Research Society Road - Rail - Transport
| Research Society Road - Rail - Transport (FSV) |
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| purpose | Research society |
| Chair: | Martin Fellendorf |
| Executive Director: | Martin Car |
| Establishment date: | 1952 |
| Number of members: | around 1400 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.fsv.at |
The Research Society Road - Rail - Transport ( FSV for short ) is a non-profit, technical and scientific association in Austria. It was founded in 1952 and deals with the development of regulations and guidelines in the field of roads and railways ( RVS and RVE ).
Findings are discussed in bodies and committees with around 1400 experts and the technical standards that mark the state of the art are drawn up. The FSV also organizes specialist conferences and carries out public relations work in order to promote the exchange of ideas and to inform the specialist public about new developments. The trade journal FSV-aktuell is the official organ and is published monthly for the road and rail sector.
Another main area of responsibility of the FSV is the creation and publication of so-called service descriptions for the civil engineering sector. A service description is a collection of texts describing standardized services, namely for legal and technical provisions and for items in a future service specification (ÖNORM A 2050). Standardized service descriptions are offered by the FSV for the following transport infrastructure areas in printed and digital form: road construction, railway superstructures, bridge construction, tunnel construction, landscaping, sanitary engineering and river engineering.
The FSV is also the publisher of the Transportation Dictionary , the 4th edition (March 2018) of which contains over 18,500 definitions from 1200 sources. The digital edition supplements the book form with historical terms from the previous versions (approx. 6000 more definitions - shown in gray). Subject areas include traffic planning, traffic safety, traffic and the environment, contract and procurement, road, bridge, tunnel, rail and landscaping as well as quality assurance in planning and execution.
Services
The core areas of the FSV can be broken down as follows:
- Development and publication of guidelines, regulations and leaflets for roads and railways (RVE and RVS)
- Conducting lectures, seminars and conferences
- Exchange of experiences at national and international level
The main work of the FSV takes place in working groups and working committees, in which currently over 1400 experts from the transport, road and rail sector are active on a voluntary basis. There are more than 110 working committees that are supervised by the office. The management of the agendas lies with the board, which is advised by advisory boards.
As part of the cooperation with other European sister associations, the FSV also organizes international conferences. In addition, research reports are also distributed through the office.
Bodies
Board
The board is the governing body of the FSV. He receives technical support from the steering committees, whose recommendations are approved by the Executive Board. Top representatives from the modes of transport (road / rail), the Ministry of Transport, planners, science and industry form the board. The Presidium, consisting of the chairman Martin Fellendorf as well as Franz Bauer, Eva-Maria Eichinger-Vill and Georg Kichler prepares the decisions for the board.
Further board members are Josef Decker, Andreas Fromm, Peter Lux, Christian Molzer, Norbert Ostermann, Martin Russ and Hubert Wetschnig.
Steering Advisory Board
The steering committee is an advisory body to the board of directors to determine the professional strategies of the association. It consists of at least eight to a maximum of twelve members. The members are selected from the group of interested parties and sponsors of the association.
Rail and Road Advisory Boards
An advisory board is an advisory body to the board. Its main task is to ensure the continuity of the rules and regulations for the railways (RVE) and for the road system (RVS) to establish the state of the art while coordinating the interests of science, business and administration. In this task, u. a. Planned projects (motive report for creation) and publications submitted.
The decisions of the advisory boards, which are brought to the attention of the board in a result protocol, have a recommendatory effect for the board.
Climate Convention Monitoring Group
In 2017, the Climate Convention Monitoring Group was founded, which is directly assigned to the FSV board. This monitoring group consists of experts from the entire transport and mobility sector, from all modes of transport for passenger and freight transport, the relevant administration (federal, state, local) and science. The aim is to provide transport experts with suggestions for the implementation of the Paris climate agreement, which affect the transport sector, and to comment on strategies.
This special consideration of the V&M sector makes sense because, on the one hand, the share of greenhouse gases (GHG) in this sector in Austria accounts for a considerable share of around 45% of the GHG emissions outside of emissions trading. This is why this V&M sector also plays a key role in achieving the climate targets. On the other hand, the expertise of the FSV's specialists is primarily in the V&M area. It is clear that there are a large number of areas of overlap with the other sectors, which, however, do not go unnoticed.
Traffic Sign Advisory Board
The Traffic Sign Advisory Board (VB) is an advisory body for the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and an advisory and decision-making body for the FSV working committees on issues relating to the design of traffic signs and notices intended for road traffic participants. The aim of the traffic sign advisory board is to improve the situation with regard to traffic signs in Austria on the basis of scientific knowledge about perception and recognizability and in accordance with the current Austrian traffic safety program of the BMVIT, in favor of the road user.
Certification Advisory Board
The Certification Advisory Board (ZE) prepares reports on the existence of the certification requirements or the requirements for the extension of the validity of the certificate from road traffic safety experts, taking into account the specifications of the guidelines and regulations for the road system (RVS). He is also entrusted with the establishment and implementation of courses and further training measures for road safety experts.
Admission Boards
There are three admission councils that deal with bridge sealing, corrosion protection and noise protection. They act as a competence center and advisory body to the board. The Approval Advisory Board can issue approvals in the sense of declarations of conformity with certain guidelines and regulations for the road system (RVS) and guidelines and regulations for the railway system (RVE). The prerequisite for this is a corresponding regulation of the admission modalities in an underlying RVS / RVE. This means that in the future it will be possible for every working committee (AA) to create appropriate requirements for approvals in its field of activity, provided these do not contradict European regulations.
Working groups and committees
Asphalt roads
- A01 Quality Control
- A02 reclaimed asphalt
- A03 conservation
- A06 layers of hot mix
- AG-KA Asphaltstraßen AG committee
Concrete roads
- AG-K-BE Betonstraßen AG committee
- Be01 concrete roads in the high-level road network
- Be02 maintenance and operation
- Be03 Other concrete roads
- Be04 technology, research and testing
Bridge building
- AG-K-BR Brückenbau AG committee
- Br01 Description of services for bridge structures
- Br02 waterproofing and road construction on bridges
- Br03 Design and Planning Fundamentals
- Br04 bridge equipment
- Br05 bridge maintenance and bridge database
- Br06 corrosion protection
- Br07 Supervision, control and testing of bridges and other civil engineering structures
- Br08 Project planning for bridge construction
Railway system - guideway
- AG-K-EF Railway System - Track AG Committee
- EF01 superstructure construction
- EF02 track maintenance
- EF03 alignment and cross-sectional design (clearance and alignment)
- EF04 traffic areas in the track area
- EF05 substructure
- EF06 Preventive and defensive fire protection
- EF07 vibrations and secondary airborne noise
- EF08 LB superstructure
Railway engineering - civil engineering
- AG-K-EI Railway Engineering - Engineering AG-Committee
- EI01 traffic loads, route classification
- EI02 railway bridges
- EI03 tunnel construction
- EI04 tunnel safety
- EI05 noise barriers
Railways - Planning, Transport and Environment
- AG-K-EP Railway Engineering - Planning, Transport and Environment AG Committee
- EP01 railway station systems
- EP02 Mobility chain accesses
- EP03 Mobility chain guidance systems
- EP04 Dangerous Goods
- EP05 Expert for railway construction and operation
- EP06 rail traffic noise
- EP07 war relics
- EP08 Expenditure and cost estimation for railway planning
- EP09 Railway planning services
Basics of transportation
- AG-K-GV Fundamentals of Transport WG committee
- GV01 Profitability and Financing
- GV02 transport demand
- GV03 traffic telematics
- GV04 Ethical questions in traffic planning
- GV05 traffic investigations
- GV06 Mobility Management
- GV07 road traffic censuses
- GV08 freight transport
- GV10 Transport Policy
- GV11 Automated Driving
Road superstructure
- AG-KO road superstructure AG committee
- O01 Description of services for road construction
- O02 Dimensioning of the road superstructure
- O03 Road condition recording and assessment
- O04 street drainage
- O05 trenches
Planning and traffic safety
- AG-K-PV planning and traffic safety AG committee
- PV01 lines and Cross-sectional design
- PV02 nodes
- PV03 Operational traffic safety
- PV04 Traffic experts
- PV06 level crossings
- PV07 Strategic Road Safety
- PV08 Structural road safety
- PV09 requirement profiles for roads
- PV10 Rural roads and paths
- PV11 Road planning services
city traffic
- AG-K-STA Stadtverkehr AG committee
- Sta01 Traffic planning and use of space in urban areas
- Sta02 long-distance buses / coaches
- Sta04 Development and design of public spaces
- Sta05 Child-friendly mobility
- Sta06 Strategic Traffic Management
