RESEARCH STUDY OF MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS IN OKLAHOMA, 1968

A MEANS HAS BEEN SOUGHT TO DEVELOP PROPER CONSIDERATION OF MAINTENANCE COST IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, TO DEVELOP REQUIRED MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE METHOD OF ESTIMATING REQUIRED MAINTENANCE FUNDS ON A LONG-RANGE BASIS FROM HISTORICAL RECORDS. SAMPLING AND COST DATA COLLECTIONN TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED. THIRTY FOUR FACTORS ARE IDENTIFIED THAT MIGHT AFFECT MAINTENANCE COSTS. RESULTS OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS ARE PRESENTED ALONG WITH OTHER STATISTICAL TABULATIONS OF MAINTENANCE COSTS BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. CONCLUSIONS BY THE AUTHOR EMBRACE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANCE: (1) YEARLY EXPENDITURES DO NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENT MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, (2) ROUTINE AND SPECIAL MAINTENANCE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE WELL DEFINED, (3) RANDOM MILE APPROACH OF OBSERVING MAINTENANCE AND ITS COSTS WAS INHIBITED BY LACK OF RECORDS OF ACTUAL COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE MILES IN THE SAMPLE, (4) VARIOUS DESIGNS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SEEMED TO HAVE NO MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MAINTENANCE COSTS AND (5) AN OBJECTIVE METHOD OF ESTIMATING FUTURE COSTS MUST WAIT FOR A DEFINITION OF THE LEVEL AT WHICH MAINTENANCE WILL BE PERFORMED. /BPR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Oklahoma Department of Highways

  200 NE 21st Street
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73105

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hartronft, B C
• Publication Date: 1968-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Environmental impacts; Highway maintenance; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Regression analysis; Research; Sampling; Standards; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Maintenance standards
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218026
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 18 1994 12:00AM