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PIARC launched in 2001 a competition to highlight the road sector
in general and the World Road Association in particular. The contest
first took place at national level from 1 May to 1 September 2002,
and the winning essays from the national selections were sent to the
International Jury by 1 September 2002. There were five
awards in competition:
- PIARC Prize for construction, maintenance and operation of roads
- PIARC Prize for developing country issues
- PIARC Prize for sustainable development
- PIARC Prize for essays for young professionals
- Maurice Milne Medal; a jury prize for the most innovative idea
A total of 32 essays have been forwarded to the Internal Jury:
Australia 1, Austria 1, Bangladesh 1, Belgium 2, Cameroon 1, China
4, Cuba 2, France 2, Germany 2, Italy 1, Switzerland 2, Japan 4,
Mexico 1,Morocco 2, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Spain 1, Sweden 1,
United Kingdom 1, Uzbekistan 1.
The International Jury composed of:
Mr Henning Christiansen, Denmark, Chairman
Mr Jean-Francois Corté, PIARC
Mr Claude van Rooten, Belgium
Mr Jean Beauverd, Switzerland
Mr Roberto Aguerrebere Salido, Mexico
Mr Han Joke Kwang, Malaysia
Ms Ginny Clarke, United Kingdom
Mr Horacio José Blot, Argentina
(Ms Tytti Viinikainen, PIARC, Secretary of the Jury)
decided upon the winners on 10th April 2003. The awards will be
given to the five winning teams during the Ministers session at
the XXIInd World Road Congress in Durban.
In addition, four other essays have been selected for publication
for their interesting content.
Prize : Construction, maintenance and operation
of roads
Winner: Bernd Raubal (Austria):
An
angle-step-method for designing a drainage-optimized surface for
roundabouts with slope
Ali-A. Rafi (Switzerland):
Asset
Management System (AMS) for Roads
Prize : Sustainable development
Winner: Yukitoshi Fujishima, Yohei Hioki & Nobuyuki
Momoi (Japan):
Comprehensive
Recycling System on Expressway Construction & Maintenance
Prize : Developing countries issues
Winner: Takeshi Yoshida, Satoshi Ueda, Yukihiko Yudasaka
& Fujio ITO (Japan):
Analyzing
poverty-reducing effect of road improvement
Eduardo Tejeda Piusseaut & Lourdes Martínez López
(Cuba):
Proposal
of secondary road management system (SRMS) in developing country
Yvan Lefeuvre (France):
Gestion
optimisée d’un parc d’ouvrages de génie
civil
Prize : Young professionals
Winner: Bryan Magee, Victoria Moreland, James Quick &
Matthew Wilson (United Kingdom):
2030:
A Transport Odyssey
Agnelo Duarte, Charmaine Collins, Andrew Bethune & Michelle
Walker (Australia):
Providing
Sustainable Transport Solutions
Maurice Milne Medal
Winner: Jochen Stemmler & Michael Neuhaus (Switzerland):
Development
of an electronic joystick steering (steer-by-wire) device for disabled
drivers
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