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CHAPTER : 3

PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT Pavement Management Levels and

SYSTEM Functions
By
Arun V
Assistant Professor,
Department of civil engineering,
JNNCE, Shimoga.

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The Ideal PMS Network level & Project level of PMS

Ideal PMS would give best possible value from the available
funds while providing and operating smooth, safe and
economical pavements.
The minimum requirements of such system would include:
 Adaptability
 Efficient operation
 Practicality
 Quantitatively based decision making support
 Good feedback information
There is no ideal single PMS which is best for all the agencies.
Every agency has there own situation with specific needs.
Therefore each agency must have their own PMS.
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Pavement Management at Three Levels

Influence level of PMS

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Pavement Management at Three

Levels Project level
 Detailed information.
 Project Level
 The inputs required for project level models are Load,
 Project selection Level: Prioritization of projects.
environmental factors, material characteristics, sub
 Program Level : Budget and General allocations.
grade properties, construction and maintenance
The lower left triangle is area of unreliability because variables and costs.
little information is available for models at the project
 The output of the model will be design strategies that
level
minimize total life cycle costs, including construction
The upper right triangle is an area infeasible for maintenance and user cost.
modeling due to the size and complexity of the
 First PMS model was FPS and RPS
required models.

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Program Level
Project selection level
 Decisions and funding for projects  Involves Decisions on funding for projects.
 Allocation of budgets.
 Prioritization of models.
 Optimize the funds.

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PMS FUNCTIONS Historical Data Base

 Historical Data Base  To provide information for decisions at the various

levels of a PMS.
 Less detailed information is needed for models at
network or program level than for models at the
project level.
 Information flows
 Agency should develop long term historical data bases
to have wide variety of models required like
deterioration or performance prediction models.

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Information Flows Information Flows

 The flow of information or sequence of actions has same
importance as Data base.
 NCHRP Project First implemented, which
identified three basic subsystems:
1. Information
2. Analysis
3. Implementation.
 This concept gives various activities and making a
decision, information is gathered, and the consequences
of the available choices are analyzed with the help of
these information. Based on this analysis, political
considerations and constraints, a decision is made, once
made, decision is implemented. And the results of the
decision are recorded in the data base and are available to
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Key management activities to the

 Project level information subsystem
output of subsystems
 Project level analysis subsystem
 Information subsystems for the network level.
 Project level decision criteria and selection
 Periodic updates of information.
 Network analysis subsystem :Pavement improvement and  Detailed quantities, costs and plans
maintenance needs and to give program of rehabilitation,  Project level implementation subsystem
new construction and maintenance.
 Program decision criteria and budget constraints applied to  Data files and research programs
initial program : Projects below the budget cutoff would be
implemented first.
 Implementation Subsystem.
 Interface between network level and overall transportation
system management.
 Projects coming “On-Line” (From Network
Implementation)

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Key considerations in application of a

The Function of pavement evaluation
total PMS concept
1. The need for precise, understandable definitions, but a framework  Provide data for checking the design predictions and
or structure which allows flexibility to use particular practices or updating them if necessary.
methods.
2. The need for people in the agencies who have qualifications  Reschedule rehabilitation measures as indicated by
appropriate to the various activities of PMS. Such as economics,
structural analysis, computing, statistics, field measurements etc. these updated predictions
3. Effective incorporation of all the technical, economic and other  Improve the design models
factors
4. A well developed interfacing between the policy level of  Improve construction and maintenance practices.
transportation management and pavement management at network
level and also properly coordinated interfacing between the  Update network programs
network and project levels of pavement management.
5. A well developed interfacing mechanism between maintenance
management and other areas of pavement management.

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Major types of pavement outputs The Uses of Evaluation information:

An Illustration

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 Upper half includes predictive models.

User related Evaluation versus
 Lower half shows examples of periodic measurements,
Engineering Evaluation
these measurements plotted versus time have been  Among the types of pavement evaluation, most
described as outputs. agencies consider the following four as most
important:
 Serviceability
 Structural adequacy
 Surface distress
 Safety

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Pavement Evaluation with respect to

user cost
 Improving surface characteristics
 Usually they consider capital, maintenance, and
engineering or administrative costs…….but user cost THANK YOU
is not considered much…..Because it is assumed that
user costs do not vary with level of serviceability,
surface distress, and extent and time of
improvements…..but the fact is user costs are affected
by these parameters.
 This user cost should not only be evaluated, but also
used in the economic analysis of alternative strategies.

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