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... Pavement management SyStemS: Putting Data to Work Pavement management systems are recognized as important tools to help transportation agencies optimize the use of available funding, better communicate funding needs, and more objectively manage their pavement network. Pavement management systems are now required for managing the National Highway System under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (or MAP-21)
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... 2 Pavement management continues to evolve as researchers and practitioners explore the applicability of using pavement data to address safety and environmental impacts, identify and assess risks, set performance targets, and monitor contractor performance under highway concession and long-term performance-based contracts. At a recent international pavement management conference, practitioners demonstrated sophisticated uses of pavement management data for multi-objective analysis, asset valuation, and integration with sustainability-rating tools.
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... 3 Questions explored various features of the pavement selection capabilities of pavement management systems. Of the 48 responding agencies, there was not a lot of variation in the types of treatments recommended by the software.
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... 4 are provided with the same information, but also receive information on candidate projects (76%) , funded projects (66%)
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... 5 • The development of electronic templates that practitioners could use to document pavement management treatment rules, performance models, roles, and responsibilities. A number of agencies document their pavement condition survey procedures, their treatment rules, and their performance models; however, there is less evidence that documentation exists for data quality procedures or pavement management roles and responsibilities.

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