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Bus Lanes Jiangyin, China

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:05:24 +0000

Located on the southern bank of Yangtze River, Jiangyin City is a county level city under the jurisdiction of Wuxi that is one of thirteen prefecture level cities of Jiangsu Province. The rapid economic expansion and industrialization over the past decades has turned the city into a wealthy municipality where the industrial income is becoming prominent. The industrial sectors have gained enormous investments from national and international enterprises which have provided the city with new economic growth and infrastructure development.

With over 100 public bus lines, bus travel has become a priority within Jiangyin. In order to assist bus transit the OMNIGRIP CST coloured surface treatment finished in Green and Yellow Synthite aggregates was specified and installed to 8,500 m2 along the busy Chaoyang Road to improve efficiency, reduce travel times and to provide safe a vivid colour delineation for bus transit movement in both directions

Completed in April 2008 on behalf of Jiangyin Construction Bureau OMNIGRIP CST sets a new standard for the delineation of Bus Lane traffic for both the province and China as a whole.

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PDF:- Case Study Bus Lanes Jiangyin 2008

Cycleway Shared Path, Perth WA

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:56:11 +0000

In response to a number of complaints over the past 12 months regarding conflict between pedestrians, cyclists and train passengers, Main Roads WA in conjunction with the Public Transport Authority have completed installation of the OMNIGRIP CST surfacing system to the Claisebrook shared pathway overpass to provide better clarity for all users in order to minimise the conflict.

A ‘before’ video survey was carried out as part of the investigation and project development work and it is intended that an ‘after’ video survey will be carried on the completion of the work to assist in assessing the impacts of the treatment on user movements in this area.

Incorporating the unique Synthite coloured aggregate materials and with a projected design life in excess of 10 years, works were completed in June 2008 by Omnicrete accredited contractors Antiskid Industries Pty Ltd and by all reports have provided an immediate safety improvement for cyclists and commuters alike.



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Cleland WildLife Park, South Australia

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:56:44 +0000

The 1960s saw an increasing demand for the provision of bushland for public recreation and for the preservation of native flora and fauna. The current site in Cleland Conservation Park (then known as Cleland Wildlife Reserve) was chosen and, in 1965, development of a Native Fauna Zone began. The aim was to create an area for the preservation and conservation of native fauna and flora, educational activities, public recreation and a tourist attraction.

Cleland Wildlife Park has been a major tourist attraction in South Australia since 1967. Nestled within the natural bush setting of Cleland Conservation Park and adjacent to Mount Lofty Summit, the park provides 35 ha of open bushland habitat where visitors can interact with Australian wildlife.

As part of a recent upgrade of board walk facilities the customer required that the existing board walks be fitted with a durable, slip resistant & aesthetically pleasing surface in keeping with the natural surroundings.

Installed by High Friction Surfaces Australia the upgrade to the Dingo Walk, two smaller foot bridges & the Bird Aviary has seen the board walks fitted with OmniDeck Panels and finished with OmniGrip Deco dressed with 2mm natural locally sourced crushed granite.

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Port River Bascule Bridge

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:51:32 +0000

Opened to traffic in August 2008 the Tom “Diver” Derrick bridge spaning the Port River in Adelaide is Australia’s first four lane, single leaf highway bascule bridge and being one of very few of its type in the world is a road bridge is of major international engineering significance.

Designed with a bascule centre piece the road bridge is 300m in length with eight fixed spans, a 437m/874 tonne opening span and a 1052 tonne counterweight filled with concrete and steel billets.

Being a bascule bridge with a steel deck of unique design the engineering requirements for a fully trafficable, durable running course was accomplished by the specification and installation of the OmniDeck SDTM 1954 surfacing system to the bascule span encompassing 4 traffic lanes and a pedestrian walkway.

Designed and specified with an expected design life of 25 years or better the OMNIGRIP 1954 polyurethane pavement surface is dressed with 3 mm dark grey Aluminium Oxide aggregate with a polished stone value of >70 providing a waterproof, durable, and skid resistant trafficable pavement surface. In turn the pedestrian walkway has been finished in a 2mm black pepper granite aggregate sourced locally in Adelaide to provide a decorative durable and slip resistant finish.

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High Friction SouthPort QLD 2008

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:11:17 +0000

State Highway 3 encompassing Ferry Road in Southport on the Gold Coast in Queensland is a busy link road for traffic travelling between Burleigh & Southport. With extensive traffic volumes negotiating the down hill approaches to the intersection of Benowa Rd the existing asphalt surface, although in a sound and serviceable condition, had become polished resulting in skid resistance levels that warranted investigation and improvement. Subsequently during periods of wet weather increasing numbers of motorists were involved in an increasing number of rear end collision MVA’s.

After extensive consultation with the Main Roads the decision was made in June 2008 to install a calcined bauxite high friction surfacing system. Installed by the accredited contractor, STS Applied Systems, and with a proven design life of over 10 years, the OMNIGRIP HF system has been placed on both the north and south bound approaches to the intersection at Benowa Road providing for improved texture depth and high skid resistance ensuring safe friction levels for all vehicles in all weather conditions.

