PIARC ÔECHNICAL COMMITTEE C3.3

"ROAD TUNNELS OPERATION"

C3.3 technical committee deals with road tunnels operation in the context of PIARC's strategic theme ST3 : "Safety and Road Operations".

The main objectives of the C3.3 for the current period 2004-2007 are :

  • to provide safer tunnels,
  • to improve the operation and maintenance of tunnels,
  • ventilation and fire supression of fires in tunnels,
  • human behaviour and its role in tunnel safety

To achieve the above goals and implement  the targets that have been set, C3.3 has established the following working groups :

1

WG1

Tunnel Operation Management (Leader : Jean-Claude Martin, France)

2

WG2

Management of Tunnel Safety (Leader : R. Hoerhan, Austria)

3

WG3

Human Factors for Tunnel Safety (Leader : Evert Worm, Netherlands)

4

WG4

Detection, Communication, Safety Equipment (Leader : Urs Welte, Switzerland)

5

WG6

Ventilation and Fire Control (Leader : A. Bendelius, USA)

The up to date programm of meetings of C3.3 committee follows :

Meetings

Location

Dates

Paris

26-27/5/2004

Rome 2-3/12/2004

Sydney

25-27/5/2005

Dubrovnik

6-7/10/2005

San Juan

25-27/3/2006