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A description is provided of how decision makers at various levels in Denmark use the output of BELMAN, the pavement management system used on the 4,600-km Danish National Road Network and a large portion of the regional road network. BELMAN helps support political and budget decisions by documenting the need for pavement maintenance and projecting the consequences of budget reductions in terms of the effect on road conditions. BELMAN provides (a) the ability to develop a series of options for maintenance programs and budgets that will be socioeconomically attractive and also ensure a uniform maintenance standard and (b) the ability to project the development of pavement condition several years into the future, on the basis of various budget levels or changes in a variety of other parameters, such as traffic load. The Danish Road Directorate publishes an annual report describing the condition of the national road network, changes over the past 10 years, and projections for the next 10 years. The information about current status and the forecasts for the future are taken from BELMAN's statistical and optimization output. In 1992, this report supported a 15% increase in appropriations for pavement maintenance in the state budget. The same information is also used to support decisions in budget negotiations between the Danish Road Directorate and the 14 county road authorities in Denmark. The state road network in Denmark represents a depreciated value of approximately 7 billion DKK (1.1 billion US$), and the average costs for maintenance have been 300 million DKK (46 million US$) over the past 10 years, with a downward trend in the 1990s. During the same period traffic has increased considerably, especially heavy traffic. With 5% annually, an increasing traffic load is the result of an increased use of super-single truck tires.

The proceedings of the Third International Conference on Managing Pavements is published in three volumes. Volumes 1 and 2, published prior to the conference, include papers to be presented at the conference. Volume 3, published after the conference, contains additional papers presented at the plenary and workshop sessions.

English

p. 74-82

1994

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 1

Third International Conference on Managing Pavements

0309055024

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Alternatives analysis; Budgeting; Conferences; Decision making; Evaluation; Forecasting; Optimization; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Pavements; Political factors

Options; Pavement conditions

Denmark

Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 7 1994 12:00AM

• APPLICATION OF MARKOV PROCESS TO PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT NETWORK LEVEL
• ARIZONA AIRPORT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• BURLINGTON ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
• CASE STUDY OF BENEFITS ACHIEVED FROM IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF PAVEMENT FACILITIES
• CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING APPROPRIATE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR END USERS
• CONTRACT ROAD MAINTENANCE IN AUSTRALIA: A PILOT STUDY
• DESCRIPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RO.MA. FOR URBAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY NETWORK MAINTENANCE
• DESIGN OF PROJECT SELECTION PROCEDURE BASED ON EXPERT SYSTEMS AND NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
• DEVELOPING A CUSTOMIZED PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA
• DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN THAILAND
• DEVELOPMENT OF PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A ROAD NETWORK
• ENHANCEMENTS TO THE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM
• FLORIDA AIRPORT SYSTEM PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND NEED FOR INNOVATION IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
• IMPLEMENTATION OF A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETERS
• IMPLEMENTATION OF PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO OPTIMIZE WORK PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN AUSTRALIA
• INVESTIGATION INTO OBSERVATIONAL VARIATIONS IN PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEY
• LONG-TERM COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
• MAKING OPTIMIZATION PRACTICAL IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: LESSONS FROM LEADING-EDGE PROJECTS
• NETWORK PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING: APPLICATION TO IOWA STATE INTERSTATE NETWORK
• NEW APPROACH TO DEFINING PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION STEPS
• NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCE IN COMPARING MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING SYSTEMS
• NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION: A COMPLETE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN OPERATION
• OVERVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND USE
• PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AS PART OF STRATEGIC ROAD MANAGEMENT
• PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LEAD THE WAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• QUALITY STANDARDS FOR RELIABLE PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS EVALUATION
• REPEATABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF MANUAL PAVEMENT DISTRESS SURVEY METHODS
• ROAD SURFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• ROLE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION HISTORY DATA BASE WITHIN A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• ROLE OF MPOS IN PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
• ROLES FOR A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY IN COUNTERING LOCAL AGENCY INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS IN ADOPTION AND USE OF PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY REGION
• USING INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN IMPLEMENTING PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS