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Railway Crossing - A railway crossing is a level crossing or any area where a footpath or shared path crosses a railway or light rail track at substatially the same level.
Rain Garden - A rain garden is a planted depression that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, and compacted lawn areas the opportunity to be absorbed. This reduces rain runoff by allowing stormwater to soak into the ground (as opposed to flowing into storm drains and surface waters which causes erosion, water pollution, flooding, and diminished groundwater). Rain gardens can cut down on the amount of pollution reaching creeks and streams by up to 30%.
Rainfall Loss - Rainfall loss is the amount of rainfall that does not contribute to stormwater runoff because of infiltration or natural storage in surface depressions.
Raised Reflective Pavement Marker - A Raised Reflective Pavement Marker (RRPM) is a safety device used on roads. They are usually made of plastic or ceramic, and come in a variety of shapes and colors. They include a lens or sheeting that enhance their visibility by reflecting vehicle headlights.
Rapid Modular Construction - Rapid Modular Construction is the rapid construction of buildings from prefabricated parts.
Ravelling - Ravelling is the progressive disintegration of a (road) pavement surface through loss of both binder and aggregate. Water on the pavement is the primary cause for the loss of the binder, while vehicular traffic gradually ravels away the aggregate which has been loosened due to binder loss.
Reactive Maintenance - Reactive Maintenance is a form of maintenance in which equipment and facilities are repaired only in response to a breakdown, fault or defect.
Recoverable Amount - Recoverable Amount is an accounting term referring to the price an asset would it would fetch if sold, or its value to the company when used, whichever is the larger figure.
Recreation Park - A Recreation Park is a park that protects environmental values and are used for social, cultural and informal or unorganised recreational activities that people undertake in their leisure time.
Recreation Reserve - A recreation reserve is a parcel of land set aside (by the state) for recreational purposes.
Recurrent Expenditure - Recurrent Expenditure is relatively low value (immaterial) expenditure and/or expenditure which has benefits expected to last less than 12 months. Recurrent expenditure includes operating and maintenance expenditure.
Recycled Aggregate - Recycled Aggregate is composed from one or more materials such as scrap tyres, glass, reclaimed concrete, reclaimed asphalt, used foundary sand, and recycled aggregate.
Recycled Crushed Glass - Recycled crushed glass is being used in road pavement design and as a pipe embedment material.
Redundancy - Redundancy in engineering is about designing a system in which critical components are duplicated, so that if one fails the other component can take over the function of the failed component.
Reflux Valve - A reflux valve is a type of valve that permits flow in only one direction. Reflux valves are also known as check valves.
Refurbishment - Refurbishment is the process of restoring an asset to near new condition.
Regional Recreation Hub - A Regional Recreation Hub is a location containing a cluster of recreational facilities, such as parks, leisure centres and aquatic centres.
Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland - A Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) is an engineer who is registered by the Board of Professional Engineers Queensland to provide professional engineering services in Queensland as required under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (Qld).
Regulation - A regulation is delegated legislation, that is a law made by an executive authority under powers given to them by primary legislation in order to implement and administer the requirements of that primary legislation. It is law made by a person or body other than the legislature but with the legislature's authority.
Regulatory Sign - A regulatory sign is a traffic sign indicating an obligation to comply with an instruction given under order, regulation, Act, ordinance or by-law.
Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation is "works carried out to rebuild or replace parts or components of an asset, to restore it to a required functional condition and extend its life, which may incorporate some modification.
Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert - A Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert is a culvert made of reinforced concrete.
Release Net - A Release Net is a cylindrical "sock" made of netting that is secured over the outlet of a drainage pipe that captures all material larger than the pore size of the net. If the net becomes blocked or full, a mechanism is triggered to release the net from the pipe. The net moves downstream until it reaches the end of a short tether attached to the side of the drain that constricts the net opening and prevents the trapped pollutants from being released.
Reliability Centred Maintenance - Reliability Centred Maintenance, often known as RCM, is an industrial improvement approach focused on identifying and establishing the operational, maintenance, and capital improvement policies that will manage the risks of equipment failure most effectively.
Remaining Useful Life - The Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of an asset is the estimated length of time remaining before it will need to be replaced.
Renewal - Renewal or more formally Asset Renewal is the replacement or refurbishment of an existing asset (or component) with a new asset (or component) capable of delivering the same level of service as the existing asset.
Renewal Funding Gap - A renewal funding gap (also asset renewal gap) is the difference between;
Renewal Planning - Renewal Planning is the process of deciding in advance the make up and timing of renewal works.
Renewal/Replacement Plan - A Renewal/Replacement Plan is a document that defines how an organisation decides when assets need to be renewed, the projected cost of renewals and the standards applicable to them. Renewal/Replacement Plans are often a section within an Asset Management Plan.
