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Brochure: summarizes the AASHTO Asset Management Strategic Plan. Outlining mission, vision and goals for the next decade, the document was developed by the Transportation Asset Management Task Force in 2000.

Asset Management Implementation Plan for the Colorado DOT Research Branch.

A resource which outlines the concept behind pavement preservation, and calls upon members of the transportation community to "spread the word" in the hopes of expanding funding for pavement preservation.

This compendium serves as a tool for interested members of the highway community and the general public, providing information on pavement preservation articles and research.

A brochure on the benefits of using ground penetrating radar to measure pavement layer thickness.

For this NCHRP Project 20-07/Task 120 Asset Management, the consultant assisted the AASHTO Task Force on Transportation Asset Management by coordinating numerous on-going activities and by contributing to the development of the AASHTO Strategic Plan for Asset Management. The consultant coordinated the business of the Task Force with the FHWA, AASHTO members, and other public and private agencies regarding the operation, improvement, and preservation of transportation assets. The consultant helped coordinate and facilitate a workshop on asset management held in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 1-3, 1999.

This workbook was developed to assist participants in following the information presented in the Pavement Preventive Maintenance course. It contains information on the benefits, challenges, techniques, and costs of pavement preservation programs, as well as providing findings from recent case studies.

Asset management--the cost-effective operation, maintenance, and preservation of transportation systems--is not a new concept for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); but with the opening of the agency's first Office of Asset Management on February 1, 1999, the concept received a new emphasis and a new focal point. The Office of Asset Management is dedicated to putting into practice FHWA's belief in an integrated asset management system that incorporates highways, bridges, tunnels, hardware, and other assets. One of the primary roles of the new office is to act as a consultant to the states as they implement asset management practices. Knowledge-sharing is the root of this effort. In encouraging the states to move away from a purely engineering-based system to more of an economic system, part of the office's role is helping the states to think more like the private sector when managing their assets--that is, to consider the costs and benefits. The result ideally should be transportation systems that are effectively managed from a user perspective. The office is also helping the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Transportation Research Board prepare an asset management guidebook for state use.

According to this primer, asset management is a systematic process of maintaining, upgrading, and operating physical assets cost-effectively. It combines engineering principles with sound business practices and economic theory, and it provides tools to facilitate a more organized, logical approach to decision-making. Thus, asset management provides a framework for handling both short- and long-range planning. Asset management has come of age because of (1) changes in the transportation environment, (2) changes in public expectations, and (3) extraordinary advances in technology. Today's transportation environment is characterized by high user demand, budgets stretched by significant and growing requirements, past and projected declines in staff resources, and a mature system that is experiencing ongoing deterioration. This document answers basic questions about Asset Management.

A report on the significance of pavement preservation, and its role in the future of asset management practices.

A document that provides guidance on strategies for enhancing pavement smoothness to optimize highway performance.

A document that provides guidance on strategies for enhancing pavement smoothness to optimize highway performance.