- Sta07 Non-motorized traffic
- Sta08 Planning, construction and operation of VLSA
- Sta09 Optimization of the public transport
- Sta10 urban streets
Road operations and road equipment
- AG-K-STB Road Operations and Road Equipment AG Committee
- Stb01 winter service
- Stb02 e-mobility
- Stb03 Organization of road operations
- Stb04 Internal communication systems
- Stb05 floor markings
- Stb06 vehicles and equipment for road maintenance
- Stb07 Basics for training
- Stb08 Material recycling road operation
- Stb09 wrong-way driver
- Stb10 traffic signs and directional signs
- Stb11 vehicle restraint systems
- Stb12 construction site protection
Stone roads and stone material
- AG-K-STEI Steinstraßen and Steinmaterial AG committee
- Stei01 conditions and guidelines
- Stei02 technology and exams
- Stei03 Technical Rock Science
- Stei04 Embankment and bank protection with rubble stones
- Stei06 requirements for paving stone and paving slab ceilings, edging
Tunneling
- AG-KT Tunnelbau AG committee
- T01 Description of services for tunnel construction
- T02 tunnel construction in urban areas
- T03 maintenance and operation
- T04 safety devices
- T05 ventilation and extinguishing systems
- T06 Performance profile of the tunnel inventory check
- T07 risk analysis
- T08 Structural fire protection
- T09 Work safety on tunnel construction sites
- T10 service profile for tunnel repairs
- T11 tunnel radio
- T12 Structural design
- T13 building database
- T14 tunnel lighting
Technical contracting
- AG-K-TV technical procurement AG committee
- TV01 Value Engineering and alternative offers
- TV02 service descriptions
- TV03 award criteria
- TV04 award - contractual provisions
- TV05 Scope of services surveying
- TV06 price and cost index
- TV07 Certificate of Conformity
- TV08 inspection book
Underground
- AG-KU Untergrund AG committee
- U01 compression
- U02 geosynthetics in road construction
- U04 Embedded pipes and culverts
- U05 earthworks
Transport and the environment
- AG-K-VU Transport and Environment AG committee
- VU01 Soil and water protection
- VU02 Traffic-related immissions - noise
- VU03 Traffic-related immissions - air pollutants
- VU04 environmental investigation
- VU05 Amphibian protection
- VU06 Landscaping
- VU07 Environmental supervision and supervision
- VU08 Description of services for sanitary engineering
- VU09 Description of services for river engineering
- VU10 Compensatory and replacement measures
- VU11 bird protection
- VU12 wildlife protection
- VU13 Protection of species
- VU14 Wild mammals
- VU15 bats
Membership and Reporting
Full members of the FSV are independent, volunteer specialists in the planning, construction and operation of transport facilities. They work actively with the club and thus have the advantage of receiving up-to-date information as well as getting to know other specialists in their field and making in-depth contact with them.
In addition to the full members, there are also legal and natural persons who regularly support the association as extraordinary members. Extraordinarily supporting members are made up of independent companies in the transport sector who support the FSV with an annual contribution and thus enjoy a wealth of advantages.
The FSV's reporting system includes an activity report, an annual report and a semi-annual report.
Publications
Service descriptions
Standardized service descriptions are a collection of texts describing standardized services, specifically for legal and technical provisions (contractual provisions) and for items in a future service specification.
Directives and regulations for the road system (RVS)
The current set of standards for traffic and road systems, which is developed by the FSV, is available for download, on CD-ROM or as a loose-leaf collection. The RVS can be obtained individually or by subscription from the FSV office.
Railways Directives and Regulations (RVE)
These works from the field of "railways" are available as a download, on CD-ROM or in paper form. A subscription version is also available here.
FSV series of publications
In 2007 the FSV series of publications was launched. It is used by the FSV for publications such as conference reports, final reports on FSV assignments and documentation of current knowledge from the transport sector.
Street research notebooks
The Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology publishes the research reports in the street research series - Green Series. These can be obtained from the FSV shop.
FSV dictionary
This dictionary contains a collection of terms which are defined in the guidelines and regulations for road traffic (RVS). On the one hand, this makes it easier to find explanations for terms from the road sector, and on the other hand, the creation or processing of the RVS can be carried out more consistently, since terms that have already been defined do not have to be redefined.
