Green Decision Making Framework for Pavement Surface Rehabilitations

Global climate change is influencing decision-making around the world. In Saskatchewan, for instance, Bill 126 has introduced policies governing the control and pricing of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This will alter the cost-of-business for large-scale emitters - including, possibly, Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (SMHI) - and may, therefore, influence decisions reached. In this study, GHG output and cost estimates are incorporated within a risk-based Life Cycle Costing (LCC) framework to compare two alternative pavement rehabilitation strategies: (i) Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete (HMAC), and (ii) Hot In-place Recycling (HIR). The results suggest that while life cycle costs are expected to be lower for the HIR alternative, the ranking of the two alternatives is not particularly sensitive to differences in - and the uncertainty surrounding - GHG output and cost. (A) For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201310RT334E.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2013/session14/christensen.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Christensen, P
  • ALLEN, N
  • Brown, D
  • Davies, T
  • Sparks, G
  • STEARNS, D
• Conference:
  • 2013 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION: BETTER - FASTER - SAFER
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.
• Monograph Title: 2013 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: Better - Faster - Safer

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Field tests; Greenhouse gases; Habitat (Ecology); Pavements; Policy; Pollutants; Resurfacing
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2428: Ecobalance; 2442: Emission; 2450: Greenhouse gas; 6226: In situ; 2955: Pavement; 173: Policy; 2991: Resurfacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Policy; I15: Environment; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01517991
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Mar 11 2014 10:57AM