Case Study for Implementing RECIPPE as a Quality Control in Construction Projects

The quality of construction is a very important factor in the life-cycle performance of flexible pavements. This is particularly true of the individual characteristics of construction and their relative effect on life-cycle performance of the pavement. It is crucial to determine both what these characteristics are and, to what degree their variability from the desired value affects the life-cycle performance of pavements. Knowing this will enable a transportation agency to apply its limited inspection resources in the most effective manner. Therefore, the goal of this research was to identify construction parameters that have the greatest impact on the life-cycle performance of the pavement. In the long term, the results of this research should enable agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to write more effective performance-based specifications for construction of pavements and determine the cost effectiveness of innovations in construction practices. The implementation of an effective performance-based construction quality management requires a tool for determining impacts of construction quality on the life-cycle performance of pavements. This report presents case studies on the pilot implementation of the software program Rational Estimation of Construction Impact on Pavement PerformancE (RECIPPE).

• Record URL:
  http://ctis.utep.edu/Reports/Research%20Report%20TX%205-4046-1April08%20final.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31884
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research Study Title: Pilot Implementation of Software RECIPPE as a Quality Control Tool in Construction Projects.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, El Paso

  Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
  500 W University Avenue
  El Paso, TX  United States  79968-0516

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Abdallah, Imad
  • Nazarian, Soheil
• Publication Date: 2008-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 94p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Flexible pavements; Pavement performance; Quality control; Road construction
• Identifier Terms: RECIPPE (Software); Texas Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01632129
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-07/5-4046-01-1, Research Report 5-4046-01-1
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 5-4046-01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 17 2017 11:46AM