Traffic sign catalog
The Austrian Road - Rail - Transport Research Association published a traffic sign catalog (RVS 05.02.15) on December 1, 2015 in cooperation with experts from the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, the federal states, science and industry.
FSV-current road and FSV-current rail
In order to increase the presence of the association in specialist circles, periodic articles, the FSV-current road and the FSV-current rail , are published by the FSV in specialist journals .
Eurocommunal
Since the beginning of 2012 the FSV has been cooperating with the specialist magazine for Austrian cities and municipalities, the EuroKommunal-Magazin . The FSV creates a monthly article on a current topic in the transport sector, which is then published in the magazine.
software
Quality deductions and mix consumption (according to RVS)
The "calculation program for the automated determination of the quality deductions and the mix consumption according to RVS 08.16.01 and 11.03.21" is distributed by the FSV. It is a calculation program based on Excel 2007 for the automated determination of the quality deductions and the mix consumption according to RVS 08.16.01 and RVS 11.03.21 from February 1st, 2010.
AsDim asphalt road dimensioning (according to RVS)
This software is to be used for new construction or renovation of road traffic areas without intermediate construction or without gradual expansion in earthworks.
The AsDim software offers the following options: When dimensioning according to the arithmetical dimensioning for asphalt roads in accordance with RVS 03.08.68, essential (usage behavior-oriented) performance properties of the mix used, as well as detailed information on the traffic load (e.g. axle load or total weight) can be taken into account. Dimensioning levels for the important input variables traffic load as well as stiffness behavior and fatigue resistance of the asphalt used are introduced on the basis of performance requirements that take into account the level of detail of this data. This approach ensures that the necessary design reserves decrease with increasing test effort for parameter identification. This enables a modern, behavior-oriented and thus economical dimensioning of asphalt roads. The resulting high computing effort can only be carried out efficiently with computer-aided processing.
FSV node (calculation program according to RVS)
The FSV-knot program is an auxiliary program for calculating the efficiency of crossings and T-junctions according to RVS 03.05.12 and for calculating the efficiency of single-lane roundabouts according to RVS 03.05.14.
FSV test book for LB-VI
The test book is an extensive collection of tests for building materials, components and services for the standardized description of services for traffic and infrastructure (LB-VI) and is an aid for local building supervisors, clients, contractors, planners and the like.
Traffic sign catalog (RVS 05.02.15)
For the creation of RVS 05.02.15, digital vector graphics were produced for each individual traffic sign, which enable loss-free reproducibility. These vector graphics (CDR, DXF) are available to the user in addition to the tried and tested guideline (RVS). This allows traffic planners, manufacturers of traffic signs, offices and authorities, lawyers, motorist clubs, driving schools, publicists and authors, etc. to access and use them consistently.
RVS software / graphics (via FSV reader)
- Calculation tool point mass model (XLS) - digital individual reference to RVS 02.02.37 "Speed restrictions"
- Code tree for messages and structured traffic messages (XLS, MM) for RVS 05.01.12 "Events and messages in cooperative traffic management centers"
- Plan symbols (DWG, DXF) for RVS 05.03.11 "Training and application of floor markings"
- Plan symbols (DWG) for RVS 05.04.36 "VLSA plan symbols"
- Standard plans (CDR) for RVS 05.05.42 "Roads with separate lanes"
- Regulation plans (CDR) for RVS 05.05.44 "Roads with one lane per direction of travel"
- Information board pictures (BMP) for RVS 09.02.22 "Tunnel equipment"
- Calculation program for cantilever and central slabs for RVS 02/15/32 "Internal forces in road slabs of road bridges"
Events
The FSV regularly organizes practice-oriented seminars and information afternoons, which serve to disseminate and apply the RVS and RVE regulations.
FSV price
The FSV and the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) award the FSV prize annually. The aim is to promote young academics: on the one hand, by presenting their work to experts at a conference, and on the other hand, by endowing the prize.
The award is given to authors of dissertations and master's / diploma theses in the field of transport. The decision as to which work will be awarded the FSV Prize is made on the basis of expert assessment by more than 30 external experts.
FSV traffic day
The largest conference of the research company takes place annually in the form of the FSV traffic day. The topics that will be presented on the traffic day are selected from the projects of the working groups and working committees. This ensures every year that only current topics are dealt with. Every year a trade exhibition takes place on the FSV Verkehrstag.