Iowa's Pavement Preservation Guide

Selecting the right treatment for the right pavement at the right time has been a fundamental principle to pavement preservation success (Galehouse et al. 2003). The objective of this project is to develop “Iowa’s Pavement Preservation Guide”, a document tailored to serving the needs of Iowa practitioners who have active pavement preservation programs or plan to implement a pavement preservation program. This proposal outlines a research approach based on national-best practices for pavement preservation program implementation. The research addresses six areas including: (1) project selection, (2) anticipated benefit/costs of pavement preservation treatments at the network- and project-level, (3) implementing pavement preservation into system-wide strategic planning, (4) preservation treatment considerations, (5) construction/specifications, and (6) materials training. Many states have developed pavement preservation manuals. These manuals show it is important for pavement preservation guidance to include project-level and system-level selection strategies because project-level decisions have a network-wide impact. Practitioners using this guidance will be able to communicate pavement preservation benefits at the project- and network-levels, identify candidate roadways for preservation treatments, and utilize the guide to enhance project delivery of pavement preservation treatments.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The primary objective of this project is to create a stand-alone document titled, “Iowa’s Pavement Preservation Guide”. The guide will summarize proven pavement preservation techniques for HMA and PCC pavements in Iowa. This project will build on past Iowa pavement preservation research, past Iowa research in asset management, and summarize best practices from sources across the country.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $ 120,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TR-784

  Addendum 728

  ISU 147724

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Iowa Highway Research Board

  Iowa Department of Transportation
  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Managing Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Goetz, Vanessa

  Moore, Brian

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Buss, Ashley

  Smadi, Omar

• Start Date: 20200501
• Expected Completion Date: 20210430
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Guides to information; Preservation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01744694
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR-784, Addendum 728, ISU 147724
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 7 2020 9:10AM