The 3918 IRF Washington has announced the winners of its 2015 Global Road Achievement Awards. The winners were revealed by International Road Federation chairman Abdullah A Al-Mogbel. In this year’s competition, the IRF Washington highlighted 12 projects from around the world, each leading the way in innovation across major road and highway disciplines. The selection was made by an international panel of senior road development specialists.
"Much of the transport sector's accomplishments are unnoticed by the hundreds of millions of people who benefit so greatly from the availability of safe, smart and interconnected road networks," said chairman Al-Mogbel. "This is precisely why the IRF's Global Road Achievement Awards provide a rare opportunity to celebrate our industry's successes and highlight how our work supports broader societal goals."
"For the past 15 years, our awards program has constituted an industry reference for innovators across the globe," said IRF Washington president & CEO C Patrick Sankey. "Year after year, our sector demonstrates that it is a source of cutting edge solutions that makes a difference in our communities. By embodying our ideal of better roads for a better world, these 12 projects join an elite circle of international laureates."
The winning projects range from the innovative use of construction techniques for one of the world's longest suspension bridges in China, to advanced free-flow tolling in Slovakia. They include also a sophisticated people mover in Saudi Arabia, and a major road infrastructure programme that has unlocked social development in Eastern Indonesia.
The 2015 GRAA trophy presentations will take place on September 17th, 2015 at the 1st IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey.
The winners of the 2015 GRAA competition are:
Asset Preservation & Maintenance Management
Ministry of Public Works (UAE)
Preparation and Operation of Pavement and Asset Management System
Construction Methodology
Hunan Road & Bridge Construction Group Corp.
New Girder-Conveying Track Cable Technique for Erection of the Stiffening Girder in Aizhai Bridge
Design
CECI
National Freeway No 1 Widening Project from Wugu to Yangmei
Environmental Mitigation
MetaMeta
Optimising Road Development for Groundwater Recharge and Retention in Tigray, Ethiopia
Programme Management
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with Directorate General Of Highways, Indonesia
Eastern Indonesia National Road Improvement Project (EINRIP)
Project Finance & Economics
3220 Parsons
LSIORB East End Crossing
Quality Management
ATTIKES DIADROMES S.A.
Attica Tollway Operations Authority
Research
763 Shell
Shell Bitufresh
Safety
7260 CDM Smith
Advancing Road Safety in Latin America through Implementation of Low-Cost, Short-term Measures
Technology, Equipment & Manufacturing
2800 Saudi Binladin Group
Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University For Women (PNU) Automated People Mover (APM)
Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems
2967 SkyToll
Extension of Electronic Toll Collection System in Slovakia
Urban Planning & Mobility
3148 IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited
Thiruvananthapuram City Roads Improvement Project
"Much of the transport sector's accomplishments are unnoticed by the hundreds of millions of people who benefit so greatly from the availability of safe, smart and interconnected road networks," said chairman Al-Mogbel. "This is precisely why the IRF's Global Road Achievement Awards provide a rare opportunity to celebrate our industry's successes and highlight how our work supports broader societal goals."
"For the past 15 years, our awards program has constituted an industry reference for innovators across the globe," said IRF Washington president & CEO C Patrick Sankey. "Year after year, our sector demonstrates that it is a source of cutting edge solutions that makes a difference in our communities. By embodying our ideal of better roads for a better world, these 12 projects join an elite circle of international laureates."
The winning projects range from the innovative use of construction techniques for one of the world's longest suspension bridges in China, to advanced free-flow tolling in Slovakia. They include also a sophisticated people mover in Saudi Arabia, and a major road infrastructure programme that has unlocked social development in Eastern Indonesia.
The 2015 GRAA trophy presentations will take place on September 17th, 2015 at the 1st IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey.
The winners of the 2015 GRAA competition are:
Asset Preservation & Maintenance Management
Ministry of Public Works (UAE)
Preparation and Operation of Pavement and Asset Management System
Construction Methodology
Hunan Road & Bridge Construction Group Corp.
New Girder-Conveying Track Cable Technique for Erection of the Stiffening Girder in Aizhai Bridge
Design
CECI
National Freeway No 1 Widening Project from Wugu to Yangmei
Environmental Mitigation
MetaMeta
Optimising Road Development for Groundwater Recharge and Retention in Tigray, Ethiopia
Programme Management
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with Directorate General Of Highways, Indonesia
Eastern Indonesia National Road Improvement Project (EINRIP)
Project Finance & Economics
LSIORB East End Crossing
Quality Management
ATTIKES DIADROMES S.A.
Attica Tollway Operations Authority
Research
Shell Bitufresh
Safety
Advancing Road Safety in Latin America through Implementation of Low-Cost, Short-term Measures
Technology, Equipment & Manufacturing
Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University For Women (PNU) Automated People Mover (APM)
Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Extension of Electronic Toll Collection System in Slovakia
Urban Planning & Mobility
Thiruvananthapuram City Roads Improvement Project
