Development of a Technical Specification - Roadway management for northern communities

This document represents an invitation to Bidders to submit their proposals to the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for SCC is seeking a Supplier to develop a Technical Specification (TS) for the priority area: Roadway management for northern communities.

This Technical Specification should provide the user with best practices for planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roadways in northern communities. The TS should focus on roads within communities. Winter roads are outside the scope of this project.

The TS should be complementary to existing road transportation codes, regulatory requirements, by-laws and best management and construction practice guidelines. The guidance should consider and emphasize ‘the importance of adopting good practices for development, planning, design, construction management, maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation facilities in regions of northern Canada with permafrost terrain.

The TS should focus on community roads over highways, intracommunity roads, public roadways, and winter roads. However, many of the underlying principles of design and management for highway and public roads are also useful for community roads and should be reviewed and considered in the development of this TS.