Repair - Repair means the taking of any action to remove or reduce a risk arising from a defect in an asset.
Replacement - Replacement is the complete replacement of an asset that has reached the end of its life. so as to provide a similar or agreed alternative level of service.
Replacement Cost - The Replacement Cost of an asset (also Asset Replacement Cost & Current Replacement Cost) is the cost of replacing an existing asset with a substantially identical new asset or a modern equivalent.
Replacement Value - Replacement Value (RV) is a synonym for Replacement Cost.
Reseal - A reseal is a sprayed seal that is applied over the top of an existing road seal.
Reserve - The term reserve can have a couple of different meanings in the local government context, either;
- Land set aside for a particular purpose
- Money set aside for a particular purpose
Resheeting - Resheeting is the process of applying a layer of rock or gravel (usually about 150mm) to a section of unsealed road.
Residence - A residence is a building originally or currently being used by a person or persons as their main place of dwelling or home.
Residential Area - A residential area is an area within which residential housing predomnates either naturally, or as a result of town planning restrictions on what land uses are permitted within the area.
Residential Subdivision - A residential subdivision is a subdivision created in an residential area, consisting of only or primarily residential allotments.
Residual Pressure - Residual Pressure is a term used in AS 2419.1 and refers to the pressure remaining in a pipe during flow conditions. It is often referred to during water supply adequacy testing for fire fighting flow.
Residual Value - The residual value (salvage value) of an asset is the estimated amount that an entity would currently obtain from disposal of the asset, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.
Retaining Wall - A retaining wall is a structure designed and constructed to resist the lateral pressure of soil when there is a desired change in ground elevation that exceeds the angle of repose of the soil.
Retarding Basin - Retarding Basin -> Detention Basin
Retention Basin - A Retention Basin is a large, open, partially free draining drainage basin designed to retain a portion of the storm runoff either for water quality treatment benefits, or to assist in reducing the effective volume of runoff. The free-draining portion of the basin may be designed to operate as a traditional detention or extended detention system.
Revaluation - A revaluation is the act of recognising a reassessment of values of non-current assets at a particular date.
Reverse Osmosis - Reverse osmosis is a filtration method applied to the desalination of water. Osmosis is the passage of solutes through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of high solute concentration to a region of low solute concentration, until both regions have reached equal solute concentration. The energy that drives this process is called osmotic pressure. In reverse osmosis, this osmotic pressure has to be overcome to drive the solutes from a region of low to high concentration.
Right-of-way - A right-of-way is a strip of land that is granted, through an easement or other mechanism, for transportation purposes, such as for a walking path, driveway, road.
Rising Main - Rising Main is a synonym for Pressure Main. Although water pressure mains are sometimes referred to as rising mains, the term is most commonly used when referring to a sewer pressure main.
Risk - Risk is the potential that a chosen action, inaction or activity will lead to a loss or an undesirable outcome.
Risk Assessment - A risk assessment is a process that to used to assess the risks associated with a hazard.
Risk in Asset Management - In the sphere of asset management risk is a product of criticality and probability of failure.
Risk Management - Risk Management is the process of measuring, or assessing risk and developing strategies to manage it.
Risk Management Plan - A Risk Management Plan is a document prepared by a project manager to foresee risks, to estimate the effectiveness, and to create response plans to mitigate them.
Risk Matrix - A risk matrix is a tool used in the Risk Assessment process; it allows the severity of the risk of an event occurring to be determined.
River Wall - A river wall is a wall constructed along the bank of a river.
Road - A road is a narrow strip of land cleared of vegetation and often improved by the importation and compaction of rock and/or other material. Roads are constructed primarily to allow vehicles to easily travel from one point to another.
Road Asset Management System - A Road Asset Management System is an Asset Management System created specifically for managing roads and road related assets.
Road Authority - A road authority is the body responsible for the care, control or management of roads within a given jurisdiction. Road authorities are typically local governments or state government departments or corporations.
Road Capacity - Road capacity is the maximum hourly rate at which vehicles can reasonably be expected to traverse a point (intersection) or section of a lane/roadway during a given period of time.
Road Casement - See: Road Reserve
Road Closure - A road closure is the temporary or permanent restriction of vehicular access to a road.
Road Engineering - Road Engineering is the branch of civil engineering involving the design, construction and maintenance of roads.
Road Floodway - A road floodway is a section of road designed to be overtopped by floodwater during relatively low average recurrence interval (ARI) floods.
Road Formation - The Road Formation is the surface of finished earthworks on which a road pavement is constructed. It includes the earthworks, the general shaping of the road and basic drainage, but excluding stormwater infrastructure.
Road Furniture - Road Furniture is a generic terms for various road related assets, including;
Road Hierarchy - A Road Hierarchy (also Road Classification Hierarchy) is a scheme for categorising roads into groups based on a number of factors including; usage, location, surface type, capacity, etc.
