Road Inventory and Road

Asset Management

Bhairahawa, 2069/06/12

Bringing a car in Kathmandu Valley in 1942

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Next car before1957 AD…..

… Now

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Strategic and local road Network

No road yet in
4 districts

Crowded Roads

Total Network exceeds 28000 kms

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The Strategic Road Network

The backbone of the National Road Network

Consists of 15 National Highways and 51 Feeder
Roads. It occupies about 33 percent of the National
Road Network
78% of the National Highway and 55% of Feeder
Roads have bituminous surface
It enables economic growth and development to take
place and ensures social harmony
Consists Asian Highway AH2, AH42, SAARC , SASEC
and BIMSTEC Corridors

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Local Road Network, LRN

Considerable expansion of the local rural road network

took place over the past 10 years
the construction being undertaken by a large number
of local initiatives and agencies – often involving
significant local participation
In many of these roads the geometry in terms of
Gradient, width and bends are critically poor
questioning their functionality
The actual inventory of Local roads is yet to be
developed

North south connectors proposed

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Types of Road Surface

Total SRN Road Length 9399 km

Earthen
B'topped 3083.0
4258.0 33%
45%
Earthen
Gravel
B'topped Gravel
2058.0
22%
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Asset Management

Painful development: Ever-

changing views of assets:
User view
Immediate user satisfaction is the main goal
Present functional condition of the asset is
most important
Monitoring of user opinion is the main task of
the management
Measures are taken mainly based on present
user demands. 10

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Asset Management
Business view (AM)
Long-term user satisfaction is the main goal
The long-term functional condition of the
asset is most important
Balancing of present and long-term user
demands is the main task of the
management
Measures are taken based both on user
demands and technical condition.

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Road as an Asset
Road network have an asset value
Significant proportion of national wealth
Contributes to gross national product GNP
This asset can be managed in a business like manner

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Construction and Maintenance
Construction as Projects
Maintenance as Process i.e. Management Problem

Concerns of maintenance are:

Delivering a defined quality of service
Resources of people, material and equipment
Activities and procedures
Location on the road network
Timing of intervention

Management
Defining activities
Planning
Allocating resources
Organizing and motivating personnel
Controlling work
Monitoring and evaluating performance
Feeding back results to seek improvements
Road management is as a process attempting to optimize
the overall performance of road network over time

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 Tools for Asset Management
Road Management
Road System
Manager

Regulations,
ANALYSIS recommendations, handbooks
MODELS etc

Money

DATA
DATA

Measures

Research / Knowledge
(Road Deterioration, Roads
Data Collection
Traffic Effects, Road (Road Data Bank, Road Surface,
Works Effects, FWD, Traffic, Inspections,
Optimisation) Measures, Weather)
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Deterioration Pattern of Paved Roads

13 Phase 2
Phase 1 Phase 3
International Roughness Index (IRI)

12 With normal loading

With axle load
15% higher
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9 Reconstruction required in absence of earlier rehabilitation

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Critical stage, if RH
not done
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4 Rehabilitation Indicated

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Routine, Recurrent,
2 Periodic defer need for
RH
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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Date based on Asphalt Concrete ADT = 2500, rainfall = 120 mm / month and minimal Maintenance
Source: World Bank, Road Deterioration in Developing Countries, 1988 Years

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Pavement Deterioration, Impact and Treatment Cycle
Causes of Deterioration
Topography & Subgrade
Material & pavement thickness
Drainage
Quality of construction material
Environment
Traffic
Age

Forms of Deterioration
Cracks, Potholes, Ravelling, Ruts, Exposed base/subbase
Bleeding, Edge break, Corrugation, Shoulder wear etc

Planned Maintenance
Routine
Increase in
Recurrent Roughness
Periodic
Annualized Cost = C/km Increasing Road
user Costs
Fuel/Lubricant
Rehabilitation Loss of Tyre wear
Pavement Strengthening Spare parts
structural
Backlog maintenance Maintenance
strength
Annualized Cost RH= 3-4 x C/km Increasing
journey time
Reduced vehicle
utilization
Reconstruction Pavement
Failure
Annualized Cost RC= 3 xRH/km

