Dr. S. S. Seehra*
ABSTRACT
The rapid growth in road construction brought about considerable expansion of road infrastructure,
which subsequently fell
into disrepair through lack of maintenance. The damage is often so severe that ordinary maintenance
will no longer suffice
and if roads are to be fully restored, rehabilitation or even reconstruction work is necessary, at a life
cycle cost three to seven
Rigid pavements have a relatively long service life if these are properly designed, constructed and
maintained. Rigid
pavements can serve up to its design service life and even beyond if timely repairs are undertaken. All
types of pavements
deteriorate with time. Rate of deterioration is comparatively much slower than flexible pavements.
Pavement Maintenance is more than just a collective set of specific pavement maintenance techniques.
It is a way of thinking
and the guiding force behind an agency’s financial planning and proper asset management. Pavement
management must
be tailored to each road agency’s system needs to cater to the need of various pavement distresses in
the most cost effective
manner. This involves using a variety of treatments and pavement repairs to extend the pavement life.
The most of the Pavement Designs involve two or more performance periods. A pavement is
constructed at an initial
serviceability level, and is rehabilitated to an acceptable level at some point of time during its design life.
This process of
rehabilitation may be repeated several times depending on the condition of the existing pavement
deteriorating from time
to time
controlling the judicious use of maintenance resources. Effective MMS is doing the correct thing at the
correct time and in
the correct place. For modern Rural Roads, Roads & Highways, to be operated efficiently and effectively
for the benefit of
all users, it is required to meet customer’s defined requirements. Road drainage performance plays a
vital role in ensuring
Road Management System needs to be established on a computer system platform on client server
model at the headquarters
of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH). Softwares for GIS, HDM, Image Processing
Software, Terrain
Modeling, Software and AutoCAD may be required for the proposed planning model. A resourceful
consortium of Consultants
having expertise in all these areas could be required to develop the system on a turnkey basis and hand
it over to the client,
(Former) Scientist & Head, Rigid Pavements Division, CSIR-CRRI & Senior Principal Advisor, LEA
Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd.,
• Fuel efficient
• Life Cycle Cost is Lower than Flexible Pavements
logged areas
1.2 Disadvantages
RIGID PAVEMENT
1.1 Advantages
• Good durability
without deterioration
TECHNICAL PAPER
TECHNICAL PAPER
• Cracking
• Potholes
• Joint deficiencies/Spalling
• Faulting/Stepping
Photo-1 Cracking
Photo-2 Potholes
Photo-4 Faulting/Stepping
condition
of pavement
• It is used for:
activities
rehabilitation
pavement life.
time to time.
performance.
• Maintenance Standards
• Economic Analysis
• Programming
• Budgetary Analysis
• Inventory
• Condition Data
• Maintenance Standards
• Elementary Analysis
• Budgetary Analysis
• Programming
planning
• Traffic
• Survey
• Visual rating
• Roughness measurements
road, The very wide use of roads, and their impact upon
Systems.
TECHNICAL PAPER
TECHNICAL PAPER
• Crack sealing
faulting
• Joint resealing
• Distress
• Patching
• Sealing
• Re-Surfacing
sand mortars
Standards:
India (SOI) base maps and the mapping data can be held
resources
requirements
pavement performance
customer/client
maintenance
STRATEGIC TREATMENTS
Rigid Pavements
• Crack sealing
crack)
faulting
• Joint resealing
5. RECONSTRUCTION
condition:
pavements.
paving machines.
rigid pavements:
Rigid Pavements:
Photo-5 Joint and crack filling prior to the application of a new surface treatment.
TECHNICAL PAPER
TECHNICAL PAPER
Photo-6 Join and crack filling prior to the application of a new surface treatment.
Join and
crack filling
prior to the
application of
a new surface
treatment.
7. CONCLUSIONS
costs.
8. RECOMMENDATIONS
of faulting.
cement respectively.
maintenance costs.
corridors
PAVEMENTS
costs.
construction activities.
they being the best are the worst than the Flexible
Pavements
ANNOUNCEMENT
ROURKELA, ODISHA
The Department of Civil Engineering of National Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that
they are organizing a Short Term Course on “New Technology Application in Road Pavements” (NTARP)
during January 12-16, 2019 at their Institute. For more details regarding the course and registration
please
11-01-19 Fri 02.30 PM Road Maintenance & Asset Management Committee (H-6)