Course Catalogue.

After Participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the history and governing principles of asset management
• Identify key pavement condition assessment needs
• Understand the benefits and costs to develop an understanding of the condition of roadway infrastructure
• Develop an appropriate scope, data needs and frequency of testing for pavement testing
• Understand the need and value of using specialized equipment for the evaluation of pavement condition
• Use the pavement condition data to develop performance models to predict future asset condition
• Understand asset condition dashboards to communication current asset conditions
• Identify asset management best practices

Description

The need to preserve our municipal roadway pavement infrastructure is paramount to insuring the viability of transportation of people and goods. This requires ever increasing investments because the road infrastructure is typically the most valuable asset owned by public agencies. The consequence of the lack of systematic maintenance and renewal is accelerated deterioration of the asset condition which then requires a more expensive treatment to return the asset to a serviceable condition. 

This webinar provides an understanding of the basics of pavement condition evaluation, an understanding of what the data means and how it can be used to improve pavement maintenance and rehabilitation decision making. Timely and appropriate intervention action can lead to a longer pavement life, higher quality experience for the users of our infrastructure and when used as an effective part of asset management, reduce the overall life-cycle cost of the roadway network. 

Course Outline

This course provides a practical approach to the cost-effective assessment of pavement conditions and covers:

• History and background of asset management
• Pavement surface condition evaluation
• Structural capacity assessment
• Surface smoothness determination
• Pavement surface friction testing
• Ground penetrating radar
• Performance model development
• Examples of asset condition dash boards

Who Should Attend?

• Planners, engineers and technical staff involved in the implementation of an asset management system
• Municipal agency personnel involved in the delivery of transportation infrastructure
• Municipal staff and consultants involved in the condition monitoring of municipal assets
• Municipal council members and managers responsible for municipal assets