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Tying the Cycle of

Design, Construction
and Performance
Together

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Parallel Distress Modes

for Each Alternate Design

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The Cycle in Action!

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Optimization of Design and Cost

Balance is Possible

Performance Model-Based Design

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Field-Based Performance Models

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Efficiency of the System is

Dependent on the Cycle

Design-Driven, Life-Cycle Cost

Optimized Section Gets Constructed

The Seven Stallers by Katie Zimmerman, P.E. and Dave Peshkin, P.E. from
2003 Roads & Bridges
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/preservation/ppc0619.cfm
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Still Not Convinced to Start a PMS?

Any agency that has inadequate

funding to address its pavement
rehabilitation and reconstruction
needs is faced with the challenge of
a continuously growing backlog of
identified, but unfunded, projects

Eventually, a preventive
maintenance program results in
dramatically different network
conditions because of the reduced
rate in which the backlog grows with
preventive maintenance

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1) We can't start a preventive maintenance

program until our backlog is gone

Many agencies report they are already using the types of treatments
normally included in a preventive maintenance program

The key to the use of these treatments as part of a preventive

maintenance program is the early application of the treatment before
major structural deterioration has taken place

For most agencies, the early application of pavement preventive

maintenance treatments represents a marked difference in the way
road networks are managed

Agencies with preventive maintenance programs in place are

including preventive maintenance treatments as part of a planned
strategy to slow the rate of pavement deterioration, thereby deferring
the need for rehabilitation

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2) We're already using preventive

maintenance treatments

A preventive maintenance program

requires the early application of treatments,
while roads are still in relatively good
condition; can this be cost-effective in a
life-cycle cost framework?

Consider comparison to the right:

Strategies A and B have the same initial cost

Strategy A = less frequent, larger rehab costs
Strategy B = higher annual maintenance costs
Strategy B = more frequent, smaller rehab costs
Strategy B has lower life-cycle cost! (@ 20 yr
analysis period and 4% discount rate, present
worth (PW) is $489,480 for A and $443,435 for B)

STRATEGY A

STRATEGY B

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3) It can't be cost-effective if you're

applying treatments more frequently

Once an agency can demonstrate the cost effectiveness of

preventive maintenance to decision-makers, it is easier to convince
these individuals of the benefits associated with such a program

Consider the following when promoting preventive maintenance

program to management:

Don't oversell the program use realistic, conservative estimates

Remember that it takes time for the benefits to be realized GA DOT = 15 yrs

Communicate the preventive maintenance concept in terms that decisionmakers can understand we dont wait until engine stops to service car!

Set goals for the program - establish clearly defined, measurable goals that
can be achieved within a stated timeframe (e.g., at least 70% of the
pavement network in good condition within a five-year period)

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4) Decision-makers will never support this

type of program

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A preventive maintenance program must be supported by individuals

at all levels of the organization to be successful

Policy makers must dedicate funding to support the preventive
maintenance program and managers can promote the preventive
maintenance philosophy within the organization, support the program
among political factions and provide the resources needed to embrace the
philosophy within the organization

Designers should consider the effect of pavement designs on maintenance
needs and pavement performance

Pavement management should incorporate preventive maintenance
treatments into the analysis of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation
needs for planning and programming activities

Research can provide information on the optimal timing of preventive
maintenance treatments based on agency performance studies

Construction can help ensure that the quality of preventive maintenance
treatments is incorporated into the construction activities

Planning and programming can help ensure that preventive maintenance
treatments are applied on a timely basis

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5) Preventive maintenance is solely the

responsibility of the maintenance department

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Where there is a general mistrust of government and public

employees, having treatments applied to roads in good condition
will only further fuel that feeling; this is especially true if there are
still plenty of roads in poor condition that are not being treated

Since the public also wants government to be accountable,

perhaps the best way to fend off the anticipated negative public
response is to promote preventive maintenance among civic
groups, special interest groups and the general public through
presentations at meetings, press releases and material placed on
the Internet this is essentially a public relations campaign

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6) The public will never understand why we're

working on good roads

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In reality, your agency can't afford NOT to consider a pavement

preventive maintenance program as a strategy for preserving its
investment in its transportation assets

Preventive maintenance programs have been shown to reduce the
overall cost of preserving the pavement network

Additional benefits also have been realized in terms of improved safety,
better network conditions and higher customer satisfaction

Several agencies have successfully implemented preventive

maintenance programs without levying additional taxes but the
benefits might be realized more slowly without additional funds

Many agencies have funded their preventive maintenance

programs with new funds obtained through increased taxes or the
reallocation of funds from other sources

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7) Our agency can't afford this type of a program

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Questions?

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