A MICROCOMPUTER PROGRAM TO EVALUATE COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR CONCRETE PAVEMENT RESTORATION

A methodology for evaluating cost-effective alternatives for rehabilitation of pavements that was developed for microcomputer applications is described. The life-cycle cost-1 (LCC1) microcomputer program is designed for comprehensive economic evaluation of competing alternatives provided by users. The LCC1 program is unique for life-cycle cost analyses because of its flexibility and the options it offers users: it creates and saves multiple input files and provides default data, manipulates input data without going through an entire session, offers seven available optimization options for rank ordering the strategies, and considers multiple maintenance and rehabilitation treatments. The user inputs an array of design strategies (for initial construction or rehabilitation design). Several cycles of maintenance and rehabilitation actions can be included in a single strategy. Peripheral cost items like moving guide rails and adjusting drainage structures are also considered. The LCC1 methodology is capable of computing user operating costs and added user costs due to traffic delays during rehabilitation and reconstruction. The present worth or the annualized equivalent annuity method can be used to establish ranking of alternatives. Applications of the LCC1 program to the analysis of various alternative strategies for concrete rehabilitation are presented in this paper.

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• Authors:
  • Uddin, Waheed
  • Carmichael III, R Frank
  • Hudson, W Ronald
• Conference:
  • 66th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1987-1-12 to 1987-1-15
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 60-68
• Monograph Title: Assessing pavement maintenance needs
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1109
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Computer programs; Concrete pavements; Cost effectiveness; Driver rehabilitation; Economic conditions; Economic impacts; Life cycle costing; Microcomputers; Pavement maintenance; Ratings; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475014
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309044596
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM