Asset Management

Guide to Asset Management Part 5: Pavement Performance is designed to assist the practitioner in navigating through the Part 5 sub-parts of the Austroads Guide to Asset Management. It contains a brief overview of the topic without going into detail, as detailed discussion on key issues are offered in other volumes of the Part 5 series. The measurement of pavement performance and its significance is briefly discussed. The section on data management touches on the key aspects of data classification, level of service and information quality levels. The reader may gain a general overview of the key issues of data management, data types and classification. Sub-part 5A provides a detailed discussion of this topic, whilst the most significant data collection methods are discussed in sub-parts 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F and 5G.