Road Prioritization and Economic Analysis – HDM4 Training

The program was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan during February 2020 for 15 participants from different countries operating in Road & Construction Industry. Road Prioritization and Economic Analysis – HDM4 Training focused on Systems and programs, survey methods, new materials and pricing methods in a road branch. The followings are main parts covered during the intensive program.

Program Exposures

• Visiting of highways in Almaty (toll system, cement concrete and asphalt concrete highways) (Zhaisanbayev A.S.)
• Field survey of a road section by mobile road laboratories Dynatest, NPO Region (Zhaisanbayev A.S., Zheksenbekov B., Baibatyrov A., Takebayev A.)
• During Road Prioritization and Economic Analysis – HDM4 Training, visited and exchange of ideas with JSC KazdorNII
• Survey of Best practices and new technologies in construction and operation of highways (Elshibayev A.)
• Testing of road construction materials (Amirbayev E., Elshibayev A.)
• Demonstration of management system for street and road network of the cities (SRN) (Zhaisanbayev A.S.)
• Demonstration of stationary road testing laboratory and mobile road diagnostic laboratory (Zhaisanbayev A.S., Amirbayev E., Elshibayev A.)

Road Prioritization & Distress Management Tool 

1. Road Prioritization and Pavement Condition Rating techniques i.e. PASER, PCI, PCR OR RONET and integration of any prioritization software with GIS.
2. Paved/Unpaved Roads Deterioration, Distress & Maintenance with pavement condition rating.
3. Modern Data Collection Techniques for Road Inventory and Pavement Condition Survey (Specially using High Resolution Images by GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques)

HDM-4 Related (For Primary and Secondary Roads) 

• Traffic – Pattern & Speed Flow Models
• Pattern and Environment parameters
• Road Network and Creating Road Sections for Network Level & Policy Analysis
• Vehicle Fleet, Vehicle Parameters and its Calibration, Vehicle Emission, Fuel Consumption parameters, Vehicle operating cost calculation through model
• Distress Parameters and Calibration Factors
• Calibration of deterioration models
• Economic Indicators and Economic appraisal of projects
• Strengthening, Maintenance and Upgrading of Sealed/Unsealed Road and their standards.
• Effect of Time and Work Standards in Road Maintenance
• Capacity Enhancement (Realignment Widening, Lane addition, Bypass)
• PMS Database Management
• Projects, Program & Budget Analysis
• Data Collection Equipment
• Road Deterioration Models
• HDM-4 Report Reading and Interpretation

Roads Economic Decision Model (RED) Related (For Tertiary Roads)

1. The Software
2. Main Economic Evaluation Module
3. Vehicle Operating Costs Module
4. Risk Analysis Module
5. Program Evaluation Module
6. Model Application on Construction of a New Unpaved Road
7. Model Application on Upgrading of a Gravel Road
8. Model Application on Justifying of Maintenance Expenditures.

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