Gabriel Sanchez hired as Vice President of International Business Development
IRF-Washington has hired Gabriel Sanchez as its vice president of international business development. In this role, Sanchez will be responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with bilateral and multilateral development banks, and non-profit and public sector organizations to promote IRF and its members and secure opportunities for joint activities.
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New Comments on Motorcycle Safety
"The EN1317 is clearly a test procedure, requiring a function...The test procedure itself is merely a tool to determine the relevant outcome, the result of the product. Actually, the test procedure must not replicate a real world accident in all respects, but must be possible to repeat over and over again..." More
Jan Wenall
"In their defences of cable barriers, both Thomas Turbell in Sweden and Greg Speier writing about Chile omit to evaluate the alternative of concrete barriers. Concrete is safer not only for motorcyclists but also for occupants of other types of vehicle..." More
Hugh Jaeger
Information Interchange Request
Below is an inquiry from an IRF member to our Information Interchange service. If you have any suggestions or information for this member, please submit your responses by emailing them to Magid Elabyad
"Our company is considering the implementation of in situ concrete safety barriers with embedded lighting columns as a possible alternative to the installation of double safety barriers on medians. To examine this issue, we are looking for the following information:
- Reports on crash tests which were carried out with a modified STEP barrier - the widened version with embedded lighting columns
- Specifications and policy guidelines on the use of widened in situ concrete safety barriers with embedded columns/ poles
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Second Annual Latin America Regional Conference
August 28-30, 2008
Lima, Peru
FHWA 1st International Conference on Transportation Construction Management
September 9-11, 2008
Orlando, Florida
Mobility and Road Safety
October 3-4, 2008
New Delhi, India
13th Annual IRF Seminar on Contract Maintenance & Innovative Finance
October 14 - 24, 2008
Orlando, Florida
2nd Roads and the Environment Conference
November 10-11, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
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Chief Raphael K. Obioha
Tel: +234 803 451 7133
Tel: +234 803 330 384
Ms. Ego B. Obioha
Tel: +234 803 451 7133
Email: egoobioha@yahoo.com
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