Pavement Management Practices in State Highway Agencies: Newington, Connecticut Peer Exchange Results
January 2011
Office of Asset Management
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20590
FHWA-HIF-11-036
Table of Contents
- Foreward
- Notices
- Technical Report Documentation Page
- SI Metric Conversion Factors Table
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Use of Pavement Management Data to Support Decision Making
- Chapter 3 Using Pavement Management for Short and Long Term Planning
- Chapter 4 Establishing Links with Pavement Preservation and Maintenance Operations
- Chapter 5 Developing Performance Models and Performance Measures using Pavement Condition Information
- Chapter 6 The Economics of Pavement Management: Cost Effectiveness and Cost Savings
- Chapter 7 Technical Issues Related to Comparison of Performance Measures
- Chapter 8 Summary
- Appendix A Background Summaries of Participating State Highway Agencies
List of Tables
- Table 1-1. Participants in the North Atlantic Peer Exchange Meeting
- Table 2-1. Summary of Practices in participating state highway agencies
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Technical Report Documentation Page
1. Report No. FHWA-HIF-11-036 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog No. |
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4. Title and Subtitle Pavement Management Peer Exchange – Connecticut |
5. Report Date January 2011 |
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6. Performing Organization Code |
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7. Author(s) R. Gary Hicks, Ph.D. P.E. and Jonathan L. Groeger |
8. Performing Organization Report No. |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. R. Gary Hicks, LLC |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
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11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-07-D-00030 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered Final Report, June - September 2010 |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code |
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15. Supplementary Notes Contracting Officer's Task Manager (COTM): Thomas Van, P.E. |
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16. Abstract This report summarizes the results of a 2-day Peer Exchange on Pavement Management held in Newington, Connecticut on September 8-9, 2010. The participating states include the following: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Representatives from each of the DOTs and their FHWA Division counterpart attended the meeting. The report includes a summary of the states' practices and a discussion on each of the following topics:
This report summarizes the discussions at the meeting. |
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17. Key Words pavement management, pavement management system, asset management, pavement performance, pavement data collection |
18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. |
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19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No of Pages 33 |
22. Price N/A |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized.
SI* Modern Metric Conversion Factors
Approximate conversions to SI Units | ||||
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Symbol | When you know | Multiply by | To find | Symbol |
Length | ||||
in | inches | 25.4 | millimeters | mm |
ft | feet | 0.305 | meters | m |
yd | yards | 0.914 | meters | m |
mi | miles | 1.61 | kilometers | km |
Area | ||||
in2 | square inches | 645.2 | square millimeters | mm2 |
ft2 | square feet | 0.093 | square meters | m2 |
yd2 | square yard | 0.836 | square meters | m2 |
ac | acres | 0.405 | hectares | ha |
mi2 | square miles | 2.59 | square kilometers | km2 |
Volume | ||||
fl oz | fluid ounces | 29.57 | milliliters | mL |
gal | gallons | 3.785 | liters | L |
ft3 | cubic feet | 0.028 | cubic meters | m3 |
yd3 | cubic yards | 0.765 | cubic meters | m3 |
Note: volumes greater than 1000 L shall be shown in m3 | ||||
Mass | ||||
oz | ounces | 28.35 | grams | g |
lb | pounds | 0.454 | kilograms | kg |
T | short tons (2000 lb) | 0.907 | megagrams (or "metric ton") | Mg (or "t") |
Temperature (exact degrees) | ||||
oF | Fahrenheit | 5 (F-32)/9 or (F-32)/1.8 | Celsius | oC |
Illumination | ||||
fc | foot-candles | 10.76 | lux | lx |
fl | foot-Lamberts | 3.426 | candela/m2 | cd/m2 |
Force and Pressure or Stress | ||||
lbf | poundforce | 4.45 | newtons | N |
lbf/in2 | poundforce per square inch | 6.89 | kilopascals | kPa |
Approximate conversions from SI Units | ||||
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Symbol | When you know | Multiply by | To find | Symbol |
Length | ||||
mm | millimeters | 0.039 | inches | in |
m | meters | 3.28 | feet | ft |
m | meters | 1.09 | yards | yd |
km | kilometers | 0.621 | miles | mi |
Area | ||||
mm2 | square millimeters | 0.0016 | square inches | in2 |
m2 | square meters | 10.764 | square feet | ft2 |
m2 | square meters | 1.195 | square yards | yd2 |
ha | hectares | 2.47 | acres | ac |
km2 | square kilometers | 0.386 | square miles | mi2 |
Volume | ||||
mL | milliliters | 0.034 | fluid ounces | fl oz |
L | liters | 0.264 | gallons | gal |
m3 | cubic meters | 35.314 | cubic feet | ft3 |
m3 | cubic meters | 1.307 | cubic yards | yd3 |
Mass | ||||
g | grams | 0.035 | ounces | oz |
kg | kilograms | 2.202 | pounds | lb |
Mg (or "t") | megagrams (or "metric ton") | 1.103 | short tons (2000 lb) | T |
Temperature (exact degrees) | ||||
oC | Celsius | 1.8C+32 | Fahrenheit | oF |
Illumination | ||||
lx | lux | 0.0929 | foot-candles | fc |
cd/m2 | candela/m2 | 0.2919 | foot-Lamberts | fl |
Force and Pressure or Stress | ||||
N | newtons | 0.225 | poundforce | lbf |
kPa | kilopascals | 0.145 | poundforce per square inch | lbf/in2 |
*SI is the symbol for the International System of Units. Appropriate rounding should be made to comply with Section 4 of ASTM E380. (Revised March 2003) |
Foreword
The Federal Highway Administration Office of Asset Management has performed a series of Pavement Management Peer Exchange Workshops. The purpose of these workshops is to provide participating state agencies a forum to discuss issues of mutual interest in the field of pavement management and promote information exchange between participating agencies.
This document reports on the discussions held at the fifth such Peer Exchange held on September 8-9, 2010 in Newington, Connecticut. The peer exchange had representatives from the following agencies:
- Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT)
- Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT)
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
- New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT)
- New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
- Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)
- Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans)
- FHWA Division and Resources Center Staff
- FHWA Office of Asset Management
The report presents a summary of the states' practices in each of the following topics:
- Using pavement management data to support decision making
- Using pavement management data for short-and long-term planning
- Establishing links with pavement preservation and maintenance and operations
- Developing performance models and performance measures using pavement condition information
- Economics of pavement management - cost effectiveness and cost savings
- Technical issues related to comparison of performance measures