A VALUE CONCEPT FOR PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION PAY ADJUSTMENT SCHEDULES

A value concept is presented that can serve as a basis for developing rational payment schedules for pavement construction. Provisions are made for incorporating both the average and standard deviation of material test results into a pay determination scheme that is based on the relative pavement life effects. The concept is based on the recognition that at the time a pavement is considered to have failed, only a small percentage of the surface actually exhibits severe distress. As a result, the life of the pavement is controlled not by the average or fiftieth percentile of the material, but by a lower percentile representative of the actual surface distress.

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• Authors:
  • Elliott, Robert P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 45-48
• Monograph Title: Concrete pavement construction
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1040
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Innovation; Pavement distress; Pavements; Paving; Payment; Present value; Quality control; Sampling; Scheduling; Service life; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Value
• Old TRIS Terms: Concepts; Quality control testing
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Finance; Highways; Materials; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459222
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039568
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 31 1986 12:00AM