| author |
document name & notes |
link |
library copies
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SNH 2005
 |
Constructed Tracks in the Scottish Uplands
e.g. forestry or estate use works. |
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Dept for Transport
 |
Current Road Signage standards |
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| C.J.Summers |
Idiot's Guide to Highway Maint
a webpage with a wealth of links |
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Australian Road Research Board
2002 |
Unsealed Roads Manual
modern build & maint (link to sales blurb) |
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BTCV
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BTCV Handbooks
a wealth covering path repair, hedging, walling, fencing, health & safety. |
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Paths For All
2002 |
Path Survey and Construction - the basics
intended for footpaths but generally relevant |
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 (545.04 KB)
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Ramblers Association
|
Footpath Erosion
RA factsheet no.14 |
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Ancient Road Conservation Volunteers
2000 |
Report on Deadmans Hill reconstruction (Yorks)
a model of co-operation |
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| United Nations Food & Agri org. |
Environmentally Sound Forest Roads
lots of info on build/maint commercial tracks |
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Andrew Dawson, Notts Uni.
2001 |
Engineering the Forestry Road Pavement
low cost, high durability - academic study |
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(78.10 KB)
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R.C.Petts & T.E.Jones
TRRL
1991 |
Towed graders and tractor-based maintenance of low volume roads
low cost mechanised maintenance |
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extracts & comments
(1.82 MB)
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DDF & Intech associates
2003 |
A Tractor and Labour based routine maintenance system for Rural Roads
example from Kenya. Interesting 'tyre drag'. |
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(983.63 KB)
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Uni. of Nottingham
dept. of Pavement and Geotechnical |
various road making research |
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Highways Agency
 |
Design manual for Roads and Bridges
enormous 15-vol manual - for trunk roads etc. No "unsealed road" content, but useful on environmental/conservation concerns |
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California Highways
1998 |
Highways Handbook - Chapter A (Maint)
remember California covers from desert to mountain, and has dirt roads too - see section A08 |
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(80.81 KB)
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Lynne H. Irwin, Cornell Uni.
1997 |
Understanding the Reasons for Needing to Improve Drainage
U.S. article from Road Management Journal |
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Philipstown Dirt Road Association
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PDRA are a US group seeking to stop dirt roads being paved
includes a 1995 report showing dirt roads cheaper than tarred over 20 years |
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Penn State University
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Center for Dirt and Gravel Road studies
US academic group |
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J.L.Smoot & R.D.Smith, University of Tennessee
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Soil Erosion Prevention
aimed at construction sites - but good view of principles and factors |
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Health & Safety Executive
2004 |
Chainsaws at Work
HSE leaflet guiding saw operators on safety issues |
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(489.24 KB)
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"Real Books"
