ASSESSMENT OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND OPTIMAL USE OF MANTENANCE FUNDS: FINAL REPORT

This report presents the findings of a research work on the development of optimal strategies for highway routine maintenance management. A procedure based on a condition survey was developed for the assessment of maintenance needs at the subdistrict level. An expert system was developed to illustrate how the procedure can be programmed to facilitate easy implementation. A possible design of an integrated routine maintenance data base system was prepared so that data related to pavement roughness and rehabilitation schedules could be integrated with highway characteristics, traffic and other data for maintenance management. In order to ascertain what type of surface condition data to be included in the data base, an analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between routine maintenance and surface roughness. Two separate surveys of maintenance personnel were conducted to estimate information on cost and service life of various maintenance activities as well as to determine perceived priorities for these activities. An optimization model was then developed that can be used for programming and periodic scheduling of maintenance activities within the constraints of budget and other resources. The report also includes recommendations for implementation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Indiana Department of Highways

  Indianapolis, IN  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sinha, K C
  • AL-SULEIMAN, T
  • Ksaibati, K
  • FEIGHAN, K
  • Montenegro, F
  • Tandon, R
  • Fwa, T F
  • Riverson, JDN
• Publication Date: 1988-8-31

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 202 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Databases; Expert systems; Highway maintenance; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Needs assessment; Optimization; Ratings; Scheduling; Strategic planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Integrated data base
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483836
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JHRP-88/18, JHRP-88/18, NCP 4E5F-1012
• Contract Numbers: 2368(025)
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM