ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Presented by –
LT Col Harshad Chati
Ms Anaya Bhobe
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Indian Scenario

• Rapid Development in the road infrastructure and Transit Systems

– $1.4 Trillions
• National Highway authority of India (NHAI)
• Existing Inventory
NH Length – 150650 KM
State NH Length - 146000 KM
• Under Development/Execution
65000 Km in Seven Phases
Bharatmala Port Connectivity
Expressway’s
• Amortization of assets - ToT Model
• Policy and guidelines laid down for periodic survey of the assets
• State government also developing road assets
What is Road Asset Management System?

Performance Evaluation

Cost effective strategies for evaluation and

maintenance of asset in serviceable conditions Asset Management System and
Strategies

Periodic cycles to monitor

Asset deterioration

Financial modelling to allocate

necessary funds
 Deliverables for Road Asset Management System

• Comprehensive digital database – historic

Performance and present records stored
Evaluation
for easyaccess

• Periodic monitoring until design life deterioration patterns and to take

preventive measures
Deliverables of Asset
• To effectively make financial allocations for O&M
Management
Systems • Increasing longevity of service life of assets, resulting in improved socio-
economic development of the country.
Consultancy services offered by TPF India

Performance Evaluation

Collection of data for Inventory

Conditional analysis and assessment of distress condition

Preparation of estimate for remedial measure for repair and rehabilitation

 Asset Management Division of TPF India
Asset Management
Asset Management Division
Division Performance Evaluation

Road Asset
Management Bridge Asset Management
Bridge Asset
Management Division
Pavement Miscellaneous Road Furniture
Pavement Road furniture
Structure

Individual Ground
Individual Penetrating Network
Pavement
Pavement LayersLayers Major Culverts
Radar (GPR) Survey Vehicle Minor Bridges
Light Detection Bridges
(NSV)
Network Survey And Ranging
Vehicle (NSV) System (LiDAR) bile
Drone Bridg
Retroreflectors
Falling Weight MobileeBridge Manual Inspection
Deflectometer Inspe Unit
Inspection
Soil and ction by skilled engineers
(FWD) Material (MBIU)
Unit
Testing (MBI
U)
 Road Asset Management
Asset Management
Division Performance Evaluation
Pavement & its deterioration

Necessity for pavement assessment and evaluation Bridge Asset Management

Pavement Traffic surveys

Road furniture

Individual NSV
Pavement Layers

FWD

Retroreflectors

GPR
 Sr. No Task
1 Road Asset Management
Pavement Maintenance
2
and Management System
3 Road Safety Audit
Description of task Equipment to be utilized
• Road inventory of the existing
Network Survey Vehicle, Retro Reflectors,
furniture and facilities
Soil and Material Testing LiDAR, Drone
• Features available within ROW
Ground Penetrating Radar
• Utilities (underground/overhead)
• Cracks evaluation and corresponding
remedial measures to minimize the Network Survey Vehicle
severity and extent
• Estimation of remaining life of
pavement in relation to design Falling Weight Deflectometer
traffic and requirement of overlay
• To ensure safety considerations in line
Visual inspection and Network
with the latest codal provisions and
Survey Vehicle
amendments
Traffic surveys – Automatic Traffic Counter and Classifier, Origin-Destination, Axle
Load

All traffic surveys conducted in conformance to IRC SP-19

Present traffic scenario captured for record keeping as well as

utilized in traffic forecasting

Initialization of traffic database which would be updated

periodically with each survey

Better utilization of historic trends for traffic forecasting

Traffic data would be readily accessible for future projects

 Network Survey Vehicle – Data Collection
NSV can operate at highway speed without affecting the quality of
data collection

1 4 3

2 Inertial Road Profiles along Left and Right wheel path

2 5
1 Pathway 3D System with Line Lasers to capture Surface Imaging
with in-built canopy to eliminate laser illumination and prevent
formation of shadows
3 High Resolution front view camera with for capturing accurate road inventory
data
4 GPS with integration to Distance Measuring Instrument (DMI)
5 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
Network Survey Vehicle – Data Collection format
3D Data is collected in .3DC Format

Roadway Images are collected in .JPG Format

Profiler Data are collected in .txt file

All these data format are collectively compiled in .sec format

.sec is used so that to get access to data through PSINT software

Network Survey Vehicle – Work Flow
Network Survey
Vehicle
Data Collection

Data Checking

Data Analysis

Asset Mapping Distress Mapping

Pavement International
Condition Rating Roughness Index
(PCR) (IRI)

Rutting Depth

Report
NSV – Checking of Data Quality

Data checking is done by checking of 2D and 3D elevation and roughness data.

Location of stretch checked by taking reference of google earth software .
 NSV – Data Analysis
Automatic crack detection with patented software
1
(AutoCrack and AutoClass) to define its severity and
extent at customized intervals

1
2D and 3D mapping of project stretch both in 3
2
longitudinal as well as transverse direction

Mapping of Road Asset Inventory with Roadway

3
Imaging in integration with GPS and DMI

2
NSV – Data Analysis (AutoCrack)
AutoCrack - automatic detection of irregularities on 3D image

AutoCrack processes 3D images, generates distress boxes with

dimensions and attributes associated with these marked features.

Attributes such as length, width, ratio width/length, number of

crack pixels, density of crack pixels, direction of crack pixels,
average pixel width, average pixel depth, microIRI, faulting, color
intensity, location on the lane and other attributes

Each of these attributes are used in a decision process to classify

each crack box or group of crack boxes into an AutoCrack distress
feature.
Before AutoCrack Processed data After AutoCrack Processed data
NSV – Data Analysis (AutoClass)

Distresses are clearly visible in 3D elevation than 2D elevation

Before Autoclass Processed Data After Autoclass Processed Data
 Steps to run AutoClass
Step 1 : Creation of CONFIGURATION FILE

Assignment of distress features from the images into a distress features

database. The input distress features window has 50 buttons that can
be programmed with 50 different distress features.

Distress buttons setup by the user in the .C11 Distress configuration file
is used as a reference buttons in AutoClass processing system

This file is used for marking the distress for different 5 types of
pavement like(Asph = Asphalt or Flexible, Ovr=Overlay or Composite,
JPCC=Joined PCC or Concrete Rigid, CRC=Continuous Reinforced
Concrete and Other),

Categorization of each distress feature with different colors can be

selected to distinguish distress.
 Steps to run AutoClass
Step 2 : Setup of AutoClass Distress
This menu is used to convert the cracks found via AutoCrack to specific
distress buttons setup by the user in the .C11 Distress configuration file.

This creates distress data which is more compatible with the Distress
Input buttons. The resulting distresses are added to the distress database
so they can be used for reporting.

In this particular example a ravelling detected on the Left edge of the

lane of an Asphalt road section will be converted to a ravelling which is
button number 1 on the .C11 setup file.
 Steps to run AutoClass
Step 3 : Extraction of AutoClass distress
This window sets up minimum width, length or area values for the
Auto crack Distresses.

Consequently, any Auto Crack distress detected in order to be used in

the conversion process the width, length, or area must be greater
than the values entered in these edit boxes.

For eg. This program will ignore any Ravelling which has a area of less
than 0.50sqm.
 Steps to run AutoClass
Step 4 : Preparation of Distress report
Distress report gives the collective database of the mapped distresses.

It gives results as per the client’s requirement for particular project.

Eg. For every 100m,500m… interval of stretch.

Deliverable – Distress format by MORTH
Example of extracted results
Rutting Process
Options include average Rutting for the left wheel path, right wheel path.

The average of both wheel paths is automatically calculated in the database.

Graph indicate RUT for entire road section.

User defined interval can be obtained easily.

 IRI Process
Options include average IRI for the left wheel path, right wheel path.

The average of both wheel paths is automatically calculated in the database.

Graph indicate IRI for entire road section.

User defined interval can be obtained easily.

Deliverables-IRI
Deliverables-Rutting
What is Asset Inventory?
Asset inventory is the extraction of data from path runner images to create a complete comprehensive inventory of highway

infrastructure assets.

Common transportation organizations, such as ASHTO, FHWA, MORTH, etc., Consider asset management to be: ‘a systematic approach to

preserving and managing transportation infrastructure’.

Highway infrastructure assets vary greatly in type and definition depending on the state transportation department and asset group.

There are two different types of assets: point and linear/segment assets.
 Setup For Calibration File Preparation
•Marks are painted on the surface of the
site at an ideal location for the van then
images can be collected which will then be
used to calibrate the roadway images for
location, width, and height
measurements.
 Asset Inventory
Each asset can be tied to its specific district/county,
route, mile point, GPS coordinates, and feature
descriptions.

Asset inventory of all types of roadside characteristics

Road Geometrics
Cross Slope

Horizontal Curvature

Vertical Grade

Up to 0.01 Meters GPS Accuracy

Up to 0.015 Degrees Pitch/Roll Accuracy

Road Geometry (Lane width, Carriageway width,

Shoulder Width etc.)
Asset Report
DELIVERABLES-Road Side Assets (Inventory)
DELIVERABLES – ASSET INVENTORY
ASSET INVENTORY BY HIGH RESOLUTION FRONT PAVEMENT CONDITION INVENTORY BY 3D
CAMERA PROFILOMETER AND LCMS
• Pavement composition and • Pavement Condition Index
type as per ASTM
• Type of shoulders and its • Roughness as per IRI/BI
condition • Rutting along wheel path
Embankment • Automatic crack detection
• Drain – Lined/Open and Distress inventory at
• Built-up Settlements user defined intervals
• Junctions
• Road Furniture –
• Signage/Markings/Crash
Barriers/KM & HM
stones/Guard rails/Lighting
• Arboriculture
 Falling Weight Deflectometer
1. Ascertaining the structural strength of the pavement
layers in the base year
2. Designing of overlay thickness to cater for design traffic
of a period of 10 years, in conformance with IRC:115
3. Load Transfer Efficiency (LTE) to be checked for its
functionality in rigid pavement
4. Flexural strength of rigid pavement to govern the
remaining life of rigid pavement
5. Results and Report preparation in Conformance to
IRC:115/117
6. Existing crust composition samples to be collected
simultaneously for accuracy in data inputs
 Retroreflectors
1. Checking the coefficient of reflectivity for road markings and signage to be
sufficient as per IRC-35 for daytime, nighttime and wet conditions
2. Preparation of report in PDF format to indicate condition of existing road
markings and signage
3. Compilation of digital database for all road markings and signage easily
accessible for future use and asset management
 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
1. Detection of underground/overhead utilities near built-up settlements
2. Preparation of drawing in .dwg format

3. Digital database of utilities readily available for future use

 Necessity of Bridge Management System
• Vintage Bridges – British era bridges and subsequent bridge construction
based on standard design
• Lack of data – no proper documentation or data
• No single platform – availability of data of bridges
• Planning and futuristic projections – based on the service life of bridges
• IBMS – 2014: Conceptualized by IAHE to look in to the woes of
health of Bridges across the Country
• The implementation of IBMS was started in 2015 under MoRTH with interface of
agency for development of software and data processing on National Highways
 Derivatives of Bridge Management System
• Conditional survey of bridges
• Bridge location, classification, structural rating and socio economic ratings can be recorded
• Bridge data compiled and available on single platform
• Earmarking of resources for rehabilitation, repairs and reconstruction – Prioritization can be done
• Durability, Service life of the structure could be ascertained
• Planning for alternate bridges to keep the access open – can be done
 • Improve operational availability ofAsset
• Prevent downtime and enhance life ofAsset
• Avoid accumulation of defects leading to major defect
rendering asset unserviceable for prolonged duration
Conclusion • Prepare database for timely maintenance
• Consolidate requirement of periodical maintenance
 Technological advancement : Asset
Management
Road Asset Management
• Road asset Management software and establishment of control stations
• Satellite / Drone based data acquisition
• GNSS based tolling system
Bridge Management system
• Drone & LiDar based conditional survey
• Cloud based real time Structural health monitoring with integrated Digital
Twin of the structure
TPF India Team
Thank you!