Taxonomy of Institutional Issues that Act as Barriers to the Implementation of Pavement Management Systems

The benefits of pavement management systems when fully implemented are well known and the history of successful implementation is rich. Implementation occurs, for purposes of this paper, when the pavement management system is the critical component for making pavement decisions. This paper addresses the issues that act as barriers to full implementation of pavement management systems. Institutional barriers, not technical and financial barriers, are more commonly responsible for pavement management systems falling short of full implementation. The paper groups these institutional issues into a general taxonomy. In general, more effort needs to be put forth by highway agencies to overcome institutional issues. Most agencies approach pavement management as a technical process, but more commonly, institutional issues become more problematic and thus require more attention paid to institutional issues. The paper concludes by summarizing the implementation process being taken by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The process was designed to overcome institutional barriers and facilitate the complete and full implementation of their pavement management system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was prepared for the Seventh AASHTO/TRB Maintenance Management Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 1994.
• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa Transportation Center

  Iowa State University 194 Town Engineering Building
  Ames, IA  United States  50011
• Authors:
  • Maze, T H
  • Smadi, Omar G
• Publication Date: 1994-10-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Implementation; Institutional issues; Pavement management systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers (Obstacles)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342283
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 21 2011 9:28AM