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This fact sheet advertises the Pavement Preservation Toolbox, which includes resources for transportation agencies looking to develop a pavement preservation program. The toolbox materials explain the preventive maintenance concept, selection of roads for preservation projects, and further information on state of the practice in pavement preservation.

Information on the development of a series of problem statements produced in a pavement preservation workshop. The workshop was designed to gather practitioners from various maintenance disciplines to discuss research needs in the area of pavement maintenance.

The first installment in the pavement preservation checklist series, focusing on the procedure for crack seal application.

In most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Member countries, the road network constitutes one of the largest community assets and is predominately government-owned. Road administrations must maintain, operate, improve, replace and preserve this asset while, at the same time, carefully managing the scarce financial and human resources needed to achieve these objectives. All of this is accomplished under the close scrutiny of the public who pay for and are regular users of the road network, and who increasingly demand improved levels of service in terms of safety, reliability, environmental impact and comfort. Asset management as applied to the roads sector represents a "systematic process of maintaining, upgrading and operating assets, combining engineering principles with sound business practice and economic rationale, and providing tools to facilitate a more organized and flexible approach to making the decisions necessary to achieve the public's expectations". Governments are placing greater pressures on road administrations to improve the efficiency of, and accountability for, the management of the road network. Indeed, in many countries, local highway authorities face formal accountability and reporting requirements on how they manage their assets. Asset management systems offer the prospect of significantly improving road network management outcomes. This report is a review of asset management systems as applied to the roads sector and an analysis of the responses to a survey conducted among those countries represented on an OECD Working Group on Asset Management Systems.

This report reviews the applications of an asset management framework in the context of a road agency. The report offers information for agencies looking to gain an understanding of asset management, improve system performance, and make cost-effective decisions.

A short presentation that provides some introductory information about transportation asset management.

Brochure: summarizes the AASHTO Asset Management Strategic Plan. Outlining mission, vision and goals for the next decade, the document was developed by the Transportation Asset Management Task Force in 2000.

Asset Management Implementation Plan for the Colorado DOT Research Branch.

A resource which outlines the concept behind pavement preservation, and calls upon members of the transportation community to "spread the word" in the hopes of expanding funding for pavement preservation.

This compendium serves as a tool for interested members of the highway community and the general public, providing information on pavement preservation articles and research.

A brochure on the benefits of using ground penetrating radar to measure pavement layer thickness.

For this NCHRP Project 20-07/Task 120 Asset Management, the consultant assisted the AASHTO Task Force on Transportation Asset Management by coordinating numerous on-going activities and by contributing to the development of the AASHTO Strategic Plan for Asset Management. The consultant coordinated the business of the Task Force with the FHWA, AASHTO members, and other public and private agencies regarding the operation, improvement, and preservation of transportation assets. The consultant helped coordinate and facilitate a workshop on asset management held in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 1-3, 1999.