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Last update : 04 - 20 - 2010
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PRESENTATION
All videos have been produced in French.
On December 18, 2007, in partnership with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCPC organised an event intended to provide a clearer understanding of the Laboratory's scope of activities to its full range of partners (oversight agencies, local and regional authorities, construction firms, engineering consultants, journalists, etc.).
This special event offered the opportunity to inform a large, diverse audience about LCPC's key research accomplishments in the area of civil engineering and relevant applications, along with the primary issues being raised for the near future. This gathering served to wrap up a series of technical plenary sessions organised during 2007 on specific topics (i.e. Roads, Structures, Acoustics, Water and the Environment, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Sciences).
Four major themes were discussed:
- Natural hazards and expert evaluations, through a summary of research work undertaken on rockslide problems affecting Reunion Island's RN1 coastal highway;
- Innovation and major technological challenges in civil engineering structures, with a description of the various in-house projects on construction of the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece;
- Road safety from the standpoint of the relation between infrastructure and vehicle, and more specifically the research initiatives on both skid resistance and road visibility;
- Non-renewable resource conservation and sustainable development in infrastructure design, with projects focusing on environmental assessments and pavement recycling potential.
At the conclusion of these remarks, M. Erik Orsenna, writer and member of the Académie Française Literary Society, pronounced the "need for science" doctrine tied to the evolution of research and technical achievements in contemporary society. |
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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| 2:30 - 2:35 pm |
Welcome address
Bernard IRION, Vice President of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| 2:35 -2:45 pm |
LCPC: A key player in the field of Civil Engineering research
Jacques ROUDIER, Managing Director, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
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| 2:45 - 3:15 pm |
Prevention of natural hazards
LCPC's contribution to managing a major risk: rockslides on the cliffs directly above Reunion Island's coastal National Highway 1
• The RN1 highway: A critical thoroughfare for island traffic
Ivan MARTIN, Facility Management Supervisor, Reunion Island Public Works Office
• Understanding, anticipating and advising
Jean-Pierre MAGNAN, LCPC Director of Geotechnical Engineering Studies |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 pm |
Sustainable roads and development
LCPC's contribution to achieving the "Sustainable Roads" project
• Stakes and perspectives for road-builders
Christine LEROY, Technical Affairs Director of the Union of French Road Industry Associations (USIRF)
• An environmental evaluation of asphalt materials and processes
Bernard LOMBARDI, Managing Director of the Bitumen Trade Association (GPB)
• LCPC: An all-out effort to collect environmental, scientific and relevant data
Agnès JULLIEN, Deputy Head of the LCPC's Sustainable Approaches in Civil Engineering Division
• Implementation of a sustainable development approach at the scale of a road network
Jose COHEN, Deputy Managing Director of France's Nord Departmental Council |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Major technological challenges
LCPC's contributions to construction of the RION ANTIRION Bridge (Greece)
• RION ANTIRION: An exceptional collective project
Jean-Paul TEYSSANDIER, former Research & Development Director - VINCI
• RION ANTIRION: Foundation challenges
Alain PECKER, President of the Geodynamique et Structures engineering consultancy
• LCPC: Answers to the convergence of knowledge and equipment
Jacques GARNIER, Head of LCPC's Division for Soil Mechanics and Site Surveying |
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| 5:15 - 5:45 pm |
Road Safety
LCPC's contributions to the building of reference and operational analytical models in the areas of skid resistance and road visibility
• Road safety and the role of infrastructure
Claude VAN ROOTEN, President of the European Forum of European Road Research Centres, Managing Director of the Belgian Road Research Centre
• LCPC: Infrastructure and interaction
> Learning about skid resistance
> Enhancing legibility and visibility
Marie-Line GALLENNE, Deputy Technical Director of LCPC's Road Safety Technical Division
• Key operational stakes for local and regional authorities
Guy LE COZ, Deputy Managing Director for the Côtes d'Armor Departmental Council |
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| 6:00 - 6:30 pm |
The need for science…
Erik ORSENNA, writer and Member of the Académie française literary society |
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Abridged version
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