Resource Road Engineering Library

The reference material within the Resource Road Engineering Library is intended to assist technical personnel involved with resource road design, construction, maintenance and deactivation.

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Find resources from the following organizations:

• FPInnovations
• Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) and Forest Professionals BC (FPBC)
• Province of BC
• Other organizations

FPInnovations reports supporting resource roads

FPInnovations is a not-for-profit scientific research organization that specializes in the creation of solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness. They provide research work through agreements with the BC Government. Following are some of the reports that they have provided for B.C. resource roads:

• Traffic Engineering Webinar (November 2018) (PDF, 3.5MB)
• Standardizing the Design of Approach Alignment to Bridges (2015) (PDF, 3.1MB)
• Field Validation of Standardized Bridge Approach Curves (2016) (PDF, 1.9MB)
• Understanding the relationship between heavy vehicle weights and dimensions and resource road safety (2011) (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Evaluation of Aerial LiDAR Surveys for Resource Road Engineering (2015) (PDF, 2.9MB)
• Erosion and sediment control practices for forest roads and stream crossing, a practical operations guide
• Addressing road surface erosion, protecting watercourse crossings

Wildfire

• Bridges & Wildfire Events - Identifying Information Gaps in Bridge Protection in the Context of Resistance to Wildland Fire Events, March 2020 (PDF, 481KB)
• Wildfire Risks to Resource Roads in British Columbia, Oct. 2022 (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Wildfire Adaptations for Resource Roads in British Columbia, Nov. 2022 (PDF, 406KB)

Fish passage

• Fish Passage Assessment at Culverted Sites: Rapid Field Measurements to Determine the Likelihood of a Barrier to Fish Passage (PDF, 2.1MB)
• Stream Simulation: Planning and Design for Closed-Bottom Structures for Fish Streams (PDF, 3.1MB) 
• Streambed Simulation: Fish Management, Water Control, and Culvert Installation for Closed-bottom Stream Crossings (PDF, 559KB) 
• Streambed Simulation: Streambed Construction, Infill Methods, and Rewatering for Closed-Bottom Stream Crossings (PDF, 573KB)
• Streambed Simulation: Monitoring and Maintaining a Fish-Friendly Culvert Crossing (PDF, 2.9MB)

Dust stabilization

• Dust Control on Forest Roads (June 2018)
  • FPI Presentation Power Point (PDF, 1.6MB) 
• Dust Stabilization Final Report (2017) (PDF, 1.4MB)
• FPI ppt - Road Maintenance, Stabilization and Dust Control Practices (2011) (PDF, 8.4MB)

Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) and
Forest Professionals BC (FPBC)

Visit their websites: Engineers and Geoscientists BC and Forest Professionals BC

Publications

• Practice Standards for Forest Resource Activities
• Guidelines for Management of Terrain Stability in the Forest Sector (PDF, 547KB)
• Guidelines for Professional Services in the Forest Sector – Crossings (PDF, 2.1MB)
• Professional Practice Guidelines - Legislated Flood Assessments in a Changing Climate in BC (PDF, 3.2MB)
• Professional Practice Guidelines - Legislated Landslide Assessments for Proposed Residential Development in BC, revised (PDF, 3.3MB)
• Professional Practice Guidelines - Guidelines for Professional Services in the Forest Sector – Forest Roads (PDF, 4.8MB)
• A Changing Climate in British Columbia – Evolving Responsibilities for APEGBC and APEGBC Registrants (PDF, 363KB)

Province of B.C. reports supporting resource roads

Forest roads

• Forest Road Engineering Guidebook (2002) (PDF, 7.6MB)
• Considerations for Transmission Line Crossings of FSRs (PDF, 287KB)
• Visual Impact Assessment Guidebook (PDF, 2.8MB)

Landslides

• Landslide Risk Case Studies - a handbook that presents a framework for landslide risk management and describes technical methods of landslide risk analysis. It is intended for terrain stability professionals and forest resource managers

Terrain stability

• Terrain Stability and Forest Management
• Terrain Classification System for British Columbia (PDF, 4.8MB)
• Coast Region: Geomorphology and Geoscience
• Mapping and assessing terrain stability guidebook (PDF, 637KB)
• Gully assessment procedure guidebook (PDF, 1.8KB)

Crossings

• Managing Forested Watersheds for Hydrogeomorphic Risks on Fans (PDF, 4MB)
• Fish-stream Crossing Guidebook (2012)(PDF, 4.2MB)
• Riparian Management Area Guidebook

Watershed restoration

• Hillslope Restoration Handbook (2001)
• Coast Region: Watershed Restoration​

Deactivation

• Soil rehabilitation guidebook