Dangerous Goods Route and Truck Route Establishment in Lloydminster
The City of Lloydminster is centered along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 16) and straddles the Alberta/Saskatchewan interprovincial border along Highway 17. As an economic centre along major...
Session title: Goods Movement
Organizers:
Authors: Craig, Olivia, Matwie, Cameron, Rogers, James
2021
De-icing Operations for Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements (PICP)
Permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICP) allow stormwater to infiltrate directly through aggregate-filled joints. Best practices for the winter operation of PICP is poorly understood....
Session title: Innovations in Winter Maintenance
Organizers:
Authors: Drake, Jennifer, Marvin, Jeff, Scott, Jody
2021
Design Challenges to Accommodate Operations, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Construction Considerations of the Neptune Cargill Overpass Extension Project
The Neptune Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver plays an integral role in connecting the Canadian economy with oversea markets by transporting 30 million tonnes of products annually. As part of the...
Session title: Transportation Structures
Organizers:
Authors: Hudecek, Martin, Wee, Frances, Skabar, Kip
2021
Determination of Critical Stripping Temperatures for Typical Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Used in Nova Scotia
The Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test (HWTT) per AASHTO T324 has been widely used to evaluate rutting resistance and moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures and is tested at various temperatures by...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organizers:
Authors: Feener, Brandon, Barnes, Chris, Marlin, Adam
2021
Development of a Lignin-modified Bitumen for Canadian Asphalt Pavements
Climate change concerns and continuously increasing costs of bituminous pavement materials are an ongoing challenge for the pavement industry and road owners. Reduced demand for paper is an...
Session title: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organizers:
Authors: Bradley, Allan H., Thiam, Papa-Masseck
2021
Development of Traffic Inputs for PavementME Using Weigh-In-Motion Data in Alberta
Traffic characterization to develop appropriate traffic inputs for pavement design using Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design procedure (PavementME) is a crucial and challenging task. The...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Saha, Jhuma, Karim, Mohammad, Juhasz, Marta
2021
Evaluating the Quality of Asphalt Binders and Plant Produced Asphalt Mixes through Recovered Asphalt Testing and other Mix Properties
Paving-grade asphalt binders are specified based on their properties in an original state following a specification such as the Performance Graded (PG) Asphalt Binder Specification. However, there...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organizers:
Authors: Wakefield, Amma
2021
Evaluation of consolidation settlement in soft soils under highway embankment: comparative study on the autoroute 50
Assessment of consolidation settlement under a highway embankment requires particular consideration regarding the variability in fill heights as well as the thickness and proprieties of...
Session title: Innovation in Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organizers:
Authors: El Salfiti, Abdul Karim
2021
Evaluation of In-Place Asphalt Mixture Density Using Pavescan RDM
Dielectric profiling systems developed under the US Federal Highways Administration Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) Solutions program provide a means to estimate the in-place...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
Organizers:
Authors: Barnes, Chris, Marlin, Adam
2021
Examining the Impacts of COVID-19 on Retail Industry and E-shopping
One of the many sectors that has been highly affected by COVID-19 is retail industry. Fearful of contracting the virus, people are seen to avoid traditional bricks and mortar trades, which led to...
Session title: Applications of Data in Transportation Planning
Organizers:
Authors: Anik, Md Asif Hasan , Gindi, Ella Romia , Habib, Muhammad Ahsanul
2021