Asset Management
- Publication no: AP-T339-18
- ISBN: 978-1-925671-79-7
- Published: 27 September 2018
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The report provides a summary of works undertaken during the period 2017–18 for Austroads project AT1064 – Long-term pavement performance (LTPP).
The weakest element of Pavement Management Systems currently in place or being developed in Australia is the prediction of pavement performance. The use of long-term pavement performance (LTPP) monitoring results will improve our understanding of the performance of pavements and lead to cost savings and more appropriate construction and rehabilitation practices.
To address this issue, Austroads participated in the US Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) in 1994 by setting up its Australian LTPP project to monitor a range of test sections of different pavement types, including sealed granular materials, asphalt and concrete, under different traffic and climatic conditions.
This report is the last of a series of annual summary reports that typically covers all activities carried out during the year and monitoring results.
The LTPP data is available on ltpp.info
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Scope of Work During 2017–18
- 2. Project Activities 2017–18
- 2.1 Publication of Annual Summary Report for 2016–17
- 2.2 Project Steering Group Meeting (online)
- 2.3 Monitoring of LTPP and LTPPM Sites
- 2.4 Traffic Data and Maintenance History
- 2.5 Project Dissemination and Technology Transfer
- 2.5.1 LTPP Database and Website Update
- 2.5.2 Newsletter
- 2.6 Annual Summary and Final LTPP Reports
- 2.7 Project Webinar
- 3. Results of Monitoring
- 3.1 Current Site Conditions
- 3.2 Changes in Conditions of Sites
- 3.2.1 Change in Condition of LTPP Sites
- Structural condition
- Functional condition
- 3.2.2 Change in Condition of LTPPM Sites
- Structural condition
- Functional condition
- 4. Summary of Outcomes for 2017–18
- References