Hu

Beijing University
of Technology,
China
Breaking the silence about road surfaces and accident rates
Presented by: Ralph Rallings

Personal contribution
not related to
employer, Australia
Future of surface friction?
Presented by: Peter Cairney

ARRB Group, Australia

Summary of the Conference by Chris Kennedy, Director WDM
Did the conference meet its objectives, summary of issues, looking ahead to 2014
Invitation to attend in 2014 in UK and official close
Official thankyou and close by Gerard Waldron, Managing Director, ARRB Group

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