Abstract: The cost-effective management of an agency's infrastructure is one of the most significant reasons for using a Pavement Management System (PMS). Although PMS is no longer mandated for roads on the National Highway System (NHS), the recently enacted Public Law 103-305 requires the use of pavement maintenance management systems for federal contributions on airport replacement and reconstruction projects. In both road and airport agencies, pavement management is now accepted as a useful tool to assist with the identification and prioritization of multi-year plans for pavement preservation. At the present time, there are few standards that exist in PMS terminology or practices. This is clearly illustrated in the differences that exist in state highway agencies for PMS data collection activities. For the most part, each of the 50 states utilize different condition survey assessment techniques for determining current pavement condition. These differences have a tremendous impact on the types of deterioration models that can be developed for forecasting future pavement conditions in a PMS. The airport community is much more standardized than the highway agencies in terms of pavement condition assessment. In most cases, the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) is the industry standard for evaluating current condition at airports. Because of the objectivity and repeatability of the PCI survey procedures the development of airport deterioration models can be greatly enhanced. The objective of this paper is to discuss the types of deterioration models that have been used by highway agencies to forecast future pavement conditions for pavement management purposes. The applicability of these models to airports using the PCI is discussed. In addition, recommendations are made for the development of pavement deterioration models depending on the types and extent of historical information available.
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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