THE CONFERENCE

 

Tuesday 27th

The International Conference on Winter Service started on Tuesday, June 27th with the opening ceremony that had the participation of Miguel Ángel Salvia, Vice President of the World Road Association - AIPCR /PIARC; Junichi Miyazaki, AIPCR/PIARC Technical Adviser; Didier Giloppe, President of the AIPCR/PIARC Technical Committee B.2 of Winter Service; Diego Kotlik; Sub-Administrator of the Mendoza Provincial Roads Administration; Nicolás Berretta, First Vice-President of the Argentine Roads Association; Germán Millán, President of the Chilean Association of Roads and Transport; Walter Bruning, National Director of Roads Administration of Chile; Juan Campana, Engineering and Operations Director of Argentina National Roads Administration, and Martin Kercher, Minister of Economy, Infrastructure and Energy of the province of Mendoza, who welcomed the participants, thanked the important attendance and presented the main guidelines of the event and the concerns related to the theme of the conferences.

 



Wednesday 28
th

From 9am and during the whole day, the lectures organized in the technical program were developed with no inconveniences. The 200 lecturers present were able, among other things, to approach the reality of the current situation of the winter service in Argentina and Chile, as well as recognize the challenges to be faced in the future in both countries.

 

In addition, renowned international experts from Sweden, the United Kingdom, Peru, Poland, Canada and the United States presented their works and experiences related to the costs associated with winter service; the various forms of hiring and work; the needs of road users during winter; and the objectives and ways of measuring work performance in winter situations.

 

 

Thursday 29th

The International Conference on Winter Service continued on Thursday with more presentations of excellent technical level. The morning had a block especially dedicated to work on anti-ice strategies and snow removal, where international experiences were presented on the use of salts and new products to prevent ice on the road, and novel ways of working on strategies for prevention of snow accumulation.

There were also presented experiences on urban winter service, both nationally and internationally, and progress was shown in the development of equipment and machinery, as well as work experiences in the mountainous areas of northern Norway.

The technical lectures ended with the presentation of the project "Cristo Redentor System Integration Corridor" where it was possible to appreciate the important work that will be carried out in the mountains of Mendoza.




Friday 30
th

The International Conference on Winter Service ended with a day-long technical visit to the
Andean Corridor of National Route No. 7
and to the “Cristo Redentor” International Tunnel.

More than 120 congressmen participated in this visit, and they had the opportunity to learn and see the facilities and equipment that the Argentina National Roads Administration have in the towns of Uspallata and Puente de Inca. In addition, they got to know and cross the Cristo Redentor International Tunnel, visiting the tunnel control and operating room of the Chilean sector, and also they had the opportunity to enter in the “Caracoles” tunnel, the former rail tunnel, which is now part of the "Cristo Redentor System Integration Corridor" project.






PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY 27th
Miguel Salvia

AIPCR/PIARC Vice President

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Junichi Miyazaki

AIPCR/PIARC Technical Advisor

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Didier Giloppe

Chairman of Technical Committee B.2 Winter Service

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WEDNESDAY 28th
Amílcar Veneciano

National Machinery Manager. National Road Administration. Chile.

» Advances and challenges of the Argentine-Chilean Binational Winter Services Working Groups

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Anna Arvidsson
Researcher in Infrastructure Maintenance at VTI, Swedish National Road And Transport Research Institute, Göteborg, Sweden
» Socio-economic costs depending on winter maintenance strategy
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Marcelo Franciosi y Mario Ibaceta

4º District - Mendoza. Argentina National Roads Administration

» Reality and Challenges of the Winter Viability of National Roads Administration in Mendoza

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Soledad Sánchez y Raúl Quintero

Specialists - Operations and Maintenance Management - National Road Administration Argentina

» Winter services operations in Argentina 

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Alan Chambers

Operations Manager at Amey PLC. AIPCR/PIARC Technical Committee B.2 "Winter Service" English-speaking Secretary
» Winter Service in the UK, from a contractor’s perspective

