The course Long-term pavement management provides you with the essential tools to excel in a booming sector, where the demand for qualified professionals is constantly growing. The efficient management of construction firms is crucial to ensuring safe and sustainable infrastructure. Through this course, you will acquire key skills such as assessing the condition of road surfaces by means of examinations and inspections, and you will learn how to manage critical data such as stock levels, traffic and weather. You will develop the ability to interpret structural and surface-level indicators, and you will understand the importance of evolution models and action thresholds for optimal management. You will become familiar with policies, plans and programmes, as well as advanced conservation strategies. Upon completing this course, you will be equipped to implement robust and cost-effective pavement management systems, opening the door to a promising future in the field of road infrastructure.
Long-term pavement management
Civil Engineering and Structures
45 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding the road surface management in the long term and its importance in infrastructure.
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Identify and to analyse the stock and records for effective road surface management.
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Assess the impact of traffic and weather on the durability of the pavements.
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Carry out condition assessments by examinations and inspections.
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Organising data of signatures in a structured database.
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Interpret structural indicators y superficial on the condition of the road surface.
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Apply models evolutionary path for to set action thresholds.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
1. Concepts
2. Definition of pavement management
3. Management principles
4. A brief historical overview of road surface management.
5. Elements of pavement management
TEACHING UNIT 2. DATA REQUIRED FOR MANAGEMENT (I): INVENTORIES AND HISTORICAL RECORDS
1. Introduction
2. History of the road surface
3. Techniques for obtaining information on the thickness of road surface layers
4. Road surface inventory
TEACHING UNIT 3. DATA REQUIRED FOR MANAGEMENT (II): TRAFFIC AND WEATHER
1. Introduction
2. Definition of heavy traffic and the concept of equivalent load
3. Traffic volume and its assessment for road surface management
4. Load types for the study of road pavements
5. Heavy traffic equivalence factor
6. Calculation example
7. The weather and road surface conditions
TEACHING UNIT 4. ASSESSMENT OF ROAD SURFACE CONDITION: AUSCULTATION AND INSPECTIONS
1. Definition
2. General issues relating to auscultation
3. Types of auscultation
4. Sampling frequency
5. General information on factors to be taken into account when inspecting road surfaces
6. Key parameters for pavement management
7. Inspections
TEACHING UNIT 5. ORGANISING INFORMATION. DATABASES
1. Introduction
2. Needs
3. Reference systems
4. Database design
5. Use of the database
6. Integration with other databases
TEACHING UNIT 6. STATE INDICATORS (STRUCTURAL AND SUPERFICIAL)
1. Definition
2. Use of road signs
3. Parametric indicators
4. Global indicators
5. Historical indicators
6. Recommended scales for the indicators
7. Superficial indicators
8. Structural indicators
TEACHING UNIT 7. MODELS OF EVOLUTION. THRESHOLDS FOR ACTION. REMAINING LIFE SPAN
1. Introduction
2. Modelling techniques
3. Calibration of the models
4. Statistical evaluation and reliability of the models
5. Action thresholds
6. Remaining life
7. Decision-making
TEACHING UNIT 8. POLICIES, PLANS, PROGRAMMES AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION. STRATEGIES
1. Introduction
2. Conservation policies
3. Conservation plans and programmes
4. Routine conservation techniques
5. Restoration techniques: structural restoration.
6. Rehabilitation techniques: road surface recycling.
7. Restoration techniques: surface restoration.
8. Conservation strategies
TEACHING UNIT 9. STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction
2. Structural restoration methods
3. Design of flexible and semi-rigid pavements using the Aashto method
4. Economic assessment of road surface maintenance and rehabilitation strategies
TEACHING UNIT 10. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
1. General principles governing the structure of a pavement management system
2. Basic components of a pavement management system
3. Design and development of a pavement management system
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