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• Policy

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Formal Policy on the Use of Recycled Materials	February, 2002	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Pavement Policy (Non-Regulatory Supplement to 23 CFR 626)	April, 1999	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Final Policy Statement Federal Register Notice	9/18/1996	Migdalia Carrion, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements Transportation Asset Performance Team

• Guidance

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Tech Brief: Environmental Product Declarations	March, 2021	Migdalia Carrion, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements Transportation Asset Performance Team
  Tech Brief: Optimized Design Details for Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements	August, 2019	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement	April, 2019	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Manual, Guidelines for Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation	August, 2016	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Supplement to the 1998 Technical Bulletin on Life Cycle Cost Analysis (FHWA-SA-98-79)	3/04/2015	Migdalia Carrion, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements Transportation Asset Performance Team
  Recycled Materials in Asphalt Pavements	10/20/2014	Richard Duval, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Use of Alternate Bidding for Pavement Type Selection (T5040.39A)	12/20/2012	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Pavement Friction Management (T 5040.38)	6/17/2010	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Best Practices for Dowel Placement Tolerances	June, 2007	Mike Praul, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Use of Coal Ash In Embankments and Bases (T 5080.9)	5/16/1998	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Paved Shoulders (T 5040.29)	February, 1990	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements

• Information

  Document	Date	Contact(s)
  Open Graded Friction Course: How-To Report	June 2023	Timothy Aschenbrener, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Stone Matrix Asphalt: How-To Document	April 2023	Timothy Aschenbrener, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Pavement Management Roadmap	September 2022	Christy Poon-Atkins, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  New Britain Bus Pads Precast Concrete Pavement Demonstration Project	December, 2016	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Best Practices for Jointed Concrete Pavements / Blended Aggregates for Concrete Mixture Optimization Tech Brief	July, 2015	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Materials-Related Distress: Paste Best Practices for Jointed Concrete Pavements	June, 2015	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement	January, 2015	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Asphalt Material Characterization for AASHTOWare® Pavement ME Design Using an Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT)	September, 2013	Leslie Myers, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement: Design Using the AASHTO Pavement ME Design Program	June, 2013	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement: Improved Transition Designs	May, 2013	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement: Design Using the AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design Procedure	April, 2013	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Pervious Concrete	December, 2012	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Performance and Best Practices	September, 2012	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: An Alternative Asphalt Binder, Sulfur-Extended Asphalt (SEA)	May, 2012	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Use of Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete Pavements	March, 2012	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Use of Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete Pavements - Final Report	March, 2012	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Use of Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete Pavements-A Guide to Best Practice	February, 2012	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Safety Edge Design and Construction Guide	1/05/2012	Andy Mergenmeier, Resource Center (Baltimore) Cathy Satterfield, Office of Safety
  Techbrief: Coefficient of Thermal Expansion in Concrete Pavement Design	October, 2011	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Safety Evaluation of the Safety Edge Treatment	April, 2011	Carol Tan, Office of Research, Development and Technology Cathy Satterfield, Office of Safety
  TechBrief: The Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) Procedure	April, 2011	Richard Duval, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: A Review of Aggregate and Asphalt Mixture Specific Gravity Measurements and Their Impacts on Asphalt Mix Design Properties and Mix Acceptance (FHWA-HIF-11-033)	December, 2010	Richard Duval, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Superpave Gyratory Compactors (FHWA-HIF-11-032)	December, 2010	Richard Duval, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Superpave Mix Design and Gyratory Compaction Levels (FHWA-HIF-11-031)	December, 2010	Richard Duval, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Impact of Temperature Curling and Moisture Warping on Jointed Concrete Pavement Performance	July, 2010	Vacant, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  WIM Data Analyst's Manual	June, 2010	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Daylighted Permeable Bases	January, 2009	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Evaluating the Use of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement	January, 2009	Mike Praul, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Thin Whitetopping - the Colorado Experience	June, 2007	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  High Performance Concrete Pavements: Project Summary	February, 2006	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  High Performance Concrete Pavements: Technical Summary of Results from Test and Evaluation Project 30	February, 2006	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation and Preservation Treatments	November, 2005	Tom Yu, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  TechBrief: Use of Magnetic Tomography Technology to Evaluate Dowel Bar Placement	October, 2005	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  RealCost User Manual, Version 2.1	May, 2004	Migdalia Carrion, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements Transportation Asset Performance Team
  Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers Fourth Edition	June, 2003	Gina Ahlstrom, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements
  Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Primer	August, 2002	Migdalia Carrion, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements Transportation Asset Performance Team
  FHWA & NAPA Information Series 128: HMA Pavement Mix Type Selection Guide	January, 2001	LaToya Johnson, Office of Preconstruction, Construction and Pavements

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