PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A NEW PROJECT-LEVEL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Pavement design is one of the major activities at the project level of pavement management. A pavement design system takes into account not only material characteristics and effects of traffic and environment, but also pavement performance and associated economic implications during a life-cycle period. Other elements at the project level, such as construction quality, ongoing maintenance, and future rehabilitation, are also considered. Therefore, a pavement design system is often referred to as a project-level pavement management system. The planning and research effort initiated recently by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario to update its pavement design system, Ontario Pavement Analysis of Cost (OPAC), is described. Considerable emphasis was directed at investigating the functional and user requirements of the new OPAC. This investigation included the examination of several existing pavement design methods, such as the AASHTO method and those of the Shell International Petroleum Company, the Portland Cement Association, and others. Also included were a review of the structure of an "ideal" pavement design system and a survey of user requirements as the basis for the design of the new system. Finally, a functional design or framework for OPAC 2000 and the steps involved in bringing it to a fully operational stage were established.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The proceedings of the Third International Conference on Managing Pavements is published in three volumes. Volumes 1 and 2, published prior to the conference, include papers to be presented at the conference. Volume 3, published after the conference, contains additional papers presented at the plenary and workshop sessions.
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• Authors:
  • He, Zonglian
  • Jung, F W
  • Kennepohl, G J
  • Hajek, J J
  • Haas, R
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Managing Pavements
  • Location: San Antonio Texas
  • Date: 1994-5-22 to 1994-5-26
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-13
• Monograph Title: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING PAVEMENTS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MAY 22-26, 1994. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, VOLUME 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Design methods; Pavement design; Pavement management systems; Planning
• Geographic Terms: Ontario (Province)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00648141
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309055024
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1994 12:00AM