Optimal Timing of Pavement Preventive Maintenance Treatment Applications (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Agencies at both the state and national levels have conducted research on whether preventive maintenance is an appropriate pavement preservation strategy; however, the wide range of chosen treatment timings has raised questions about the effectiveness of preventive maintenance. For example, some agencies have applied preventive maintenance treatments at the end of a pavement's life because funds were not available for the required rehabilitation.
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. The comments provided with the responses pointed out the lack of research that specifically correlates maintenance treatments to the extension of pavement life cycle, the lack of information on how often preventive maintenance treatments should be applied, the necessity to articulate definite cost savings and benefits, and the reliance on experience for determining appropriate preventive maintenance treatment timing.
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This chapter provides the introduction and research approach, describes the 6 problem statement and research objective, and outlines the scope of the study. Chapter 2 describes the findings of the literature search and the preventive maintenance treatments, applicable to bituminous and concrete-surfaced pavements.
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