Pavements

PM Roadmap Related Projects

The progress against each problem statement is tracked and documented in a spreadsheet with planned, on-going and completed related activities.

Theme 1

• Best Practices for Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • NCHRP 20-07 AASHTO Pavement Management Guide Update
    • Managing Pavements and Monitoring Performance: Best Practices in Australia, Europe, and New Zealand (.pdf, 2.3 mb)
• Development of Pavement Distress Standards
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Improving NMDOT's Pavement Distress Survey Methodology and Developing Correlations between FHWA's HPMS Distress Data and PMS Data
• Development of Improved Methodologies for Evaluating Data Quality
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Quality Management of Pavement Condition Data Collection (.pdf)
    • Optimization of and Maximizing Benefits from Pavement Management Data Collection
    • Practical Guide for Quality Management of Pavement Condition Data Collection (.pdf, 5 mb)
    • Impact of Error in Pavement Condition Data on the Output of Network-Level Pavement Management Systems
• Establish and Develop Equipment Calibration Centers and Guidelines
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Comprehensive Study to Guide the Integration of Pavement Preservation and Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Pavement Preservation Integration with Pavement Management
    • Improving Pavement Management System by Adding Pavement Preservation Component
    • Pavement Management: Capturing Surface Treatment Effectiveness
    • Effectiveness of Crack Sealing on Pavement Serviceability and Life (.pdf)
    • Technologies to Determine Indicators for Pavement Preservation Strategies (DTFH61-07-D-00030-T-12002)
• Independent Technical Assessments of Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • Develop a Pavement Project Evaluation Index to Support the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan-TxDOT
  • Completed
• Pavement Management Clearinghouse
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Synthesis of External Issues Driving Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Methods of Defining and Calculating the Effect of Pavement Preservation Treatments on Pavement Life
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • Factors Affecting the Performance of Pavement Preservation Treatments (DTFH61-07-D-00030-T-12001)
  • Completed
    • Performance Evaluation of Various Rehabilitation and Preservation Treatments
    • Effectiveness-Based Pavement Preservation Selection Based on Statistical Analysis of Long Term Pavement Performance Data
    • Estimating Optimum Timings for Treatments on Flexible Pavements with Surface Rutting
    • Defining Benefits from Pavement Rehabilitation and Preservation
    • Development of an SPS-2 Pavement Preservation Experiment
    • Development of an SPS-2 Pavement Preservation Experiment
• Investigation into the Risk, Uncertainty, and Variability in Pavement Management Decisions
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed

Theme 2

• Communicating Pavement Management Information and Benefits
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Pavement Management Systems Peer Exchange Program Report
    • Findings from the International Scan on Managing Pavements and Monitoring Performance
• Improving the Skills of Pavement Managers
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Annual Approval of State Planning and Research (SP&R) Program Funding
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Framework for Minimizing the Delivery of Treatment Application
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Addressing Trade-Offs, Metric Issues, and Purchasing Controls/Policies
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Impact of Pavement Management Investment Levels on Benefits
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Methods to Promote Pavement Management as a Management Tool
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Recommended Methodology to Calculate Pavement Asset Value and Communicate to Stakeholders
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Suggested Topics for Pavement Management into the Civil Engineering Curriculum
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Constant Funding for Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Identify Information Technology (IT) Needs to Effectively Manage a Pavement Management System
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed

Theme 3

• Development and Use of Effective Performance Measures
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Estimates-TxDOT Phase 1 (.pdf)
    • Implementation of New Pavement Performance Prediction Models in PMIS (.pdf)
    • Improving FHWA's Ability to Assess Highway Infrastructure Health (.pdf)
    • Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Estimates for the TxDOT Pavement Management Information System - Final Report (.pdf)
• Pavement Management Data Mining: Improving Current Uses and Leveraging New Applications of Pavement Management Data
  • Planned
    • Data Integration for Pavement-From Design to Maintenance and Use of Automated Pavement Distress Data in INDOT Pavement Management System (PMS)
  • On-going
    • Inclusion of Maintenance in Life Cycle Costs of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
  • Completed
    • Detecting Flushing of Thin-Sprayed Seal Pavements Using Pavement Management Data
    • Estimation of pavement rehabilitation cost using pavement management data
    • Traffic and Data Preparation for AASHTO MEPDG Analysis and Designs (.pdf)
    • Factors Influencing the Lifecycle Performance of Pavement Utilizing Decision Tree Analysis
    • Network-Level Pavement Asset Management System Integrated with Life-Cycle Analysis and Life-Cycle Optimization
    • Procedures for Integrating Pavement Distress and Other Data Elements to Maximize the Benefits of Pavement Management
• Load Limit Impacts on Pavement Performance
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • Analysis of Truck Load Weight Distribution in North Carolina
  • Completed
• Developing and Supporting a Pavement Management Business Plan
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Use of Pavement Management Information for National Reporting
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Using Pavement Management Data to Support Design Activities
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Evaluation of Current Louisiana Flexible Pavement Structures Using PMS Data and New Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (.pdf)
    • Integrated Tools for Pavement Design and Management
• National Funding Allocations that Account for State Priorities
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Identify Data Needs to Support Other Processes
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Methodologies to Reliably Support Innovative Contracting
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Evaluation of MDOT's Distress Thresholds for Maintained Pavement Projects
    • A Two-Phase Maintenance and Rehabilitation Framework for Pavement Assets under Performance Based Contracts
    • Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification as an Alternative to Performance Bonds
    • Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Mississippi's Pavement Warranty Program
• Impact of Earmarks on Pavement Performance
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed

Theme 4

• Development of Automated Condition Data Processing Tools
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • PCR Evaluation
  • Completed
    • Rapid Network Level Survey with Automated Cracking Detection
    • New Method for Classifying and Quantifying Cracking of Flexible Pavements in Automated Pavement Condition Survey
    • Automated detection and measurement of cracks from monochrome video clips captured by road network survey vehicle
    • Study on Pavement Distress Image Recognition Using Clustering and Classification Algorithms and Spatial Database Techniques
    • Evaluation of Nondestructive Methods for Determining Pavement Thickness
    • Texas Department of Transportation 3D Transverse Profiling System for High-Speed Rut Measurement
• Methods to Quantify the Benefits of Pavement Management
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Benefit Cost Models to Support PMS Decisions
• Improving Factors Considered in Project and Treatment Selection Decisions
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • Development of Cost-Effective Pavement Treatment Selection and Treatment Performance Models
    • Calibration of Controlling Input Models for Pavement Management System
    • Iowa Pavement Asset Management Decision Framework
  • Completed
    • Pavement Network Maintenance Optimization Considering Multidimensional Condition Data
    • Simultaneous Network Optimization Approach for Pavement Management Systems
    • Toward Sustainable Pavement Management: Incorporating Environmental Impacts of Pavement Treatments into Performance-Based Optimization
    • Calibration and Application of Treatment Performance Models in Pavement Management System
    • Development and Implementation of a Network-Level Pavement Optimization Model
    • A Web-Based Pavement Performance and Maintenance Management and GIS Mapping System for Easy Access to Pavement Condition Information (.pdf)
    • Pavement Resurfacing Policy for Minimization of Life-Cycle Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    • Incorporating network considerations into pavement management systems: A case for approximate dynamic programming
    • Multiobjective Pavement-Preservation Decision Making with Simulated Constraint Boundary Programming
    • Environmentally Preferable Pavement Management Systems
    • Sustainable Pavement Maintenance and Preservation Practices: A Review of Current Practice - Transport Research International Documentation
• Analysis of trade-offs associated with alternate methods of data collection
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Impact of Error in Pavement Condition Data on Output of Network-Level Pavement Management Systems
    • Comparison of Data Collection Vehicles to Human Collection Methods
• Pavement Management in a Changing World
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Performance Models that Consider Series of Treatments
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Method for Effectively Modeling Structural Condition
  • Planned
    • Demonstration of Network Level Pavement Structural Evaluation with Traffic Speed Deflectometer
  • On-going
    • Development of Pavement Structural-Capacity Requirements for Innovative Pavement Decision-Making and Construction
    • Pavement Structural Evaluation at Network Level (DTFH61-12-C-00031)
  • Completed
    • Implementation of Rolling Weight Defelectometer (RWD) in PMS and Pavement Preservation
    • Simplified Techniques for Evaluation and Interpretation of Pavement Deflections for Network-Level Analysis (.pdf)
    • Enhancing Network-Level Decision Making Through Use of Structural Capacity Index
    • Developing a Network-Level Structural Capacity Index for Asphalt Pavements
    • Development of the Triangular Model for Pavement Evaluation Using the Rolling Wheel Deflectometer
• Automation of Surface Texture Characteristics
  • Planned
    • Friction Management on Kansas Department of Transportation Highways
  • On-going
    • 3D Laser Imaging for ODOT Interstate Network at True 1-mm Resolution
  • Completed
    • Using 3-D Laser Profiling Sensors for the Automated Measurement of Road Surface Conditions (Ruts, Macrotexture, Raveling, Cracks)
    • Pavement texture from high-speed laser for pavement management system
    • Assessing Surface Texture and Pavement Performance Using Three-Dimensional Parameters from Photometric Stereo Technique
• Identifying Strategies for Incorporating Emerging Technologies into Pavement Management Systems
  • Planned
  • On-going
    • Monitoring Highway Assets with Remote Technology
    • A Remote Sensing and GIS-enabled Asset Management System (RS-GAMS) Phase 2
    • Non-invasive Imaging and Assessment of Pavements
    • Enhancing GDOT's Concrete Pavement Restoration Program Using Emerging 3D Sensing Technology and Historical Concrete Condition Survey Data
  • Completed
    • Pilot Demonstration of the Use of Probe Vehicles to Measure Road Ride Quality
    • 3D Technology for Managing Pavements
    • Unsupervised Approach for Autonomous Pavement-Defect Detection and Quantification Using an Inexpensive Depth Sensor
• Quantifying the Cost of Pavement Use
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
• Develop Nondestructive Testing for Measurement of In-Place Material Properties
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers
• Quantifying the Benefits of Pavement Research
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Florida's Return on Investment from Pavement Research and Development
• Develop Default Models for Low-Volume Roads
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Implementing Pavement Management Systems for Local Agencies - State-of-the-Art/State-of-the-Practice Synthesis
• Impact of Climate Change on Performance Prediction
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Methodology for Evaluating Climate Change Impact on Asphalt Pavement Design Life
    • Method for Evaluating Implications of Climate Change for Design and Performance of Flexible Pavements
    • The Implications of Climate Change on Pavement Performance and Design
    • Use of System Dynamics to Understand Long-Term Impact of Climate Change on Pavement Performance and Maintenance Cost
• Development and Integration of Wireless Sensors with PMS
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Toward an Integrated Smart Sensing System and Data Interpretation Techniques for Pavement Fatigue Monitoring
    • A Feasibility Study on Embedded Micro-Electromechanical Sensors and Systems (MEMS) for Monitoring Highway Structures
    • Smart Pavement Monitoring System (.pdf)
• Use of Aerial Images for Distress Analysis
  • Planned
  • On-going
  • Completed
    • Aerial Photograph-based Pavement Surface Distress Detection and Assessment