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Tech Brief: Performance Engineered Pavements General Interest: provides practical guidance to engineers responsible for the day-to-day design, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and management of pavements.

Primary Topic: Materials-General

Description: This Technical Brief provides an overview of the several initiatives that encompass the concept of Performance Engineered Pavements (PEP). This document serves as the first in a series of PEP technical briefs on designing and accepting our nation's pavements for performance. Future technical briefs will focus on Asphalt Performance Testing (APT), Concrete Performance Testing (CPT), and Performance Related Specifications (PRS). Additionally, FHWA software and informational guidance for PRS are in development.

FHWA Publication Number: FHWA-HIF-20-005

Publication Year: 2019

Document Links: PDF (file size: 0.3 mb)



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