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Aníbal Altamira

Director of the School of Engineering for Mountain Roads (National University of San Juan)

» »Institutional presentation of the School of Engineering for Mountain Roads

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Jorge Maturano
Argentina National Winter Service University Center Coordinator
» Institutional presentation of the Argentina National Winter Service University Center
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Sergio Serey

Specialist - Chilean Andes Regional Roads Authority

» Permanent challenges on the Chilean sector of Cristo Redentor system. Operation and management of Road 60-Ch

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Mario Baca

Attorney at ALVAC Perú S.A.

» Winter service maintenance in Peru

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Pawel Sobiesiak

Head of Roads Department - General Direction of National Roads and Motorways of Poland (GDDKIA)
» Winter maintenance decisions suport systems in Poland

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Miguel Ángel Bertolino

General Administrator of La Rioja Provincial Roads Administration
» The importance of low transit volume roads conservation during winter time

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Frank Rizzardo
Roads Maintenance Engineer - Emcon Services Inc President - Canada
» Outsourced contract form for Highway maintenance including in Mountain Passes
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Manuel Salinas

Coordinator of Pehuenche International Crossing for Chilean Roads Administration.
» Challenges of risk management in the International Route 115-Ch "Paso Pehuenche”e

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Steven Lund
State Maintenance Engineer - Office of Maintenance and Security, Minnesota Department of Transportation. USA
» Agency’s efforts on winter performance measures and targets
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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Mariano Pombo y José Giunta
» Brief overview of Winter service in Argentina

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THURSDAY 29th
Roberto Tokunaga
Senior Researcher at Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region - Public Works Research Institute of Japan
» New De-icing chemicals "A Feasibility Study on Sodium Propionate as an Alternative Antifreezing Material"
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Dan Eriksson
National coordinator of Winter Service - Maintenance Office - Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket)
» Reducing salt consumption by using RWiS and Mesoscale data
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Masaru Matsuzawa
Senior Researcher at Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region - Public Works Research Institute of Japan
» Controlling Snowdrift
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Yiqiu Tan
Vice Dean and Lead of Professors Committee - School of Transportation Science and Engineering - Harbin Institute of Technology - China
» The active de-icing pavement
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Oystein Larsen
Senior Principal Engineer - Road Technology Section - Norwegian Public Roads Administration
» Winter maintenance in mountains and northern áreas of Norway
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Amílcar Veneciano

National Machinery Manager. National Road Administration. Chile.

» Avances en el desarrollo y equipamiento de Vialidad Invernal en Chile

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Peter Nutz
Head of Dept. for Winter Service. Wien Government. Austria
» Winter maintenance in the city of Vienna
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Mariano Pombo
Former Public Works Secretary of Tierra del Fuego Province
» 20 years of urban winter service in the city of Ushuaia
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Pawel Sobiesiak

Head of Roads Department - General Direction of National Roads and Motorways of Poland (GDDKIA)
» Winter maintenance in Poland in aspect of road users needs

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Patricia Gutiérrez
Región III (Cuyo) General Manager - Argentina National Roads Administration
» Presentation of the project "Cristo Redentor System Integration Corridor"
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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Jorge Maturano
» Analysis of Anti-ice solutions of salts and organic compounds
» Design and experimental application of anti-ice salt solutions with residual additives of organic origin

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FRIDAY 30th
Facundo Aguirre
General Coordinator of Border Crossings - 4th District - Mendoza - Argentina National Roads Administration
» Winter Maintenance: Andean Corridor National Route N° 7 and Cristo Redentor International Tunnel - Argentina
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VENUE

 

AUDITORIO ÁNGEL BUSTELO
Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones Emilio Civit

Av. Peltier 611
Ciudad de Mendoza - Provincia de Mendoza
Argentina

 

ORGANIZERS