Road Maintenance Management
- Introduction
Infrastructure and society
Infrastructure definition
Essential features of pavement management
Pavement management levels
Benefit and costs of pavement management
- Pavement network
Classes of roads
Network identification
Branch identification
Section identification
- Data Management
Overview of data management
Information technology
Decision support system (DSS)
Database development and management
Data Needs
Analysis and modeling technique
Data quality control and quality assurance
Example of database management
Database security
- In-Service Monitoring and Evaluation Data
In-service evaluation data needs
In-service evaluation and monitoring technologies
Nondestructive and noncontact structural evaluation
Combined evaluation data
Pavement monitoring and evaluation
- Pavement Condition Index
Single condition index
Composite condition index
Developing a condition index
- Pavement Performance Modeling
Uses of pavement performance models
Requirement for developing a model
Developing prediction models
Types of prediction models
- Pavement distresses
Distress concept
Asphalt pavement distresses
Concrete pavement distresses
- Maintenance and Rehabilitation Treatments
Relationships and differences between maintenance and rehabilitation
Maintenance and rehabilitation treatments
- Life Cycle Cost and Benefit Analysis
Cost and benefit factors
Analysis or life cycle period
- Discount rate, interest rate, and inflation
Salvage or residual value
Methods of economic analysis
- Needs Analysis and Priority Programing
Criteria for identifying needs
Prediction models for pavement deterioration
- Identifying needs sections
Analysis of rehabilitation and maintenance alternatives
Priority programming of rehabilitation and maintenance
- How to Implement A Pavement Management System
Barriers to adoption and use
Methods to overcome institutional problems
- Implementation concepts
Assistance