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MONDAY 13 JUNE 2005 - INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
This one-day conference is aimed towards development of a common framework for the positional referencing of buried apparatus. For more details click here.
Bookings and enquiries should be directed to Richard Hart at ICE: tel +44(0)20 7665 2314 or email conferences@ice.org.uk
Every year, on average, four million holes are dug in UK highways and footpaths by utilities in order to install new services, or repair and maintain existing ones. Every time a hole is dug in the road, it impacts on traffic and the local environment, and carries the risk of hitting and damaging other utilities’ buried plant and equipment.
At a Stakeholder Forum in June 2004, organised by UKWIR, an international audience of over forty representatives from utilities, research organizations, local and national government, contractors and equipment manufacturers heard details of the progress made in the previous twelve months. Evidence was presented on the impact of utility street works on utility companies, road users and society in general in terms of a total annual cost to UK plc of at least £3Billion a year (with recent estimates suggesting a figure nearer £6Billion a year), health and safety risks, and increasing congestion and associated traffic disruption and delays.
Utility works in the highway are likely to grow in the coming years, with commensurate increases in cost and congestion. As a consequence, delegates also discussed the impact of the Traffic Management Act.
UKWIR has developed a £10M research programme to start to tackle some of these problems. There is international interest in the programme, particularly from European utility and highway organisations. European Street Works Research Advisory Council, ESWRAC, has been formed, to lobby the EU Commission to develop efficient, sustainable methods and techniques for the maintenance, renewal and construction of infrastructure such as road and utility networks and to improve current practice.
DOCUMENTS
The following links will enable you to view/download:
- a report on the June 2004 forum
- a report from 2003 on research programme proposals
- the presentations from the June 2004 forum
- a report on the July 2003 forum
- The ESWRAC brochure
Please note that some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
June 2004 Forum Report
Research Programme Proposals
Forum Presentation - Locating Underground Assets
Forum Presentation - The use of Multi-service Ducts: a review of the issues
Forum Presentation - Trenchless Pipe Installation and Rehabilitation
Forum Presentation - A Framework for Geographic Information
Forum Presentation - Augmented Reality for Sub-service Visualisation
July 2003 Forum Report
ESWRAC Brochure |
