Strategic Development Directions in Road Construction

Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest 2012
Sanda Pilskalne, Sanda Lapuķe

Total road density in Latvia is sufficient but its technical condition is unsatisfactory and does not meet the safe and continuous traffic flow requirements. Currently, the road condition in Latvia is disastrous compared to its neighboring or the old EU countries. Almost half of the roads with asphalt surface and one third of the gravel road surface are on the brink of the collapse. Currently, the road construction industry is one of the most destroyed sectors in Latvia. Consequently, the increased attention from the public, politicians, and other state controlling authorities is paid to this industry sector. The authors of this study consider that it is important to explore the history of the development of road construction industry, to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the road construction and, in accordance with the findings, to determine the development perspectives of the road construction industry.

Keywords
road construction, strategic development, environmental advantages and disadvantages of road construction industry, financing models
Hyperlink
http://scientific-conference2012.rtu.lv/sites/default/files/pdf/RTU_Conference_2012.pdf

Pilskalne, S., Geipele, S. Strategic Development Directions in Road Construction. In: Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest, Latvia, Riga, 11-12 October, 2012. Riga: Riga Technical University, 2012, pp.755-755. ISBN 978-9934-10-360-5.

Publication language
English (en)