CPGT

Goals

The objectives of the GPRFA-WG comprise:

1. Compile and disseminate in the technical-scientific community information related to:
   • the availability and applications of recycled materials, treated materials, new materials and new construction processes in the pavement structure and its foundation.
   • materials and techniques for rehabilitation and reinforcement of the pavement structure.
   • monitoring, characterization of behavior and management of pavements.
2. Promote studies related to the materials and the behaviour of pavement structure and its foundation.
3. Organize and participate in technical and scientific events to disseminate the work of the CPGT WG.
4. Organize and participate in training actions related to CPGT WG themes.
5. Promote visits to transport infrastructure construction sites.
6. Develop technical and scientific publications related to the pavement structure and its foundation, namely concerning design, construction, operation, maintenance, and monitoring.

Coordinator: José Neves (IST-ULisboa)

Coordinator: José Neves (IST-ULisboa)

Deputy Coordinator: Bernardo Monteiro (IP)

Goals

The objectives of the GP-WG comprise:

1. Organize and participate in technical and scientific events to disseminate the work of the CPGT WG.
2. Organize and participate in training actions related to CPGT WG themes.
3. Promote visits to port infrastructure works.
4. Develop and publish technical and scientific documentation related to the topic of port geotechnics in various aspects, namely concerning design, construction, operation, maintenance and monitoring.

Coordinator: Alexandre Pinto (IST/JETsj)

Deputy Coordinator: Jorge Barros (Mota-Engil)

Deputy Coordinator: Joel Silva (APDL)

Goals

The objectives of the DGT-WG comprise:

1. Promote and disseminate the topics related to digitization within the scope of Transportation Geotechnics in the most relevant areas for the sector:
   • Building Information Modeling (BIM) in collaborative design of transport infrastructures
   • Digital Twins and optimization models in construction and service phases
   • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data throughout structures’ life-cycle
   • Sensing, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and data security
   • 4D building models and laser scan-based point clouds
   • Simulation and virtual / augmented reality
   • Smart infrastructures e smart cities
2. Organize and participate in technical and scientific events related to the WG topics
3. Organize and participate in dissemination and training actions
4. Develop and disseminate technical and scientific documentation

Coordinator: João Moutinho (BUILT CoLAB)

Deputy Coordinator: José Neves (IST)

Deputy Coordinator: Jorge Cruz (Mota-Engil)

GT1: PROMOTION OF THE USE OF MATERIALS

Goals

• Analysis of the state of national and internacional knowledge on the design and application of C&D waste in landfills and structural layers (pavement beds).
• Identification of works which use non-traditional materiais in landfills and on structural layers (pavement beds) – information on the design phases and the type of intervention (construction / conservation / rehabilitation).
• Identification of the national availability of C$D waste – information on producing companies, production systems, type and volume of the main materials produced – by conducting an inquiry.
• Publication of articles in scientific magazines and congress papers based on work developed within GT1.

Coordinator: Ana Cristina Freire (LNEC)

Deputy Coordinator: Eugénia Correia (IP)

GT2: REINFORCEMENT OF GEOMATERIALS IN PAVEMENTS AND RAILWAYS

Goals

• Case studies on the use of reinforcement techniques in the rehabilitation of transport infrastructures (pavements and railways).
• Promotion and dissemination of knowledge on reinforcement techniques in pavements and railways (geo-synthetics and treatment techniques).
• Participation in the organization of technical-scientific events.

Coordinator: José Neves (IST)

Deputy Coordinator: Sara Rios (FEUP)

Visit the website: www.georeinforce.pt

GT3: CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF EARTHWORKS

Goals

• Continuation of the work of the previous four-year period:

1. Preparation of an article on the percentage of costs associated with earthworks in relation to the other components of the works (drainage, works of art, paving and other works) in main roads, highways, railways and other geotechnical works;
2. Good practice guide on “Construction of Earthworks”;
3. Proposed specification for landfill execution;
4. State of the art of soil treatment, including survery of applications in Portugal.

• Participation in the dissemination of knowledge and in the organization of events, both nationally and internationally.

Coordinator: António Gomes Correia (UM)

Deputy Coordinator: Cláudia Ferreira (Ouzo Eng.)

GT4: RAILWAY SUB-STRUCTURE

Goals

• Development of studies on strengthening the substructure of railways in service.
• Analysis of the effect of foundation properties in the dynamic behavior of the railway and in its long-term performance.
• Studies for the development of methods to evaluate the rigidity of the railway.
• Analysis of the state of art regarding the use of non-traditional materials in the ballast layer of the railway.
• Organization and participation in events related to the dissemination of knowledge in the area of geotechnics of transport infrastructures.

Coordinator: Eduardo Fortunado (LNEC, FEUP)

Deputy Coordinator: André Paixão (LNEC)

GT5: SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Goals

• Promote the transfer of technology and knowledge that effectively contribute to the advancement of engineering and the construction sector.
• Contribute to the introduction of innovative and reliable soil improvement systems / technologies in a variety of engineering applications, with particular emphasis on those related to transport geotechnics.
• To be the interface, at a national level, between the most diverse institutions involved in the improvement of soil, be it teaching and research, project and consultancy or the construction sector. At the international level, WG5 aims to be the link between the national geotechnical community and the international technical committee TC211 – Ground Improvement, based at the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Coordinator: António A. Correia (FCTUC)

Deputy Coordinator: José L. Antunes (Keller)

GT6: PROMOTION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF GEOTECHNICAL PRACTICES IN PORTS

Goals

• Dissemination and promotion of the theme of port geotechnics.
• Organization of events.
• Writing and publishing of scientific papers.

Coordinator: Alexandre Pinto (JETsj, IST)

Deputy Coordinator: Jorge R. Barros (Mota-Engil, ISEL)