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Pavement preservation is an important, cost-effective means to maintain pavements. However, this technique is undervalued compared to other projects despite the economic advantages due to lack of knowledge amongst transportation professionals. The idea of pavement preservation is new to most agencies, requiring an understanding and appreciation of the overall purpose of pavement preservation as well as a change in the knowledge of the technical aspects of preventive maintenance. Agencies need to develop a program in order to be able to identify appropriate treatments and timing from among a number of different options. Research on the latest materials and methods should be gathered and disseminated throughout the maintenance community. There is some literature about pavement preservation at the national and local levels; in particular, the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas-Austin (UT) has been actively involved in communicating the idea and importance of pavement preservation to industry professionals, transportation agencies and students. This paper, using the current initiatives at UT as a model, describes available ways of disseminating information about preventive pavement maintenance. This paper isolates groups that should be targeted for training and identifies viable and available training options. Ultimately, efforts by UT provide a useful model for other agencies and educational institutions to follow to expand research on pavement preservation and provide training at all levels from students to maintenance professionals.

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pp 184-189

2005-10

Transportation Research Circular

First National Conference on Pavement Preservation

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Cost effectiveness; Information dissemination; Knowledge; Maintenance personnel; Pavement maintenance; Preservation; Preventive maintenance; Professional personnel; Students; Training; Understanding

Texas

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

TRIS, TRB

Feb 6 2006 2:06PM

• Analysis of New Zealand Chip Seal Design and Construction Practices
• Changing Our Way of Thinking: Have We Succeeded?
• Chip Sealing over Fabric in Borrego Springs, California
• Condition-Based Determination of Preservation Needs of a Road Network
• Constructability of Longitudinal Construction Joints in Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavements with Sealers to Retard Future Deterioration
• Development of the Caltrans Maintenance Technical Advisory Guide
• Gravel Roads Asset Management
• Improving Safety as Part of a Pavement Preservation Program
• Integration of Preventive Maintenance in the Pavement Preservation Program: Ontario Experience
• Lessons Learned from the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program and Several Recycled Sections in Texas
• Performance Evaluation of Novachip Surface Treatment in Louisiana
• Preventive Surface Treatments Versus Traditional Corrective Maintenance Measures
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance on Chip Seal Projects
• Seal Coat Options: Taking Out the Mystery
• Sustaining Toll-Road Operation Through Performance-Based Management
• The Role of Pavement Preservation in Privatized Maintenance
• Warranty Administration in the Michigan Department of Transportation's Capital Preventive Maintenance Program