A STUDY OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE QUALITY LEVELS IN OHIO

THE MAINTENACE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS SYSTEM PROPOSED IS DESIGNED FOR PERIODIC (PROBABLY ANNUAL) PERFORMANCE, STATEWIDE, BY A SPECIAL TERM OR TERMS USING SAMPLING TECHNIQUES TO ESTABLISH REPRESENTATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF THE LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE BEING ACHIEVED. QUALITY OF MAINTENANCE IS DEFINED AS BEING A MEASUREMENT OF THE DEGREE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED BY AASHO IN "MANUAL OF UNIFORM HIGHWAY ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES." SPECIFIC "RECORDABLE CONDITIONS" TO BE OBSERVED ARE DISCUSSED AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES SUGGESTED. QUALITY MEASUREMENTS CAN BE USED BY MANAGEMENT TO DEVELOP ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES FOR THE VARIOUS SUBDIVISIONS OF THE MAINTENANCE FIELD ORGANIZATION. EXTENSIVE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS FOR WORKLOAD PREDICTIONS IN SNOW AND ICE CONTROL, PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, SHOULDER MAINTENANCE AND LITTER REMOVAL IS PRESENTED IN THE APPENDIXES.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 20 Pp, Apps
• Corporate Authors:

  Tallamy, Byrd, Tallamy and Macdonald

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• Publication Date: 1970-12-31

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Litter; Measurement; Quality control; Road shoulders; Snow and ice control; Systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality; Removal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218735
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 1971 12:00AM