Safety Management

By on December 18, 2013 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record: Safety Management 2364 Transportation Research Board, No. 2364 consists of 10 papers that explore variable speed limit control strategies; opinions on safety policy; rural roadway departure crashes; traffic calming measures in New York City; safety management tools; high-crash-risk intersections; fatal crash reductions; road safety communication campaigns; evaluation of traffic compliance measures; and […]

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Carsharing,Demand Managemet,and Parking 2013

By on December 18, 2013 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record :Carsharing,Demand Managemet,and Parking 2013 Transportation Research Board, No. 2359 contains 10 papers that address parking patrol surveys,smart parking systems,parking at sporting event stadiums,parking utilization in neighborhood shopping centers on transit routes,and cost-effectiveness of traffic and demand management measures. This TRR also examines dynamic ridesharing systems,dynamic vehicle allocation for carsharing systems; travel behavior […]

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National key point provides water to 10m daily

By on December 12, 2013 in Engineering news, News

“State-owned water utility Rand Water’s Vereeniging-based Zuikerbosch water purification plant, which has been named a National Key Point, provides purified water to more than ten-million people a day in nineteen municipalities across Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the North…Read more

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Afdb approves $105m loan for DRC road

By on December 12, 2013 in Engineering news, News

“The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved two grants and a loan, worth a total of $105.3-million, to finance the Lovua-Tshikapa section of the Batshamba-Tshikapa road project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more  

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PRASA awards Siemens €180m railway signalling project

By on December 5, 2013 in Engineering news, News

“The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has commissioned the South African arm of global engineering company Siemens to implement a €180-million railway signalling project on the Johannesburg and Pretoria rail passenger networks.’ Read more

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TFR to double daily number of Shongololo trains

By on December 5, 2013 in Engineering news, News

“RICHARDS BAY (miningweekly.com) – Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) would, by the middle of December, increase the number of 200-wagon Shongololo trains travelling daily between Richards Bay and the Mpumalanga coalfields from four to eight a day, TFR export coal line executive manager Selvan Soobramoney said on Wednesday.” Read more

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4th International Conference on Impact Loading of Lightweight Structures: ICILLS 2014

By on November 26, 2013 in Conferences

The fourth International conference on Impact Loading Of Lightweight Structures will take place in January 2014.The conference is planned to be a forum for scientists and engineers, from all over the world, to exchange ideas and experience on the behaviour, modelling, safety and design of light-weight structures with respect to high strain rate loading – and impact […]

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4th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics

By on November 26, 2013 in Conferences

The  of the  (ATINER) will hold its 4th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering, 26-29 May 2014, Athens, Greece.The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanics and other related areas. Areas of interest include (but are not confined to): Structural Engineering and Mechanics Structural engineering Construction engineering Water […]

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2013 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Building Materials (CEBM 2013)

By on November 26, 2013 in Conferences

The 2013 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Building Materials (CEBM 2013) will be held from December 7~8, 2013 in Hong Kong. The conference will continue the excellent tradition of gathering world-class researchers, engineers and educators engaged in the fields of Civil Engineering and Building Materials to meet and present their latest activities. This […]

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TRB Publication

By on November 25, 2013 in News, TRB Publications

Transportation Research Record 2292 :Maintenance and Preservation TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board consists of 20 papers that explore carbon emissions of road maintenance,bid selection methods for road maintenance contracts, maintenance costs of extreme weather events,life cycle of hot in-place pavement recycling, prioritization of pavement preservation,life-cycle cost analysis for pavement preservation, […]

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