Asphalt in Pavement Preservation and Maintenance


Book Description

This updated manual provides practical information on methods, equipment, and terminology applying to the use of asphalt in maintenance of all types of pavement structures. Topics addressed include pavement management systems, types of maintenance, rehabilitation treatments, analysis systems, pavement evaluation, distresses, materials, crack sealing/filling, patching, surface treatments, and asphalt maintenance of PCC pavements




Guide to Pavement Maintenance


Book Description

The cost of pavement maintenance keeps escalating upward as refining crude oil technology increases, a shortage of raw materials rises, and mining permits are harder to obtain. As a result, both private and public property owners and homeowners' associations will be spending more on pavement maintenance than ever before. Thomas and Patrick McDonald rely on nearly sixty years of experience in pavement construction and maintenance as well as years of research as they share practical tools and tips that will help anyone manage a successful pavement maintenance project. Through the included charts that will help determine maintenance strategies, the McDonalds guide others on how to: - Identify and repair distresses in asphalt pavement - Develop the proper scope of work, specifications, bids, and contract documents - Estimate repair costs, manage the project, and monitor job site materials - Evaluate the return on investment for repairs Designed specifically to aid in any asphalt projects for commercial properties, shopping centers, industrial properties, apartment buildings, and homeowners' associations or master communities, the Guide to Pavement Maintenance provides step-by-step leadership for anyone ready to tackle a pavement maintenance project.




The Asphalt Handbook


Book Description

For more than 70 years, "MS-4" has served the asphalt industry as its primary reference manual. This new, expanded edition showcases the advances in asphalt technology, covering such topics as superpave courses, asphalt binder, quality control, and rehabilitation of concrete pavements with HMA.




Gravel Roads


Book Description

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.




Chip Seal Best Practices


Book Description

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 342: Chip Seal Best Practices examines ways to assist in the development and implementation of pavement preservation programs by identifying the benefits of using chip seal as part of a preventive maintenance program and by highlighting advanced chip seal programs in use around the world. The report includes approximately 40 best practices in the areas of chip seal design methods, contract administration, equipment practices, construction practices, and performance measures. According to the report, the increased use of chip seals for maintenance can be a successful, cost-effective way of using preventive maintenance to preserve both low-volume and higher-volume pavements.




AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 1993


Book Description

Design related project level pavement management - Economic evaluation of alternative pavement design strategies - Reliability / - Pavement design procedures for new construction or reconstruction : Design requirements - Highway pavement structural design - Low-volume road design / - Pavement design procedures for rehabilitation of existing pavements : Rehabilitation concepts - Guides for field data collection - Rehabilitation methods other than overlay - Rehabilitation methods with overlays / - Mechanistic-empirical design procedures.




An Introduction to Pavement Maintenance and Repair


Book Description

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in repair and maintenance of pavements for streets and highways. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PAVEMENT MATERIALS 3. PAVEMENT DISTRESSES 4. TYPES OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 5. PAVEMENT REPAIR EQUIPMENT 6. FULL-DEPTH ASPHALT PATCHES




Modern Pavement Management


Book Description

Focusing on the process of pavement management, this text covers topics such as data acquisition and evaluation, network level priority programming and project level design. Examples of working systems are provided, as well as guidance for implementation.




Asphalt in Pavement Maintenance


Book Description

This is a how-to-do-it manual, limited to specific information on the use of asphalt in pavement maintenance. Planning, programming, financing and administration of maintenance are beyond its scope. Usually, money for pavement maintenance is limited and the maintenance man is called upon to "make one dollar do the work of two;" this is not easy. Large differences in soil types, climate, terrain, traffic and other factors make for greatly varying problems, even within small areas. Some regions are rugged and mountainous while others are fairly smooth and level; some have heavy rainfall, others are semi-arid; some highways and streets must accommodate vehicles carrying coal, ore, logs, or other heavy loads, while others are subjected to only light-weight traffic.