Conference on Managing Pavements

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5th International Conference on Managing
Pavements

Seattle, Washington, USA 2001
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The Conferences

• North American Pavement Management Conference -
  Toronto
• 2nd North American Conference on Managing
  Pavements - Toronto
• 3rd International Conference on Managing
  Pavements - San Antonio
• 4th International Conference on Managing
  Pavements - Durban
• 5th International Conference on Managing
  Pavements - Seattle

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Executive Session

• Stuart and Ron Hudson

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Asset Management is the Strategic Level of PMS

• Pavement Management is a Key Element in Asset
  Management Since 50-60 of Assets are Pavements.
• We in Pavements Become Preoccupied With Fine
  Details
• WE MUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

Executive Session
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• PMS is Widely Used in Warranty Contracts
• Performance Based Maintenance Contracts
• Toll Roads in Europe
• Where Profit Motive is Present, PMS is Heavily
  Used
• Benefits Using PMS Have Been Proven in Terms in
  Arizona and Elsewhere

Executive Session
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• State DOTs are Using PMS, But We Need to Continue
  to Educate Administrators
• Good PMS Data Can Be Used for Research and
  Engineering Analysis

Executive Session
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DOT Uses Of PMS
1990 vs 2000
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80
60
1990
of Agencies
2000
40
20
0
Research
Strategic
Network
Project
Analysis
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DOT Uses Of PMS
2000 vs 2010 (desired)
100
80
60
of Agencies
2000
40
2010
20
0
Research
Strategic
Network
Project
Analysis
Executive Session
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SUMMARY

• PMS Is Valuable and Widely Used, but We Still
  Have a SELLING Job to Do.
• A MAJOR Investment in Research Is Needed.

Executive Session
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Theme 1-Integrating A PMS with Transportation
Asset and Infrastructure Management
Dr. Sue McNeil/Dr. Assam Sharaf
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What We Did

• Two Workshops
• Asset Valuation
• What Do We Know About Asset Management and What
  Do We Need to Know?

• Seven Sessions
• Technology
• Tools
• Local
• Applications
• Systems
• Integration
• Privatization

Theme 1
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What We Saw and Heard

• The FHWA / AASHTO Definition Over and Over and
  Over Again
• Some Other Definitions
• Lots of Flow Charts, Process Diagrams, System
  Diagrams, and Org Charts

Theme 1
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Issues

• Data Ownership
• Location Referencing
• Data Integration (Physical and Virtual)
• Issues Related to Privatization
• Still a Diversity of Opinions and Definitions of
  What Asset Management Is and Can Do

Theme 1
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Ideas

• Asset Management Is a Communication Tool
• Strategic Side of Management
• GASB 34 Is Raising Awareness but It May Putting
  the Emphasis in the Wrong Place
• Pavement Management Is a Good Foundation for
  Asset Management

Theme 1
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Asset Valuation Workshop

• Presentations
• GASB 34
• Asset Valuation Methods and Issues
• Exercise Value a Mythical 8km Section of Road
  Including a Bridge, Signs, Guardrail, Mature
  Trees, Quarry Stockpiles, Quarry, Buildings and
  Contaminated Soils

Theme 1
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Asset Valuation Workshop

• What Happened
• Generated a Lot of Discussion,
• Realized It Is Possible but Requires Many
  Assumptions
• Methods Historical Value, Market Value, Written
  Down Replacement
• Values Ranged From 8,000 to 2.6 Million (No One
  Used Replacement Cost!!!)

Theme 1
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Workshop What Do We Know and What Do We Need to
Know?

• Goals and Objectives
• Motherhood and Apple Pie Vs. Measurable
• Data Collection and Usage
• Data Bucket
• Planning and Programming
• Document Process
• Management
• Impacts of Administrative Change
• Implementation
• Accountability/ Ownership

• What Do We Need to Know
• How Are We Going to Get the Information
• How Are We Going to Disseminate the Information

Theme 1
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Closing the Gap Between Vision and Reality

• Still Creating Our Vision for Asset Management
• Some Small Agencies and Some International
  Agencies Are Actually Doing
• Most of the Rest of Us Are Just Talking
• It Is Time to Commit to a Vision and Deal With
  Reality

Theme 1
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Theme 2 - Ensuring A PMS Continues to Meet Agency
Needs
Chuck Larson/Dr. Chia-pei J. Chou
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• 18 Paper Presentations
• Local Agency PMS, Improved Process, Development
  Issues, Documented Benefits, and Implementation
  Issues
• Panel Discussion Airport PMS
• Workshops on
• How to Be a Pavement Management Champion,
• Powerful Presentation

Theme 2
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How to Be a Pavement Management Champion

• Getting to Know Your Target Audience
• Five Scenarios Related to PMS Application
• Removing Obstacles to a Successful PMS
• Maintaining Support for a Successful PMS
• Skills of a Champion Self-assessment

Theme 2
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Powerful PresentationsGet People to DO What
You Want Them to Do
Theme 2
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Important Notes to Give a Powerful Presentation

• Use Right Sensory Modes to Match the Audience or
  the Person You Are Talking to
• 11 Things Not to Say in a Presentation, Such As
• You Wouldn't Understand
• Im Not Going to Say This Again
• .

Theme 2
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Important Notes to Give a Powerful Presentation
(Cont.)

• Control the Voice Tone, Pace, Pitch, and
  Modulation.
• Use the Body Language to Help the Speech or
  Emphasize the Points.
• To Perform Rather Than Report.

Theme 2
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Most Important Tips to Give a Powerful
Presentation

• Be Prepared
• Know Your Audience
• Respond to Their Needs

Theme 2
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Theme 3 - Collecting and Analyzing PMS Data

• Tom Scullion/Dr. Kieran Feighan

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Key Issues

• Move to Automated Systems
• Continuing Need for QC/QA
• Appropriate Level of Detail
• Challenges

Theme 3
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Automated Distress Systems

• Faster
• More Repeatable
• Continuity Over Time
• Safety
• - Level of Detail
• - Range of Distresses

Theme 3
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Automated Profile

• Laser-Based Profile Measuring Devices
• If Profile Accurate, IRI Good
• IRI Good Does Not Mean Profile Accurate
• Extend Use of Profile Information
• Aircraft Applications
• Truck Axle Spacings

Theme 3
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QA/QC Problems??

• YES!!!

Theme 3
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QA/QC Profile/Ride

• Calibration Manufacturer
• Certification
• Independent Checking (State Agency, 3rd Party)
• Artificial Test Sections
• Measured Test Sections (Dipstick, Rod and Level)
• Mechanical Devices (Future)
• Data Collection
• Frequent (preferably daily)

Theme 3
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QA-QC - Visual Data

• Calibration/Certification 3 Day Annual Course
• Method
• Data Collection
• Review Results
• Data Collection Validation by Cross Checking,
  Auditing, Blind Sections

Theme 3
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Appropriate Level of Detail

• Asset Management
• Pavement Management
• Contract Maintenance

Level of Detail Required
Theme 3
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Challenges

• Transportable Calibration Equipment for Profile
  Equipment
• Wider Use of Profile Data (more than one IRI)
• Certification Procedure for Automated Visual
  Distress Equipment
• Precision of Equipment vs. Modeling Needs
• Link Between Legacy (manual) Systems and Newer
  (automated) Systems

Theme 3
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Theme 4 - Applying PMS Information to
Construction Maintenance Programs
Wouter Gulden/Dr. Francescia la Torre
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis User Costs

• LCCA Becoming Common in Decision Process
• Need Better Long-term LCCA
• User Costs Used in LCCA Usually Relate Only to
  Traffic Delay Costs
• Move to Vehicle Operating Costs

Theme 4
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Warranties Performance Related Specifications -
Issues

• Lowest First Cost Bid Procurement
• Prescriptive Specifications
• Difficulties Administering Enforcing Warranty
  Specifications
• Negative Risk Vs Reward Environment
• Long-term Surety Bonds

Theme 4
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Future PMS Needs to Support use of Data for
Engineering

• Performance Model Calibration
• Maintenance Rehabilitation Data
• Performance Data for Calibration
• Coordination With Other Work
• Impact of Adjacent Structures (Signs, Culverts,
  Safety, Etc.)
• Interaction With Maintenance

Theme 4
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Theme 5 - Adopting and Using Innovative Approaches

• Linda Pierce/Elzbieta Sadzik

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Web Based

• Efficient Method of Communication
• Politicians
• Within Agency
• Road Users
• Currently Utilized by Several Road Agencies

Theme 5
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Web Based (Cont.)

• Advantages
• Greater Availability of Information
• Ease of Use / User Friendliness
• Marketing
• Keeping up With Technology Drive
• Better Utilization of Personnel
• Feedback From Road Users (Future Direction)

Theme 5
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Web Based (Cont.)

• Disadvantages
• Misuse/misinterpretation of Information
• Security Issues
• Legal Implications

Theme 5
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Performance Models

• Importance of
• Accuracy of Input Data
• Correctness of Process/analysis
• Calibration
• Validation

Theme 5
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PMS Development

• On-going Support Is Vital to Success
• Methods for Obtaining
• Web Based
• Telephone Hotline
• Computer Bulletin Board (Chat Room)
• Building a PMS Champion Within the Agency
• Agency Support
• Regional
• Local

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Tools and Technology

• Successful Use of Infrared Imaging for Hotmix
  Construction
• Location of Isolated Cool Asphalt Mixture
• Aggregate Segregation
• Temperature Differential Due to Transport
• Methodology for Minimizing Effect

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Tools and Technology (Cont.)

• Ground Penetrating Radar
• Equipment Relative Unchanged Over Years
• Better Understanding of Appropriate Uses
• Rolling Wheel Deflectometer
• On Going Equipment Development
• Verification of Results
• Accuracy of Measurement

Theme 5
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5th International Conference on Managing
Pavements

Post Conference Charge Tom Kazmierowski Chair
A2B01
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5th International Conference on Managing Pavements

• Closing the Gap between Vision and Reality
• What have we learned?
• How will we use this knowledge?
• How do we move forward?

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Areas of Concentration

• Integrating PMS with Transportation Asset and
  Infrastructure Management
• Ensuring PMS Continues to Meet Agencies Needs
• Collecting and Analyzing PMS Data
• Applying PMS Information to Construction and
  Maintenance Programs
• Adopting and Using Innovative Approaches

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Recurring Themes

• Communication
• Education
• Integration
• Privatization

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Challenge and Charge

• Currently PMS is in a state of transition.
• We need to re-identify our roles and
  effectively communicate them to the politicians
  and the public.
• We cant be complacent, we cant sit back and
  rest on our past successes.
• We have to raise our awareness and keep PMS
  dynamic.

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Post Conference Charge

• We have to continue re-inventing the Pavement
  Management Wheel
• We can achieve these goals of a sustainable and
  secure PMS by focussing in on
• education
• supporting continued funding of PMS research
• successful integration of PMS with other
  management systems
• enhance communications through web based services