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High Friction, Perth WA 2002

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:07:34 +0000

In the year 2000 through to 2002 black spot funding commenced the incorporation of high friction “non skid” surfacing within the implementation of the roads safety program in Western Australia.

As part of this program ‘non skid’ was installed to 12 different sites, 8 of which were treated with a calcined bauxite high friction surface. Skid resistant testing was monitored by the local authorities and significant improvements in the skid resistance of the high friction pavement surface were recorded as depicted in Diagram 1.

In 2005 the Injury Research Centre at the University of Western Australia released its report into the evaluation of the 2000-2005 black spot program as a whole. Included in this report was a study of the non skid sites which returned the statistical data:

Overall Crash reduction of 6.7%
Casualty Crash reduction of 10.1%
Economic Value Saving of $6.8 M
(Equating to a benefit to cost ratio of 11 : 1)

[Ref:- An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Black Spot Programs in Western Australia, 2000-2002]

In consideration of these figures it is prudent to consider that under normal traffic conditions a high friction surface has no impact on driver behaviour and attitudes. Hence a high friction surface will not impact a reduction in traffic accident statistics that are directly attributed to behavioural considerations in it’s many and various forms.

Taking this into account the probability is that the actual benefit of high friction surfacing is likely to be significantly higher than statistically represented.

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High Friction, Melbourne 2005

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:58:38 +0000

In August 2005 the Vicroads Metropolitan South East Region embarked upon delivery of the largest high friction surfacing program ever delivered nationally.
Works encompassed the installation of approximately 10,000 m2 of high friction calcined bauxite surfacing over 12 different site locations.

Varying site conditions were evident incorporating intersections, railway crossings and pedestrian crossing approaches. The high friction surface treatments were implemented to improve both the surface texture and surface friction properties which ultimately provided for reduced braking distances and increased vehicle deceleration in wet weather conditions.

Installed by the accredited contractor STS, to newly placed type V designed dense grade asphalt, the OMNIGRIP HF calcined bauxite surfacing system typically increased skid resistance values from the standard asphalt surface with a Sfc of 0.55 (Bpn 58) to a Sfc > 0.90 (Bpn > 94) when tested 6 months after the initial installation.

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PDF:- High Friction Vic Roads 2005

High Friction Pacfic Hwy Grafton NSW

tech@omnicrete.com.au — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:48:10 +0000

Opened to traffic in September 2000 as part of the RTA Pacific Highway upgrade the Ewingsdale interchange separates local from Highway traffic and significantly improves road safety on the Pacific Highway.

Since 2000, with population growth resulting in an increase of traffic volumes of up to 4000 vehicles per day negotiating the interchange ramps the existing asphalt surface, although in sound and serviceable condition, had become polished resulting in skid resistance levels that warranted investigation and improvement. Subsequently during periods of wet weather increasing numbers of motorists were loosing control of their vehicles resulting in multiple run off road MVA’s.

After extensive consultation with the RTA the decision was made in June 2008 to install a calcined bauxite high friction surfacing system. Installed by the accredited contractor, STS Applied Systems, and with a proven design life of 10 years or better, the OMNIGRIP HF system has been placed on both the north and south bound entry ramps providing for improved texture depth and high skid resistance ensuring safe friction levels for all vehicles in all weather conditions.

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PDF:- HF Pacific Hwy 2008

SouthGate Pedestrian Bridge

cmsadmin@go4.com.au — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:58:06 +0000

Built in 1989 the Southgate pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne provides the main pedestrian link for thousands of workers and tourists between Flinders Street Station and the Southgate business and entertainment precinct.

Originally finished with traditional Merbau timber decking and more recently painted on 2 previous occasions with “anti slip” paints the maintenance of this this high profile location had in respect excessive wear, reduced safety and poor visual aesthetics become a concern for the Melbourne City Council.

In late 2006 City Wide services on behalf of MCC specified the removal of the existing timber deck and adopted to replace the existing deck with prefabricated “OmniTreads” to provide a long term solution to both the long term safety and aesthetics of the finished timber deck.

Constructed from dressed Merbau timbers OmniTread decking panels are prefabricated to include the unique OMNIGRIP Deco surfacing to provide a durable, slip resistant and aesthetically pleasing decking finish

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Wellington Rd Smart Bus, Melbourne

cmsadmin@go4.com.au — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:49:25 +0000

In 2004 the State Government committed $33 million to provide a Smart Bus service between Rowville and Caulfield, primarily using Wellington Road.

The Wellington Road Smart Bus is a new limited stop express service which will compliment existing bus services in the area providing:

increased frequency of bus services

improved reliability

real time information at bus stops

longer hours of service

on-time bus services through the use of intelligent systems that respond to traffic conditions

Upon completion in 2008 over 4,500 m2 of specific bus lane coloured treatment was installed along the Wellington road route to provide visual bus lane delineation in the City of Monash.

Delivered in partnership by Vic Roads and the Department of Infrastructure Vic Roads Eastern Projects engaged local contractors to install the OMNIGRIP CST surfacing system dressed with the unique Synthite Coloured aggregate.

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PDF:- CST Wellington Road Smart Bus