Handbook for Pavement Design, Construction, and Management

The design, construction, and management of highway pavements is a complex task that involves the consideration of many topics. Among these topics are structural design and analysis, drainage provisions, traffic load spectra, material utilization/conservation, surface characteristics, construction practices, pavement evaluation, pavement type selection, life-cycle cost analysis, and preservation. Some of these topics have been addressed in American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) documents (e.g., Pavement Management Guide; Guide for Pavement Friction; and Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Interim Edition: A Manual of Practice) and a great deal of information on the other topics is available in the literature. However, this information has not yet been synthesized or assembled in a format that will facilitate accessibility and use by highway agency professionals. Research is needed to identify current practices; review relevant information; and develop a handbook that discusses the topics pertaining to the design, construction, and management of pavements and incorporates relevant AASHTO documents. Preparing such a handbook in an interactive-electronic, easy-to-edit format with a printer-friendly option will further facilitate its use and update. Such a handbook will provide highway agency professionals with ready-to-use information to help them effectively perform the task of pavement design, construction, and management. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to develop a handbook that addresses design, construction, and management aspects of pavements. The Handbook shall be prepared in an interactive-electronic, easily editable format with a printer-friendly option, suitable for consideration and adoption by AASHTO.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1607
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The project is complete. The final report has been provided to AASHTO, and has been published as Pavement Design, Construction, and Management: A Digital Handbook, 1st Edition 2015, available from AASHTO (www.transportation.org)

Language

• English

Project

• Funding: $400,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  01-46

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Applied Pavement Technology, Inc

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• Principal Investigators:

  Pierce, Linda

• Start Date: 20091001
• Expected Completion Date: 20111231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Handbooks; Pavement design; Pavement management systems; Paving
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01955442
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: 01-46
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 20 2025 2:27PM