In Brief…
PaveSpec
3.0, your ticket to improved pavement quality, is now available
online. The software program is designed to aid State and local highway
agencies in developing performance-related specifications and predicting
the performance and life-cycle costs of constructed Portland cement
concrete pavement. PaveSpec can also simulate the risks and consequences
of achieving different levels of quality for a project. The program
can be downloaded at www.tfhrc.gov/pavement/pccp/pavespec/pavespec.htm.
For more information or to obtain a copy on CD, contact Peter Kopac
at FHWA, 202-493-3151 (email: peter.kopac@fhwa.dot.gov).
A historically strong supporter of
FHWA's long-term pavement performance (LTPP) program and a vital participant
in the program's Specific Pavements Study (SPS) project, the Texas
Department of Transportation (DOT) recently further strengthened that
partnership by signing a loaned staff agreement with FHWA. Under the
agreement, Texas DOT engineer Richard B. Rogers will spend the next
year at FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean,
Virginia, assisting with the SPS Traffic Data Collection Study. The
pooled fund study's goal is to improve the quality and quantity of
monitored traffic data for the SPS-1,-2,-5,-6, and -8 projects. Rogers
has done extensive work in the area of traffic data collection at
Texas DOT and is also a member of the Transportation Research Board's
Expert Task Group on LTPP Traffic Data Collection and Analysis.
Other
articles in this issue:
In
brief
States
focus on erosion control in construction and maintenance activities
Recycle Texas: A success story
Thinking beyond the pavement with context sensitive
design
Highway Technology Calendar
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