PIARC seminar in Santa Cruz

The seminar "Asset Management for Rural and Low Volume Roads" of the World Road Association PIARC took place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia from 24 to 26 May 2017. The event was organized by the two Technical Committees of PIARC D.1 Asset Management and D.4 Rural Roads and Earthworks.

Dr. Slawomir Heller with his lecture „General Requirements for Road Asset Management Education Courses” in Santa Cruz.

The seminar, which was well attended by 500 participants, involved numerous lectures on the subject of Asset Management. The experts used the event as a common platform to exchange experiences and to discuss the most important challenges related to the planning, construction and maintenance of country roads.

Also Dr. Slawomir Heller gave a lecture on "General Requirements for Road Asset Management Education Courses". The PIARC Working Group D.1.2 Dissemination and Education Asset Management led by Dr. Heller, has been actively involved in implementing Asset Management both theoretically and practically into the universities and Nationa Road Authorities since 2016. With the Infrastructure Asset Management Academy (INFRAMA), founded in May of this year, another important foundation was laid in order to establish it further. Dr. Heller expressed delightedly that Asset Management in Germany, Austria and Poland is very well received and looks confidently into the future with further important milestones.