Road Infrastructure - Road Infrastructure is infrastructure that is part of or related to a road.
Road Intersection - A road intersection is a location at which two or more roads meet.
Road Maintenance - Road Maintenance is any activity performed on a road with a view to ensuring that it is able to deliver an expected level of service until it is scheduled to be renewed, replaced or disposed of.
Road Management Agreement - A Road Management Agreement is an agreement between two road authorities about how to manage a border road or any road for which the responsibility is ambiguous.
Road Management Plan - A Road Management Plan (RMP) is a document that:
- establishes a management system for the road management functions of a road authority which is based on policy and operational objectives and available resources; and
- sets the relevant standard in relation to the discharge of duties in the performance of those road management functions.
Road Marking - [[include pavement-marking]]
Road Network - A Road Network is a set or sub-set of roads located within a given jurisdiction or area.
Road Opening Permit - A Road Opening Permit is a permit that a road authority may require a plumber, contractor or other person to obtain, prior to excavating, boring or carrying out any other works that disturb the surface of a road, footpath or nature strip.
Road Pavement - The Road Pavement is the portion of the road located directly above the subgrade, and beneath any wearing surface. In urban areas it is often bordered by kerb & channel, and in rural areas by road shoulders. It is typically constructed from compacted imported material such as crushed rock. The road pavement is sometimes broken up into two components, namely the base and the sub-base.
Road Register - A road register is an Asset Register set up specifically for roads.
Road Resealing - Road Resealing is the process of applying a sprayed seal to a section of road that has been previously sealed.
Road Reserve - A road reserve is a legally described area within which facilities such as roads, footpaths, and associated features may be constructed for public travel. It is the total area between boundaries shown on a cadastral plan.
Road Roughness - Road Roughness is a condition parameter used to measure deviations from the intended longitudinal profile of a road surface, with characteristic dimensions that affect vehicle dynamics, ride quality and dynamic pavement loading.
Road Safety Audit - A Road Safety Audit (RSA) is a "formal safety performance examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent, multidisciplinary team. It qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and identifies opportunities for improvements in safety for all road users.
Road Safety Barrier - A road safety barrier (also crash barrier) is a structure designed to separate vehicles from other oncoming vehicles and other roadside hazards.
Road Segment - A road segment is a uniform section of road that is identified separately in an asset register.
Road Shoulder - A road shoulder is a strip of land immediately adjacent to the traffic lane of a road not bordered by kerb & channel. The shoulder may be sealed in the case of highways and major roads, but it is typically unsealed and of a lesser depth and perhaps constructed of inferior material than the adjacent traffic lane.
Road Sign - See: Traffic Sign
Road Tunnel - A road tunnel is a tunnel constructed for the purpose of building an underground road.
Road User - A road user is any user of a road; including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, public transport passengers and vehicle drivers and passengers.
Road Verge - The road verge is that part of a road located on the immediate outside of the road shoulder. The verge typically terminates at the centre line of a table drain adjacent to the road if one exists.
Roadside - The roadside is any land that is within the boundaries of a road reserve (other than the shoulder of the road) which is not a roadway or a pathway and includes the land on which any vehicle crossing or pathway which connects from a roadway or pathway on a road to other land has been constructed.
Roadside Asset - A roadside asset is an asset that enhances the functionality of a road and/or the safety of the road users.
Roadside Management Plan - A Roadside Management Plan is a document prepared by a road authority outlining the ways in which they intend to manage that part of the road reserve between the outer edge of the road carriageway and the road reserve boundary. The plans are usually road specific and commonly include a comprehensive inventory of existing roadside vegetation.
Roadside Slashing - Roadside Slashing is a maintenance activity utilising a tractor and slasher to slash grass within the road reserve to improve visibility of wildlife, guide posts and other vehicles using the road.
Roadside Vegetation - Roadside Vegetation is vegetation located along a roadside. The term is typically reserved for naturally occuring vegetation adjacent to a rural road rather than street trees or other vegetation planted within a nature strip.
Rolling Valuation - A rolling valuation is a valuation of an asset class that is carried out over a period greater than one year.
Roof Anchor - A roof anchor is a device installed on the roof of a building that is designed to serve as an anchor point for a fall arrest system.
Roundabout - A Roundabout is a type of road intersection at which traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island.
Routine Maintenance - Routine Maintenance is the regular ongoing day-to-day work that is necessary to keep assets operating, including instances where portions of the asset fail and need immediate repair to make the asset operational again.
Rubber Tyred Roller - A Rubber Tyred Roller is a machine used in soil compaction activities. It is used on finer granuled soils e.g. sandy soil, and during final shaping of the construction site.
Rubbish Bin - A Rubbish Bin is a container for temporarily storing refuse and waste.
Rubbish Collection - Rubbish Collection -> Garbage Collection
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