PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND RESEALING

This priority system is a tool for local government engineers to use in determining whether sealed roads should be resealed, heavy-patched or reconstructed and in what order that should be done. It converts the intuitive assessment of the engineer into a mathematically based model which alleviates any suggestion of bias. The parameters can be assessed in the field by personnel at the supervisor level, and the formulation of the priority lists is done by a computer program. The parameters discussed in this paper may not suit certain practitioners but the system is so designed that more appropriate parameters peculiar to the individual needs may be inserted. The system differs from other such systems in that the need to reseal and reconstruct is identified and the ratings for the various parameters are weighted to lend emphasis to the more important parameters. The system is not excessively technical and so it could be suitable for small councils without qualified engineers on their staff. A consulting engineering firm has been given the programming and marketing rights to this system. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from the Australian Road Research Board 23rd Regional Symposium and Local Government Engineers Association of Western Australia. Third State Conference, Perth, 1985: Technical Papers.
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Australia Local Government Engineer Assoc

  134 Adelaide Street
  Perth, Western Australia,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Miles, R T
  • Tech, B
• Conference:
  • Papers from the Australian Road Research Board 23rd Regional Symposium and Local Government Engineers Association of Western Australia. Third State Conference, Perth, 1985: Technical Papers.
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 8.1-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Conferences; Evaluation and assessment; Field tests; Highways; Local government agencies; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Patching; Ratings; Reconstruction; Resurfacing; Road construction; Seal coats; Sealing (Technology); Strategic planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Sealing
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2755: Highway; 6226: In situ; 192: Local authority; 3847: Maintenance; 6473: Mathematical model; 141: Priority (gen); 2991: Resurfacing; 3665: Road construction; 2973: Sealing coat (on top of the surfacing); 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:56PM