Managing pavement defects in an urban environment

Much of the study of pavement management has been based around highway situations where well engineered pavements behave in relatively predictable manners under known traffic loads. At most times the pavement management decisions are made on a rational engineering basis to optimise whole of life performance and minimise life cycle costs. These principles must be modified in the urban environment to recognise the other roles that streets have and their other functions in addition to being solely a transportation asset. Therefore in order to effectively manage street assets to meet the full extent of customer and owner expectations, conventional pavement management methods must be expanded. The primacy of customer satisfaction is acknowledged in working in the local government environment. However the engineers who are responsible for managing urban streets need to develop an objective means of factoring customer requirements into their decision making process such that the outcomes are equitable to current and future customers. This paper describes this new process as it has been developed on the Auckland Road Maintenance Alliance. This is an innovative maintenance procurement model that has been operating for the past 4 years in Auckland City. The Alliance brings together the skills and knowledge of 4 organisations being Auckland Transport, Leighton Contractors, MWH and Blacktop Constructions and empowers them to work together to deliver a high standard of assets and services to the city's residents. The lessons and experiences on this network are of use to other authorities with similar challenges.

• Authors:
  • Manion, M
  • Cook, B
• Conference:
  • Seventh International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control
  • Location: Auckland , New Zealand
  • Date: 2012-8-28 to 2012-8-30
• Publication Date: 2012-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 00186

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Decision making; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement technology
• Geographic Terms: Auckland, New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Asset management; Decision process; Pavement management; Pavement performance; Urban area
• Subject Areas: Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01455763
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 2012 2:52PM