Deterioration of Paved Roads

Phase 1
 Pavement condition considered “GOOD”
 Period of limited visible deterioration (minor cracking, occasional potholes, edge
damage)
 Good serviceability
 Marginal increase in roughness
Phase 2
 Pavement condition considered “FAIR to POOR”
 Visible deterioration is apparent (extensive cracking, potholes, rutting, edge
damage)
 Serviceability varying from reasonable to poor
 Noticeable rise in roughness
Phase 3
 Pavement condition considered “POOR to FAILED”
 Critical stage in life of pavement
 Rapid deterioration leading structural failure
 Total loss of serviceability
 Roughness reaches unacceptable level
 Pavement no longer able to carry design load

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 Maintenance strategy

condition
Huge Rehabilitation cost
required in Strategy 1
New road
Planned maintenance with
Strategy-2 reasonable investment differs
costly Rehab in Strategy 2
Strategy-1
Limit of intervention

Visible damage

Limit of serviceability

time

Performance Curve in Diff. Stages

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Change in discounted life cycle costs on a

paved road for different levels of maintenance

160

140

120

100
Operation Cost
Cost

80 124 Miantenance Cost

91 Cosntruction Cost
60 80

40

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18 18 18
0
Well Maintained (IRI = Poorly Miantained (IRI Zero Maintenance (IRI
2.5) =4) =10)
Level of Mainteance

Source: Robinson , Danielson and Martin Smith, Road Maintenance Management,

1998
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Maintenance Activities
Routine
Recurrent
Periodic
Preventative
Emergency
Reconstruction

Impacts of road activities

Level of service or road condition
National development and socio-economic impacts
Road user cost
Accident Levels and costs
Environmental degradation
Road administration costs

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Relative Costs on an ordinary
road (Sweden)

Road Inventory
It is a register where the physical details of road
segment such as length, width, drainage, walls, etc
are recorded
Also called road register
It is updated at a regular interval
Usual size of Road Inventory pages is A3.
One page accommodate 1000 m of the road length
Smallest division represents 10 m of length
Smaller than 10 m is numerically written
Symmetrically divided into two halves

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Road Inventory
Following details are usually shown on the road
inventory sheets
Road Name
Road Surface and shoulder type
Road length
Usual size of Road Inventory pages is A3.
One page accommodate 1000 m of the road length
Smallest division represents 10 m of length
Smaller than 10 m is numerically written
Symmetrically divided into two halves vertically

Road Inventory
Following details are usually shown on the road
inventory sheets
Road Name
Road Surface and shoulder type
Road length
Road Width
Road History
Drainage Structure
Cross drainage structure including bridges
Parapet

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Road Inventory
Following details are usually shown on the road
inventory sheets
Crash Barriers
Delineators
Road Signs
Intersections
Place Name
Walls, its types and details
Etc.

Road Inventory
Following details are usually shown on the road
inventory sheets
Crash Barriers
Delineators Remember!
Road Signs Inventory needs
Intersections to be updated
every year
Place Name
Walls, its types and details
Etc.

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When and how to prepare?
When a new road is constructed/ rehabilitees/
reconstructed and handed back
Ashwin Kartick is the best time
Monsoon damages could also be included
Any changes in road elements could be incorporated
If major changes, new inventory to be prepared

Strip Map
A Sketch of a certain road showing the
relevant information required for
construction and maintenance of road
section
It does not focus on road elements

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 Elements on Strip Map
The Chainages
The place, names, settlements
Rivers and bridges
Service centers and utilities
Intersections and crossings
Tentative location of materials quarry
Locations of other resources
Problems spots
Specific information required by field staff

To Pokhara

Stripe Map of Butwal Division

Chidiyakhola TO KTM
4.14 Km

To Nepalgunj Kothi 26.70 Km Mahendra Chowk Sunwal Bardaghat Narayani Bridge

1.40 Km Km 22.54 Km 40.00 Km 113.66

Butwal 0 Km
To Heatuda

Lumbini Garden 16.62 Km 8.25 Km 13.8 Km

18.38 km Bhairahawa Parasi Pratappur

Kothi 5.71 Km. 0 Km

Lumbini

Padariya 4.4 km. Belhiya 21.95 Km 23.05 Km

22.70 Km Maheshpur Surajpura
To Kakrahawa

Harpur

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THANK YOU

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