Asphalt Pavement

Management Systems
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 Management Systems in Private
Industry
Managers of corporate assets
(buildings, grounds, and
equipment) face similar issues
Focus is to increase corporate
profits

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 Asset Management
. . . Is a systematic process of maintaining, upgrading, and
operating physical assets cost-effectively
. . . Combines the use of sound engineering principles,
accepted business practices, and economic theory to
improve the decision-making process

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 Components of an AMS
A centralized database
Performance prediction models
Analysis tools
Reporting tools

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 Quantifiable Objectives
Enhance knowledge of inventory and asset value
Develop links that tie resource allocations to saving from
replacement
Establish standardized processes and protocols
Consider life-cycle costing

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 Concepts of AMS for
Transportation Systems
Develop inventories
Use condition measures
Use performance measures
Need for an integrated database
Analyze techniques
Format for user-friendly outputs

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 Three-Dimensional Matrix
Highway
Structure System
Facility Objective
Pavement Service

Bridge Operational Condition

Function
Roadside Planning Safety

Traffic Control Design Cost

Device
Construction Socioeconomic
Factor
Condition Evaluation Energy

Maintenance Data Management

Improvement
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 Systems Approach to Pavements
Identify key links between one or more strategies, where
investment in one affects another
Define various strategies for improving the effectiveness of
these interactions
Evaluate and implement the strategies to enhance the
overall performance of the transportation system

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 Systems Approach
Define system elements and boundaries
System recommendations must reflect benefits to agency
Strategy to match agency goal
Systems as a tool to complement agency experience and
expertise

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 Benefits
Improve decision-making process
Improve productivity
Improve client responsiveness

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 Importance of Transportation
System
Transportation statistics
Economic importance
Movement of freight

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 Importance of Pavements
Pavements deteriorate with time
Good roads cost less
If maintained at a reasonable level of service
If response to preventative maintenance

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 Effect of Treatment Timing on Cost
40% Time

70% Time

90% Time

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 Pavement Management
Most of today’s highway work involves rehabilitation or
reconstruction
Requires knowing when work needs to be done
Preservation
Maintenance vs. Rehabilitation

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 Pavement Preservation
A philosophy which “applies traditional engineering-based
analytical tools to the sensible management of a
transportation agency’s pavement infrastructure.”

Pavement Preservation: Practices, Research Plans, and

Initiatives, NCHRP Project 20-07, 2005

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 Pavement Management
Pavement management systems are support tools used by
pavement personnel to assist in making cost-effective
decisions concerning pavements.

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 What is a Pavement Management
System?
A decision support tool
Identifies sections needing treatment
Finds cost-effective treatments to apply at any given time to
meet desired level of service
Within imposed constraints

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 What is PMS?
Planning and programming
Analysis
Design
Construction
Maintenance
Research

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 Need for PMS
Agencies traditionally focused on new construction
Maintenance and rehabilitation managed with less formal
methods
Crisis management
Plan maintenance and rehabilitation
Structured and documented procedures for spending
money

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 Need for PMS
Transportation and world changes
Need to continually update information
Necessary to make informed decisions

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 Support of PMS
FHWA
Training courses
Seminar and workshops
Technical assistance
AASHTO
Guidelines in 1985, 1990, 1999

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 PMS Levels
Network Level
Gives general guidance on levels of treatments and
funding needs
Sophisticated
Project Level
Develops specific plan for maintenance or rehabilitation
Simpler

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 Network Level Analysis
Questions:
What is the current health of the network?
Which pavement sections need work?
Which sections should be worked on first?
How much money do we need?
What impact will funding changes have?

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 Network Components
Network Inventory
General
 Roads, parking lots, and airfields
Branches
 Roads:
individual streets, specific parking lots
 Airfields: taxiways and runways

Sections
 Smallest management units with similar traffic, structure, rank,
drainage, shoulders, and condition
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 Project Level Analysis
Specific projects
Identify the cause of all pavement distresses
Field measurements to determine extent of work area
Soil and pavement samples
Drainage investigations
Non-destructive testing

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 Typical Modules of a PMS
Database
Analysis
Feedback

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 Types of Data
Inventory
Information relative to pavement condition
Construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation history
Traffic
Cost data

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 Database Reports
Pavement Condition Deficiency Reports
Pavement Condition Performance Histories
MR&R Actions
Pavement Inventory and Ranking

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 Analysis Methods
Pavement condition analysis
Priority assessment models
Network optimization models

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 Condition Analysis
Combines the pavement distress data into a score or index
Represents overall pavement condition
Describes system condition
Uses priority ranking scheme
Uses decision tree approach as primary criteria to select
project, timing, and treatments

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 Condition Analysis Outputs
Ranking of pavement segments by condition index
Identification of MR&R strategies and timing for individual
pavement segments
Estimate of funding needs for selected treatments

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 Prioritization Models
Optimal MR & R strategies based on life cycle costs
Projects are prioritized at the network level
Benefit/cost ratio and cost effectiveness are more prevalent
methods

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 Prioritization Output
Prioritized listing of projects requiring action
Costs for MR &R treatments
Funding needs to meet desired network condition
Single-year and multi-year with segments treatment timing
and cost identified

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 Optimization Output
Similar to prioritizing model
Identifies an optimally balanced MR&R program
Optimization models do not normally identify segment
priorities

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 Feedback Process
A variety of processes are used to confirm reliability of PMS

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 Network Level PMS
Establish network budget requirements
Allocate funds to network priorities
Schedule MR&R actions

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 Network Level Products
Pavement network condition
MR&R policies
Budget requirements
Network priorities

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 Project Level PMS
Primary objective is to provide information for specific
pavement segments:
Preferred MR&R for each project
MR&R costs
Expected MR&R performance.

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 Budget Requirements
Provide an estimate of budget requirements
At prescribed levels of performance

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 Data Collection Needs
Inventory
Traffic/ Load
Pavement Condition Survey

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 Inventory Plan
Inventory process is foundation of a PMS
Data must be:
Relevant
Reliable
Cost effective to collect
Cost effective to maintain

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 Two Important Rules
Collect only the data you need!
Collect the data only when you need it!

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 Typical Data Elements
Identification
Location
Geometry
Cost
Pavement Structure & History
Traffic

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 Additional Data Elements
Drainage information
Geographical/environmental classification
Proposed work / work-in-progress
Other information

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 Data Sources
Pavement structure/historical data
Geometric data
Other inventory data

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 Field Data Collection
Photographic/Video logs
Fast
Less expensive
Limited viewing area
Requires more post processing
Field survey teams
Slower
More expensive
Better reporting of field conditions
Requires more preparation

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 Homogeneous Sections
Change in pavement type
Change in pavement structure
Change in traffic
Boundary between previous construction
Change in subgrade
Geographical of political boundaries
Change in pavement condition

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 Section Identification
Purpose
Requirements
Methods

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 Network Identification/Definition
First step in developing a PMS
Develop separate networks
Roads, parking lots, airfields, other surfaced or
unsurfaced vehicle facilities
Separate networks in separate databases
Smaller databases are more efficient

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 Auburn Network

•Google Earth

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 Branch Definition
Readily identifiable part of pavement network
Individual street, parking lot, runway, or taxiway
Smaller parking lots can be combined into one branch

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 Auburn Branches

•Google Earth

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 Section Definition
Branches don’t always have similar characteristics because
they are so large
Sections are created for “managerial” purposes
Smallest management units with similar traffic, structure,
rank, drainage, shoulders, and condition
Factors for division:
Pavement structure, traffic, construction history,
functional classification, drainage, shoulders, and
condition
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 College Street Sections

•Google Earth

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 Pavement Structure
Structural composition
Thickness
Materials
Verified construction records
Nondestructive testing
program to ensure uniformity

•Pavement cross-section

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 Traffic
Volume and load intensity of
traffic should be consistent
Roads and streets
Truck traffic is primary
concern
Airfields
Traffic channelization
Center of pavement vs. edge
of pavement
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 Construction History
Consistent construction history
Time periods
Contractors
Materials
Techniques
Major repairs = separate sections

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 Functional Classification
If classification changes along branch, section change should
be made
Arterial to collector

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 Drainage and Shoulders

Consider this when drainage

and shoulders affects
pavement performance

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 Condition
This is used after condition
has been assessed
Change in distress type,
quantities or cause should
be considered

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 Collecting Inventory Data
Office data
Field data
Time consuming
Expensive
MANDATORY
Gathering process

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 Quality Control of Data
Integrity
Accuracy
Validity
Security

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 Pavement Condition Survey
Ride quality or roughness
Physical distress
Structural capacity
Safety

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 Pavement Condition Survey
(other issues)
Historical
Rate of deterioration over time under accumulated traffic
loads
Frequency
Depends on the type and age of pavement measured as
well as the cost of the survey and the need for timely data
Quality Control
Inventory and condition data is essential to the success of
a PMS
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 Current State of Practice in PMS
Different PM methodologies Used
50% use
pavement condition analysis
50% use
network optimization
priority assessment
other approach
FHWA 1996 Survey
Detailed survey of state in workbook

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 PMS Databases
Put road, condition, and repair data into commercially
available software
Size is dependant upon
Number of highways
Length of segments
Most software packages are customizable

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 PMS Databases
Develop relational databases
Information to store
Inventory – route number, functional classification
Pavement type
Condition – ride quality, distress, friction
Deflection
Costs
History
Traffic/Loads

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 PMS Databases
Database products/reports
Deficiency reports
 Which section’s performance is unacceptable?
Performance histories
 How has condition changed?
Construction, maintenance, rehab histories
List of budget needs

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 Data Analysis
Attempts to predict how long a pavement section will last
based on:
Type of repair
Traffic
Climate
Based on experience and historical records

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 Data Analysis
Software packages can predict
Annual repair costs
Overall system performance
Expected pavement conditions
Intent of system
Identify the most cost-effective ways to maintain a
highway system

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 Software
FHWA report

Pavement Management Catalog

http://pavementmanagement.org/other_references/Pavem
ent_Management_Catalog_2008.pdf

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 Available Software
StreetSaver
San Francisco and Bay Area
PavePro Manager
Deighton Total Infrastructure Management System (dTIMS ™) –
Iowa
microPAV
Pavement View+
uniPAVEMENT
RoadCure

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 Benefits
More efficient use of available resources
Detailed information of street system
Quantified condition of network
Develop maintenance and rehabilitation strategies
Estimate impact of funding decisions
Ability to answer “what if” questions
Ability to justify and secure more funding

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