Briefing to Portfolio Committee on Transport

1. Briefing to Portfolio Committee on Transport Technical Standards, Guidelines, Manuals used in the Road Construction & Maintenance Environment 15 MARCH 2011

2. Outline • Background • Technical Standards, Guidelines & Manuals • Coordination Structures • Summary of all Standards • COLTO Specifications • The TRH Series of Documents • The TMH Series of Documents • The UTG Series of Documents • SANRAL Specifications • DOT Documents • SABS Documents • Other Documents developed for SADC / Industry • Work in Progress • Current Submissions for COTO approval • Challenges • Questions & Discussions

3. Technical Standards, Guidelines & Manuals • Contractual Specifications • General Condition of Contracts published by COLTO (now COTO) • General Condition of Contracts published by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) • Technical Specifications • COLTO Specifications • The TRH Series of Documents • The TMH Series of Documents • The UTG Series of Documents • DOT/SANRAL/SABS Documents • SADC • Other Documents developed by Industry • Laboratory Specifications • Standards published by the SABS • Focuses on materials & test procedures, etc. • Other Documents

4. Technical Standards, Guidelines & Manuals • The custodianship for the development, maintenance of National Standards is the SABS. • The custodianship & funding for the development and maintenance of road infrastructure Technical Norms, Guidelines & Manuals has traditionally been with the Committee of Land Transport Officials (COLTO), now known as COTO). • Agrément South Africa is responsible for the assessment and certification of innovative non-standardised construction products, systems, materials, components and processes, which are not fully covered by a South African Bureau of Standard or code of practice

5. Coordination Structures (Inter-Governmental) • Roads Coordinating Body (RCB) • RCB was established to streamline and co-ordinate service delivery planning and implementation and to ensure integrated delivery. • RCB consists of DoT, National Treasury, DPLG, Provincial Roads Authorities, Metropolitan Roads Authorities, NDPW, SALGA, and SANRAL. • Functions of RCB include: • Coordination of road sector support, including other relevant stakeholders such as SALGA, DPLG, NDPW and National Treasury, for the implementation of key government programmes. • Monitoring and evaluation of roads service delivery in order to ensure that investment achieves the desired impact. • To identify and schedule key areas jointly with roads authorities in order to allow the latter to prioritize the funds. • Provide Leadership, Monitoring & Oversight to specialist technical sub-committees

6. RCB Technical Sub-Committees

7. Coordination Structures (Private Sector): Roads Pavement Forum (RPF) • RPF is a forum to share and exchange information and technologies and to discuss issues of strategic importance to the roads construction industry • Providing a perspective of overarching strategic issues as it affects pavement engineering. • Promoting best practice; Co-ordination and linkage with other groupings; • Establishment of task groups with specific national objectives; • Provision of sufficient time for participation/discussion/advice and for social interactions; • Dissemination of new technologies; • Provision of a forum for acceptance of technological changes; • Provision of a forum for interaction between theory and practice and for identification of technology development needs. • RPF has been sponsored by the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Southern African Bitumen Association (Sabita), the Aggregate and Sand Producers’ Association of South Africa (ASPASA), the South African Ready Mix Association (SARMA), the South African Roads Federation (SARF) & the Society of Asphalt Technology (SAT) in November 2009.

8. SUMMARY OF STANDARDS

9. “COLTO SPECIFICATIONS” – S.A’s ROAD ENGINEER’S BIBLE

10. Technical Recommendations for Highways (TRH Series of Documents)

11. Technical Recommendations for Highways (TRH Series of Documents)

12. Technical Methods for Highways (TMH Series of Documents)

13. Urban Transport Guidelines(UTG Series of Documents)

14. SANRAL Documents

15. DOT Documents

16. SABS Documents

17. SABS Documents

18. SABS Documents

19. Other Documents developed for SADC / Industry

20. CURRENT SUBMISSIONS awaiting COTO approval • TRH3: Design and Construction of Surfacing Seals • TRH11: Administrative Guidelines for Granting of Exemption Permits for the Conveyance of Abnormal Loads and Dimensional and Mass Limitations and Other Requirements for Abnormal Load Vehicles; and • TRH20: Unsealed Roads: Design, Construction and Maintenance. • TRH21: Hot Mix Recycled Asphalt

21. Work in Progress Completed • Documents by SANRAL • Road Drainage Manual; • Routine Road Maintenance Manual • RTMC - South Africa Road Safety Manual Volume 4: Road Safety Audits • SABITA Documents • Hot-mix Asphalt Design Guidelines (SABITA) • Appropriate Standards for Bitumen Surfacing (SABITA) • eThekwini Metro - Warm-mix Asphalt Design Guidelines • CSIR Documents • Pothole Repair Manual • Structural Design Guidelines for Thin Layer Concrete (CSIR)

22. Work in Progress Draft • Documents by SANRAL • TMH1: Standard methods of testing road construction materials; (partly) • TRH12: Flexible pavement rehabilitation investigation and design (Internal review); • TMH11: Standard survey methods; and • Roads design in South Africa through the South African Pavement Design Method (SAPDM), . With the review of roads design, several TRH/TMH documents will be affected. • South African Pavement Engineering Manual (SAPEM) • ESC – Engineering Service Contributions • Road Classification and Access Management Manual; • South African Trip Data Manual; • South African Engineering Service Contribution Manual for Municipal Road Infrastructure;

23. Work in Progress (Cont…) • Documents by SANRAL • South African Traffic Impact and Site Traffic Assessment Manual; • South African Traffic Impact and Site Traffic Assessment Standards and Requirements Manual; • National Guidelines for Services in Roads Reserves in South Africa;

24. Regulations for Quality Standards • SABS • SANS 9000 : Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary SABS ISO 9000 ISO 9000 • SANS 9000 : Quality management and quality assurance standards Part 1: Guidelines for selection and use SABS ISO 9000- 1 ISO 9000- 1 • SANS 9001 : Quality management systems – Requirements SABS ISO 9001 ISO 9001 • SANS 9004 : Quality management systems - Guidelines for performance improvements SABS ISO 9004 ISO 9004

25. How & When are Penalties Imposed • Guided by • PFMA • MFMA • General Conditions of Contract • Special Provisions / Conditions of Contract • Performance Based Contracts

26. Challenges • Technical Capacity – both in Government & Private Sector • After major restructuring at the Department and the formation of agencies, there has been a lack of investment & resources for the continuing updating these Manuals by DoT. • SANRAL and industry associations have partially been filling this gap, limited by their own space & capacity & resources. • With the introduction of the Road Maintenance Grant, the proposed DORA Bill sates Department is now expected to update the relevant guidelines.

27. THANK YOU

28. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSIONS