Pavement Management Practices in State Highway Agencies: Madison, Wisconsin Peer Exchange Results
January 2011
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Asset Management
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20590
FHWA-HIF-11-035
Table of Contents
- Notices
- Technical Report Documentation Page
- Foreward
- 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 Communicating and Marketing the Effectiveness of Pavement Management Systems
- Chapter 8 Summary
- Appendix A Background Summaries of Participating State Highway Agencies
Notice
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Technical Report Documentation Page
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1. Report No. FHWA-HIF-11-035 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog No. | |
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4. Title and Subtitle Pavement Management Practices in State Highway Agencies: Madison, Wisconsin Peer Exchange Results |
5. Report Date January 7, 2011 | ||
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6. Performing Organization Code | |||
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7. Author(s) R. Gary Hicks, Ph.D., P.E., Amy L. Simpson, Ph.D., P.E., Jonathan L. Groeger |
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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., HIAM- 10 | |||
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16. Abstract This report summarizes the results of a 2-day Peer Exchange on Pavement Management held in Madison, Wisconsin on August 24-25, 2010. The participating states include the following: Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. 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, pavement performance, pavement preservation, pavement rehabilitation, pavement maintenance, extended service life, pavement management, hot mix asphalt, portland cement concrete |
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 32 |
22. Price N/A |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized.
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 fourth such Peer Exchange held on August 24-25, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin. The peer exchange had representatives from the following agencies:
- Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
- Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
- Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)
- Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR)
- North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT)
- South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT)
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT)
- FHWA Division Offices
- 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
- Communicating and marketing the importance of pavement management