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March 5, 2001
The Foundation for Pavement Preservation's (FP2) Pavement Preservation Maintenance Guidelines are now available online. FP2, established in 1992, provides resources to advance knowledge for managing and preserving pavements.
The guidelines are meant to provide basic information to those agencies embarking on pavement preventive maintenance (PPM) as a new or improved way of doing business, and to provide them with some strategies that have proven successful elsewhere.
February 6, 2001
During the AASHTO Annual Meeting in December 2000, the Standing Committee on Highways approved an Administrative Resolution officially ending the Lead States program and commending the team members for their work.
August 16, 2000
A draft of the team's transition plan is now online.
August 7, 2000
In the fall of 1999, the team conducted a survey of transportation agencies on the nature of their pavement preventive maintenance programs. The results of this survey are presented in the report Pavement Preservation in the United States.
April 24, 2000
The AASHTO Task Force on SHRP Implementation met in Irvine, CA, on January 29, 2000. The meeting report is now online.
January 20, 2000
ASCE announces a call for papers for the Civil Engineering Conference & Exposition 2001: Engineers in a Changing World. The conference is scheduled for October 10-13, 2001, in Houston, Texas. Suggested subject areas include engineering management, education, information systems, and pavement rehabilitation, and materials. Proposals are due by May 19, 2000.
January 20, 2000
The Asphalt Institute and FHWA are sponsoring the conference - Superpave: Building Roads for the 21st Century, scheduled for April 10-12, 2000, in Denver, Colorado. Sessions include Selecting Materials, Design and Production, Construction and QC/QA, and Performance and the Future.
January 20, 2000
FHWA and ASCE announce the Second International Contest on LTPP Data Analysis. Participating teams will be given a copy of the DataPave software and will establish a research objective, perform research, analyze the data, and submit a paper reporting their findings. Possible topics include traffic, environment, distress, materials, and pavement structural design. Papers are due by June 1, 2000. For additional information, please contact Joan Hendricks, ASCE, 703.295.6199.
January 10, 2000
Proceedings of the 1999 AASHTO Lead States Workshop, August 30-31, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri, are now available. Included is a review by the Pavement Preservation Team of its implementation efforts, including accomplishments, key players, lessons learned, goals, challenges, a transition plan timeline and needed resources.
November 1, 1999
Current activities of the Pavement Preservation Team:
A survey has been distributed to U.S. states and Canadian provinces. The purpose of this survey is to assess the status of pavement preservation activities in North America so that individual agencies will be able to review their own practices in comparison with the practices of other agencies.
Wouter Gulden, team leader and gatekeeper, will present "Status of AASHTO Lead States Team Activities" at the TRB 79th Annual meeting, January 2000.
The paper Research Protocols For Pavement Preservation has been distributed to states, provinces, and other agencies. This document is intented to help agencies establish pavement preservation treatments suitable to their particular conditions by establishing test sections to assess performance.
September 17, 1999
The paper A Pavement Preventative Maintenance Program was developed for the APWA videoconference in August 1999. This paper defines preventative, routine, and reactive maintenance activities and outlines a strategy for an effective pavement maintenance program.
September 15, 1999
Research Protocols for Pavement Preservation is now available online. This document provides background information and steps for implementing an effective pavement preservation research program.
June 15, 1999
Papers to be considered for presentation to the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board are being accepted in all transportation research subjects. Papers must be submitted to TRB by August 1, 1999.
April 20, 1999
Proceedings of the 1998 AASHTO Lead States Workshop, September 27-29, 1998, St. Louis, Missouri, are now available to view online. These workshop proceedings provide background on the Lead States Program and document workshop objectives, opening remarks and breakout sessions. Included are reviews by each Lead States Team of its implementation efforts, specifically accomplishments, lessons learned, impact, phase-out considerations, estimated budget and goals.
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