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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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Winter Service Session 06 - New takes on winter maintenance management in meeting challenges in climate change

Wednesday, March 11 09:30 - 11:00
Chair: Didier GILOPPÉ, DITM CEREMA Dter Normandie Centre, France
Room: Room 1

This session highlights innovative approaches to winter maintenance management in addressing the challenges posed by climate change, with presentations from the call for papers. Speakers will introduce sustainable and resilient road maintenance centres as a foundation for future winter services, the importance of key performance indicators in establishing efficient management benchmarks, and practical experiences with the use of electric trucks in winter operations. Together, these presentations demonstrate how new management strategies and technological solutions can enhance sustainability, efficiency, and adaptability in winter service practices.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion
  5. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Didier GILOPPÉ, DITM CEREMA Dter Normandie Centre, France

Presentations

  • Sustainable and resilient road maintenance centres - the basis for sustainable winter services
    • Thorsten CYPRA (htw saar - University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.1MB)
  • The importance of KPIs - Winter Maintenance Benchmarks for an efficient management
    • Markus HOFFMANN (Hoffmann Consult and TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Vienna, AT, Austria)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.3MB)
  • Experience with the Use of Electric Trucks for Winter Maintenance
    • Bård NONSTAD (Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Norway)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 981KB)

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Didier GILOPPÉ, DITM CEREMA Dter Normandie Centre, France

Conclusion

• Didier GILOPPÉ, DITM CEREMA Dter Normandie Centre, France

Organization

Session Organiser: Horst Hanke, Leader of the German Winter Service Committee, Germany
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]