THE NEED FOR MAKING CONDITION SURVEYS OF HIGHWAYS

THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED FOR CONDITION SURVEYS OF HIGHWAYS IS TO ESTABLISH TRENDS OF PAVEMENT CONDITION WITH TIME IN ORDER THAT ADVANCE ESTIMATES OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND COSTS CAN BE MADE. CONDITION SURVEYS ARE ALSO NEEDED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PARTICULAR MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. A FURTHER NEED IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PARTICULAR CONTRACTORS AND THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION. THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE DETERMINED AND CONVERTED TO SPECIFIC PLANS BEFORE IT IS DECIDED WHAT DATA IS REALLY NEEDED, IN ORDER TO AVOID THE EXPENSE OF COLLECTION OF UNNECESSARY DATA.

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• Authors:
  • Carey Jr, W N
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 1-3
• Monograph Title: Pavement condition evaluation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 40
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Condition surveys; Construction management; Costs; Data collection; Evaluation; Forecasting; Maintenance management; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Planning; Research; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Unnecessary data
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206193
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 18 1994 12:00AM