Long-Term Pavement Management

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT 1. Concepts 2. Definition of pavement management 3. Management principles 4. A brief historical overview of pavement management. 5. Elements of Pavement Management TEACHING UNIT 2. DATA REQUIRED FOR MANAGEMENT (I): INVENTORIES AND HISTORICAL RECORDS 1. Introduction 2. Pavement History 3. Techniques for Obtaining Information on Pavement Layer Thicknesses 4. Pavement Inventory TEACHING UNIT 3. DATA REQUIRED FOR MANAGEMENT (II): TRAFFIC AND CLIMATE 1. Introduction 2. Definition of Heavy Traffic and the Concept of Equivalent Load 3. Traffic Intensity and Its Assessment for Pavement Management 4. Types of Loads for Pavement Analysis 5. Heavy Traffic Equivalence Factor 6. Calculation Example 7. Climate and Pavement Condition TEACHING UNIT 4. EVALUATION OF PAVEMENT CONDITION: MONITORING AND INSPECTIONS 1. Definition 2. General Issues Associated with Pavement Monitoring 3. Types of Pavement Monitoring 4. Sampling Frequency 5. General Considerations Regarding Parameters for Pavement Monitoring 6. Key Parameters for Pavement Management 7. Inspections TEACHING UNIT 5. ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION. DATABASE 1. Introduction 2. Requirements 3. Reference Systems 4. Database Design 5. Database Utilization 6. Integration with Other Databases TEACHING UNIT 6. CONDITION INDICATORS (STRUCTURAL AND SURFACE) 1. Definition 2. Use of Indicators on Roads 3. Parametric Indicators 4. Global Indicators 5. Historical Indicators 6. Recommended Scales for Indicators 7. Surface Indicators 8. Structural Indicators TEACHING UNIT 7. EVOLUTION MODELS. ACTION THRESHOLDS. REMAINING SERVICE LIFE 1. Introduction 2. Modeling Techniques 3. Model Calibration 4. Statistical Evaluation and Model Reliability 5. Action Thresholds 6. Remaining Service Life 7. Decision Making TEACHING UNIT 8. POLICIES, PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION. STRATEGIES 1. Introduction 2. Conservation policies 3. Conservation plans and programs 4. Routine conservation techniques 5. Rehabilitation techniques: structural rehabilitations. 6. Rehabilitation techniques: pavement recycling. 7. Rehabilitation Techniques: Surface Rehabilitations. 8. Maintenance Strategies TEACHING UNIT 9. STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2. Structural Rehabilitation Methods 3. Calculation of Reinforcement for Flexible and Semi-Rigid Pavements Using the Aashto Method 4. Economic Evaluation of Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Strategies TEACHING UNIT 10. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: STRUCTURE AND CONTENT 1. General Principles of the Structure of a Pavement Management System 2. Basic Content of a Pavement Management System 3. Design and Development of a Pavement Management System