Improving Pavement Management System by Adding Pavement Preservation Component

Pavement preservation can extend a pavement's effective service life, improve safety and pavement service condition, and is a cost-effective approach. There are many benefits of adding pavement preservation into pavement management system. Pavement management system (PMS) can identify pavement preservation needs and help program pavement preservation projects. Pavement preservation increases the effectiveness of pavement management system, which can allocate available funding more cost-effectively. Although integrating pavement preservation into pavement management system is not a new thing, 9 out of 41 state agencies still utilized "worst first" approaches in their project prioritization based on a survey results in 2008. It is a challenging task to add the pavement preservation component to a PMS. An example of integration of pavement preservation with pavement management system is provided. This paper also provides guidance on how to add the pavement preservation components to pavement management system using a stepwise method.