RIGID PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEYS
THE TYPE OF RIGID PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEY CHOSEN WILL DEPEND ON THE TYPE AND EXTENT OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED BY THE SURVEY USER. INFORMATION OF THE PROPER TYPE MAY BE USEFUL IN PAVEMENT DESIGN, MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, PREDICTION OF MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION. SURVEY TYPES INCLUDE RECONNAISSANCE, RATING PANELS, STATISTICAL COUNTS OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES SOME PAVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS ARE OBSERVED, SEMI-DETAILED SURVEYS , DETAILED STRIP MAPS, PICTORIAL OR PHOTOGRAPHIC, USE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASURING DEVICES, AND DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS. MOST REASONABLY COMPLETE SURVEYS OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE SOME MEASURE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS, SKID RESISTANCE, DURABILITY, ADEQUACY OF ANY SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURES AND AN INDICATION OF THE DESIGNS STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY UNDER CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. GENERAL CONDITION SURVEYS MAY LOCATE CONDITIONS REQUIRING MORE DETAILED STUDY. THE CONDITION STUDY IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR EVALUATING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS.
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Authors:
- Teske, W E
- Publication Date: 1963
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: pp 8-9
- Monograph Title: Pavement condition evaluation
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 40
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administration; Building materials; Condition surveys; Construction management; Design; Development; Evaluation; Forecasting; Highway operations; Maintenance management; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Service life; Skid resistance tests; Smoothness; Structural analysis
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design features; Highway administration; Maintenance costs; Structural adequacy
- Old TRIS Terms: Design information; Maintenance administration; Pavement smoothness
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Design; Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00206196
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 1 1994 12:00AM