The Guide for Concrete Pavement Distress Assessments and Solutions: Identification, Causes, Prevention, and Repair is written by Dale Harrington, Mike Ayers, Tom Cackler, Gary Fick, Doug Schwartz, Kurt Smith, Mark B. Snyder, and Tom Van Dam, has just been issued by the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center).
This guide was developed for transportation agency personnel and consulting engineers who are responsible for managing concrete pavement assets. Managing these assets includes monitoring pavement performance, developing project concepts, developing and administering pavement repair projects, and overseeing system maintenance. Accurately identifying concrete distress, understanding the cause(s) of the distress, and how to prevent it on future projects, as well as determining the proper repair procedures can be challenging. Selecting a pavement preservation strategy that does not address the root cause of a distress can result in wasted resources and additional inconvenience to the public. This guide incorporates proven and cost-effective solutions into a framework that assists in matching the appropriate solution(s) to a given distress.
The purpose of this guide is to clearly address these elements in a user-friendly, uncomplicated, and comprehensive manner. This guide incorporates proven and cost-effective solutions into a framework that assists in matching the appropriate solution(s) to a given distress. The chapters in this guide provide a detailed discussion of specific distresses that may need to be addressed.
The text will be useful for transportation agency personnel and consulting engineers who are responsible for managing concrete pavement assets. Among the issues covered are monitoring pavement performance, developing project concepts, developing and administering pavement repair projects, and overseeing system maintenance. The manual was developed as part of a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) cooperative agreement to support more sustainable concrete pavement technical solutions.
To view the new guide in PDF form, please go to: https://intrans.iastate.edu/app/uploads/2018/12/concrete_pvmt_distress_assessments_and_solutions_guide_w_cvr.pdf