Pavement Management System

By: Bishnu Prasad

Devkota
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  Responsive management

 Management for control

(MRCU, DoR, 1995)

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 Objectives

 The overall objective of this course is to

acquire the knowledge about system of
pavement management of roads and airfields,
 Particularly the objectives are:
– to identify the pavement conditions, …..CN,P,V
– to evaluate the pavements, …………SURVEY
– to predict conditions, …………..GOOD/FAIR/POOR
– to apply optimal remedial measures and …..MR/R
– to manage the pavements in different levels.
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 Learning Outcomes

 On completion of this course, we will be

– aware of the condition of pavements,
– able to manage the pavements in optimum way as
to maximize the benefit to the users in least cost.

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 Course Contents

1. Introduction to Pavement Management(2hrs)

2. Pavement Management Methods; Network level and
Project Level(2hrs)
3. Management Information and Data
Management(2hrs)
4. Pavement Defects (Distress) in Flexible and Rigid
Pavement (4hrs)

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5. Pavement Evaluation(12hrs)
– Pavement Condition Survey, SDI, PCI
– Pavement Deflection (NDT)
– Roughness Measurement and Analysis
– Skid Data Collection and Analysis
6. Pavement Condition Prediction Models(3hrs)
7. Defects and Remedy Measures(2hrs)
8. Treatment Selection(2hrs)
9. Importance of Maintenance (Why
maintenance?)(2hrs)
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10. Financing of Roads for Maintenance(2hrs)

11. Prioritization(2hrs)
12. Road Investment Model (The HDM-IV) (2hrs)
13. Airport Pavement Management System(2hrs)
14. Network-Level Pavement Management - M&R Work
Planning(2hrs)
15. Project-Level Management (2hrs)
16. Ride Quality and Safety and Case Studies(2hrs)
17. Fieldwork(8hrs)
10 18. Assignments
 References:
 ASTM, I. Standard Practice for Roads and Parking Lots Pavement
Condition Index Surveys. United States: ASTM International.
 Department of Roads, H. M. (1995). Departmental Policy
Document, The DoR Strategy. Kathmandu: Department of Roads.
 MRCU, DoR, (1995). Road Pavement Management, The
Discussion Paper. Kathmandu: Department of Roads, His
Majesty's Government of Nepal.
 Robinson, R., Danielson, U., & Snaith, M. (1998). Rod
Maintenance Management. London: Acmillan Press Limited.
 Shahin, M. Y. (2005). Pavement Management for Airports, Roads
and Parking Lots. New York: Springer Science+Business Media,
LLC.
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Ch-1, Introduction to Pavement
Management

By: Bishnu Prasad

Devkota
 The Target…

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 Pavement, Traffic and Subgrade

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 VOC, Roughness & Pavement Life

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 Pollution (CO2) and Pavement Life

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 Pavement Condition & its Life

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 Cash Flow in Pavement Life Cycle

Maintenance

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 Pavement Condition & Cost Reqd

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 Goal and Strategy: The Target

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 PMS: Introduction

 Recent developments in microcomputers and

pavement management technology
– have provided tools needed to manage pavements
economically.
 A pavement management system (PMS)
– provides a systematic, consistent method for
selecting M&R needs and
– determining priorities and the optimal time of repair
by predicting future pavement condition.
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 PMS: Introduction

 In addition to cost avoidance, long periods of

closure to traffic and detours (deviation from
original route) can also be avoided.
 A PMS is a valuable tool that alerts the
pavement manager to the critical point in a
pavement’s life cycle.

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 Pavement Performance With &
Without Maintenance

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 Pavement Age, Serviceability and
Maintenance Cost

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 PMS: Introduction

 In the late 1960s and early 1970s

– Originally described as “a systems approach to
pavement design”,
– the term “pavement management system (PMS)”
came into popular use in the late 1960s and early
1970s to describe decision support tools for the
entire range of activities involved in providing and
maintaining pavements

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 PMS: Definition

 Haas and Hudson (1978)

– expand on this by defining “activities” as those
actions associated with pavement planning, design,
construction, maintenance, evaluation and research.
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 Hudson et al. (1979)
– describe a “total pavement management system”
as “…a coordinated set of activities, all directed
toward achieving the best value possible for the
available public funds in providing and operating
smooth, safe, and economical pavements.”
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 PMS: Definition

 (AASHTO, 1985)
– defines pavement management system as
“…..the effective and efficient directing of the various
activities involved in providing and sustaining
pavements in a condition acceptable to the traveling
public at the least life cycle cost “

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 Introduction Ch-1, 2

Pavement Condition Ch-3, 4, 5, 17

Measurement

Pavement Condition
Prediction Ch- 6, 18

M/R Techniques Ch- 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Network Level PM Ch-11, 14

Project Level PM Ch-11, 15

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 Pavement Management

 Network Level PM
 Operational Level PM
 Project Level PM

Source:
Road Pavement Management,
Discussion Paper,
DoR, 1995
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 PMS: Components

Source: Road
Pavement
Management,
Discussion Paper,
DoR, 1995

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 PMS: Components

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 Model Questions

1. Discuss phases of road deterioration curves.

Illustrate effect of axle loading on road
deterioration.

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