Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2013, Vol. 2.

By on February 27, 2014 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record : Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2013 Volume 2, No 2371 This document consists of 14 papers that explore pavement with high recycled asphalt content; viscoelastic properties of reclaimed asphalt mixtures; environmental susceptibility of bituminous mastic viscosity; reacted and activated rubber; warm-mix asphalt for heavy traffic airfields; low-temperature performance characterization of biomodified asphalt […]

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Maintenance Services 2013

By on February 27, 2014 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record: Maintenance Services 2013, No 2337 TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2337 consists of 11 papers that explore automated flagger assistance devices in work zones; reducing the likelihood of rear-end collisions for in-platoon vehicles in work zones; evaluation of temporary ramp metering for work zones; and work […]

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Roadside Safety Design 2013

By on February 27, 2014 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record : Roadside Safety Design 2013, No 2377 This document consists of nine papers that explore the Midwest guardrail system; opposite-direction road departure crashes; the injury risk posed by side impact of nontracking vehicles into guardrails; retrofit bridge rail design and testing; limitations of the Highway Safety Manual to predict run-off-road crashes; crash […]

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Emergency Evacuation and System Vulnerabilities 2013

By on February 27, 2014 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record: Emergency Evacuation and System Vulnerabilities 2013, No 2376 This document consists of 9 papers that explore evacuation response; transportation resource coordination for multimodal evacuation planning; evacuee route choice behavior; no notice evacuation management; evacuation demand models; bus transit driver availability for effective emergency evacuation; transit evacuation in Honolulu, Hawaii; roundabout performance during […]

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African Construction Expo 2014

By on February 20, 2014 in Conferences, News

The African Construction Expo and Conference is the only forum that brings together construction professionals from the entire African continent. The event hosts a conference that addresses strategic issues around large scale construction and infrastructure projects. The event will be held on 27-28 May 2014 at the sandton convention centre. Read more

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SAICE Civilution Congress 2014

By on February 20, 2014 in Conferences, News

                                      “More than just a conference,it is an engineering revolution” Civilution is a new era for engineering professionals, motivating engineers of all disciplines to conduct business differently. It is also where engineers play the role of history makers bringing about transformation, diversity, leadership and evolution in our local and global society and the betterment […]

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2014 IMESA/CESA Conference and Awards

By on February 20, 2014 in Conferences, News

The 2014 IMESA Conference  and biennual awards will be held at International Convention Centre in Durban from 28, 29th to 31st October 2014. For more info

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SA power system ‘severely constrained’ – Eskom

By on February 20, 2014 in Engineering news, News

South African power utility Eskom said on Wednesday that the national power system was “severely constrained” and urged its customers to reduce demand. The State-run utility said on Monday there were outages at a number of its generating units. Eskom is battling to keep the lights on in Africa‘s largest economy as it races to […]

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E-toll system is working, although with some challenges – Sanral

By on February 20, 2014 in Engineering news, News

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on Tuesday updated the Parliamentary Transport Portfolio Committee on e-tolling, stating that the system was working, although not without challenges. Sanral said in a statement that it explained to the committee that the toll system was stable and handling large registration and enquiry volumes, especially as part […]

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CSIR, SA Police sign cooperation agreement

By on February 20, 2014 in Engineering news, News

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) signed a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday to provide the police with scientific, technological and other specialist expertise to help fight crime and improve public safety. This is the latest step in the cooperation between the two agencies, which goes […]

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