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Acknowledgements
The Project Team gratefully acknowledges the contributions and comments received from a large number of professionals representing a wide range of disciplines, in organisations from both the public and private sectors, who participated in the workshops held in connection with the compilation of the Guideline. These organisations included Government ministries (including Roads Departments and Trafc Safety Units), National Roads Authorities, consultants, contractors and materials suppliers. Particular thanks are due to the SATCC Technical Unit, the CSIR and the authors for their contributions and to the Peer Reviewers for their comments on the drafts. Thanks are also due to the workshop facilitators and presenters who also made valuable contributions to the project.

SADC Road Sector Organisations

The high level of support and guidance provided by the road sector organisations in the SADC member states in the development of the Guideline and in the hosting of country workshops is gratefully acknowledged. The following organisations are expected to be the main agencies involved in the implementation of the Guideline: Angola Botswana DRC Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Angolan Road Agency (INEA), Ministry of Public Works, Luanda Roads Department, Ministry of Works and Transport, Gaborone Ofce des Routes, Kinshasa/Gombe Roads Department, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Maseru National Roads Authority, Lilongwe Road Development Authority, Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Phoenix National Roads Administration (ANE), Maputo National Roads Authority, Windhoek Land Transport Division, Ministry of Transport and Tourism, Mah South African National Roads Agency (SANRA), Pretoria Roads Department, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Mbabane Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Dar es Salaam Roads Department, Ministry of Works and Supply, Lusaka Roads Department, Ministry of Transport, Harare

Project Management Team

Project Manager Deputy Project Manager Team Members Mr P A K Greening, Transport Research Laboratory, UK Mr C Overby, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Norway Mr M I Pinard, InfraAfrica Consultants, Botswana Mr M E Gumbie, Civil Consult (Pvt) Ltd., Zimbabwe Mr D R Rossmann, National Roads Agency, South Africa Dr J Rolt, Transport Research Laboratory, UK

Quality Assurance

Authors
M I Pinard (Lead) S D Ellis (Main) C-H Eriksson (Main) R Johansen (Main) T Toole (Main) R Beger (Contributing) M E Gumbie (Contributing) H J S Lotter (Contributing) A R Quimby (Contributing) InfraAfrica Consultants, Botswana World Bank (formerly Transport Research Laboratory, UK) Transport Consultants AB, Sweden ViaNova Consultants, Norway ARRB, Australia (formerly Transport Research Laboratory, UK) RB Project Management, South Africa Civil Consult (Pvt) Ltd., Zimbabwe Council for Scientic and Industrial Research, South Africa Transport Research Laboratory, UK

National workshop facilitators: A A Awadh (Tanzania), C S Gourley (Transport Research Laboratory, UK), T E Mutowembwa (Zimbabwe), G Sibanda (ILO ASIST, Zimbabwe)

Peer Review Team

Mr J N Bulman, OBE Prof J D G F Howe Prof H G R Kerali Prof J B Metcalf Dr F Netterberg Prof N A Parker Prof A T Visser Consultant, UK (formerly Head of TRL Overseas Unit) Consultant, UK (formerly Professor, IHE Delft, Netherlands) University of Birmingham, UK Louisiana State University, USA Construction Materials and Geotechnical Specialist, South Africa City University of New York, USA University of Pretoria, South Africa

Publishing Services
Layout Cover design/DTP Printing M I Pinard, InfraAfrica Consultants, Botswana J Edvardsen, Interconsult, Oslo, Norway Goldelds Press (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa

SADC Guideline on Low-volume Sealed Roads

July 2003