Dr John Rolt to deliver TRF/ICE Prestige Lecture

Date: 9/5/2012

Dr John Rolt from TRL's Infrastructure Division will be delivering this year's TRF/ICE Prestige Lecture.

The talk will take place at One Great George Street in London's Westminster and focus on how road pavements behave and the understanding of road behaviour.

Over the past few years, research has shown the fully flexible pavement model currently used in the UK may not be the most suitable solution for the job.

Pavements often behave differently to how they are expected to under the current model, which assumes there is bending fatigue of the bituminous layer and fatigue of the underlying subgrade.

In his presentation, Dr Rolt - who is a world leader in pavement research - will discuss how new road behaviour is starting to be recognised in the UK, as well as how this will lead to savings in maintenance costs.

The lecture will take place on Monday May 28th and attendees are urged to arrive at 18:00 BST.

Those who would like to attend can register through the ICE website.

Posted by Mary Treen