1. 1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2014 Reforms, Challenges and Safety Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, May 2014.

2. Reforms, Challenges and Safety IPAG Guidance Paul Hardy Director exp | consulting

3. IPAG  Joint committee :develop a pavement management approach for Irish Local Authorities  Reps from DTTS, LGMA and Local Authorities (urban and rural)  Guidance about to be publised  Today: overview, let you know what exists, and what next

4. IPAG: Guidance Suite of Guidance Documents available to download from https://lgmaext.laservices.ie/transportation/IP AG/default.aspx https://lgmaext.laservices.ie/transportation/IP AG/default.aspx  Guidance is a start; will need training  Will evolve and improve with use  First cut at: Setting Standards for the Future

5. IPAG Guidance: Section 1 Asset Register  Provides guidance on how to structure an asset register  Recommends recording by Asset e.g. Roadway Type e.g. National Primary Roads Asset e.g. Road Name/Number Component e.g. Road Segment/XSP  Also includes associated assets, structures, drainage etc…

6. IPAG Guidance: Section 2 Network Referencing  Recommends how roads should be referenced to enable data to be stored against the network 1. Linear referencing 2. Cross sectional positioning  Covers both rural and urban context

7. IPAG Guidance: Section 3 Inventory & Data Management  recommends the inventory data that authorities should hold and provides guidance on data management

8. IPAG Guidance: Section 4 Routine Maintenance Management  recommends the use of a systems based approach to the management of routine maintenance. Based on: identification, categorisation, prioritisation, repair and reporting of pavement defects.  recommends the records that should be kept to support pavement management.

9. IPAG Guidance: Section 5: Condition Surveying & Rating Comprises of:  Part 1a: Rural Flexible Roads Manual# (Pavement Surface Condition Index)  1b. Urban Flexible Roads Manual# (Pavement Surface Condition Index)  1c. Concrete Roads Manual# (Pavement Surface Condition Index)  Part 2: Footway Condition Rating  Part 3: Drainage Condition Rating  # created by others in parallel with this project but coordinate to support the overall aims of IPAG

10. IPAG Guidance: Section 5: Part 2 Footway Condition Rating  provides data that can be used to: − Prioritise & programme footway renewals/resurfacing schemes − Record and report condition (locally and nationally)

11. IPAG Guidance: Section 5: Part 2 Footway Condition Rating  Photos illustrate linked to potential treatment

12. IPAG Guidance: Section 5: Part 3 Drainage Condition Rating

14. IPAG Guidance: Section 6: Pavement Management Strategies  recommends how pavement management strategies should be developed including how to use asset data to aid Identification of potential sites Analysis of the options for treatment Creation of short term programme of schemes Creation of long term projection of funding needs.

15. IPAG Guidance: Section 6: Pavement Management Strategies Step 1. Condition Surveys (Network Level) Step 2. Investment Need & Categorisation (Network Level) Step 3. Prioritisation (Network Level) Step 4. Site Inspection (Project Level) Step 5. Programme (Project Level) Based upon 5 broad recommended steps

16. IPAG Guidance : Section 6 Cost Projection Spreadsheet Crude initial methods of showing potential effect of different budget on condition A pilot, which will need testing as better condition data becomes available Potentially powerfull tool … EVENTUALLY

17. IPAG Guidance: Section 7: Reinstatements  recommends records should be kept of utility company reinstatement. It refers specifically to those records required to assist with pavement management. Regime of inspections Specific records to be kept Long term damages (enable from before and after costs.. Eventually)

18. IPAG Guidance: Section 8: New Roads and Taking in Charge  Recommends methods to ensure that roads constructed by developers or contractors meet standards for ‘taking in charge’.  Guidance on inspections and checks to confirm construction depths and materials specifications are met  Most critically states what records and data developers should be required to hand over prior to ‘taking in charge’

19. What Next  What: IPAG : Promote the existence and purpose of the guidance Authorities; Adoption and use Collectively; Refinement and improvement How: Communication will be the key to obtaining benefit from this work IPAG: provide clear and easy to access training Authorities: constructive feedback on experience of adopting it