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From page 27... ... 27 Introduction While the questionnaire and the discussion in the previous chapter offered some insight into the state of the practice, in-depth interviews and case example development can explain in greater detail how agencies plan, implement, and track pavement maintenance and surface preparation. Many agencies provided similar answers to the questionnaire; in follow-up conversations, however, some supplied additional detail about their practices in terms of one or more of the following: • Innovative preservation practices, specifications, or policy. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments percentage of the decisions. The agency is now increasingly relying on data that are collected as part of its statewide pavement management activities for its maintenance and preservation decisions. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Agency Case Examples 29 The Georgia districts use the recommendations from the PMS (e.g., light treatment) and determine what specific action is needed to address the site conditions. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments Moving Forward Ideally, the Georgia DOT would benefit from more continuity among the districts, maintenance office, and maintenance liaisons. Some districts have pursued their own courses of action without necessarily consulting on their practices or specifications. Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Agency Case Examples 31 include partial-depth (spall) repairs and some joint resealing. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments pavement maintenance, they log that in their Highway Activity Tracking System (HATS) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Agency Case Examples 33 that person identifies projects, including preservation actions, 1.5 years in advance for in-house maintenance work (crack and chip sealing) and 5 years in advance for contracts. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments Tracking Preparation work executed by maintenance forces is tracked in their maintenance management application. Roads that are listed to be crack sealed or chip sealed are included in an annual plan, which is entered in the pavement management system. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Agency Case Examples 35 generated a lot of initial support from upper management, who viewed preservation as a moneysaving tool. Through that test section, KYTC also learned how various treatments performed and how they addressed existing conditions. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments Source: Personal correspondence, Greg Garner, KYTC (2020) Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Agency Case Examples 37 all road surfaces that need it. Ideally, the districts would only choose sections for preservation if they were crack sealed previously. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments In general, the central office plans the maintenance work for preservation treatments. That work is assigned to both the operations (maintenance) Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... Agency Case Examples 39 and a preservation treatment still represent the most economical strategy. If the analysis demonstrates that preservation is not appropriate, the project would transition to the next category, rehabilitation. Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 40 Maintenance and Surface Preparation Activities Prior to Pavement Preservation Treatments made great strides to improve their internal communication, and the manual now in process will serve as a uniform foundation throughout the department as it moves forward. The NJDOT views automated data collection as a positive action that will improve the pavement management system; however, in the process, the department's knowledge base is slipping away from the staff members who manually rated the pavements. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... Agency Case Examples 41 The MDT program does not allocate federal funds to projects implemented through division maintenance activities. Federally funded preservation projects are managed through the engineering division and are added to the tentative construction plan (TCP) Read the entire page →

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... 27 Introduction While the questionnaire and the discussion in the previous chapter offered some insight into the state of the practice, in-depth interviews and case example development can explain in greater detail how agencies plan, implement, and track pavement maintenance and surface preparation. Many agencies provided similar answers to the questionnaire; in follow-up conversations, however, some supplied additional detail about their practices in terms of one or more of the following: • Innovative preservation practices, specifications, or policy.