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Paul Nordengen is a civil engineer who specialises in heavy vehicle transport, overload control, bridge management and abnormal vehicle management systems.
Current activities and research interests
- Heavy vehicle overloading
- Overload control strategies and guidelines
- Self-regulation in heavy vehicle transport
- Performance-based standards for heavy vehicles
- Bridge management and assessment
- Abnormal vehicle management systems
Formal education
BSc (Civil Engineering),
University of Natal, 1981
MSc (Structural Engineering), University of the Witwatersrand, 1989
Experience
Nordengen has over 20 years of experience in vehicle overload control and infrastructure management systems, including the operation of weighbridges, bridge management systems and abnormal loads. He was team leader for the development of a national overload control strategy for South Africa on behalf of the Department of Transport (2002-2004), and played a key role in the development and implementation of the Road Transport Management System (self-regulation), which started in the timber industry. This initiative aims to increase the responsibility of transport operators, consignors and consignees in reducing overloading and under-loading of heavy vehicles, and improving standards of vehicle maintenance and driver wellness. He is also involved in research on developing a framework for Performance-Based Standards (PBS) for heavy vehicles in South Africa to improve safety and productivity performance of road freight transport.
Nordengen was part of an international team that developed an overload control strategy for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Senegal. He acted as project leader on a number of projects, including the development of an overload control strategy for the North West Provincial government, a traffic management strategy for the Free State Provincial government, and an overload control strategy for Gauteng. He also led a World Bank-funded project for the Ministry of Works in Malawi, to determine the effect of increasing the permissible axle loads.
Organisational details
PO Box 395
Pretoria
0001
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 841 3945
Fax: +27 12 841 7112
Email: pnordengen@csir.co.za
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