Pavement Preservation Workshop

This workshop is an introduction to preventive pavement maintenance. Topics include the benefits of preventive pavement maintenance programs, Caltrans’ experience with pavement preservation, and an overview of different pavement preservation strategies. Speakers are from private industry, Caltrans and FHWA. The workshop will be of interest to those responsible for selecting cost-effective maintenance treatments, design engineers, material engineers and technicians, construction engineers and inspectors, maintenance engineers, and private industry.

8:00 – 8:15 Opening Remarks and Introductions
8:15 – 8:30 Protecting Our Pavements: Preventive Maintenance
8:30 – 9:30 Engineering a Preventive Maintenance Program, Part I David Peshkin, Vice President, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, IL Determining the need for preventive maintenance Overview of preventive maintenance What it is, how it is different, and why it’s important now Components of a successful program Keys to success and overcoming barriers
9:30 – 10:00 BREAK
10:00 – 10:45 Engineering a Preventive Maintenance Program, Part II David Peshkin, Vice President, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., Preventive maintenance treatments Crack seals Surface treatments Other treatments The treatment selection process Determining feasible treatments Selecting a treatment
10:45 – 11:30 The Case for Pavement Preservation: California’s Experience Larry Orcutt, CalTrans, Office of Highway Maintenance, Sacremento, CA California’s situation before preventive maintenance Developing California’s program Key components of California’s program Maturing preventive maintenance
11:30 – 12:15 LUNCH
12:15 – 12:45 Preventive Maintenance: Project Selection Jim Sorenson, FHWA, Washington, DC
12:30 – 1:15 Thin and Ultra thin Hot-Mix Asphalt Surfacing HMA Industry Representative Open-graded friction courses (OGFC), stone matrix asphalt (SMA), porous friction courses, thin HMA overlays Past problems New technologies Improved Safety
1:15 – 1:45 Crack Sealing Industry Representative
1:45 – 2:30 Chip Seals AEMA Representative Single Chip Seals Double Chip Seals Asphalt Rubber Seals
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 3:30 Slurry Seals and Microsurfacing ISSA Representative
3:30 – 4:15 Ultra Thin Hot-Applied Surfacing and Other Emerging Applications Industry Representative
4:15 – 4:30 Q/A and closing remarks

Speakers:

David Peshkin, P.E.

Vice PresidentApplied Pavement Technology, Inc.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Larry Orcutt

Chief of Maintenance
CaltransOffice of Highway Maintenance
Sacramento, CA

James Sorenson

Construction and Systems Preservation Teamleader
FHWA
Office of Asset Management
Washington D.C.
When: Thursday, March 1, 2001
Where: University of Hawaii, East West Center
Jefferson Hall, Asia Room
1777 East West Road
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Juli Kobayashi at 956-9006, 956-8851 FAX or juli@eng.hawaii.edu Deadline to register is Tuesday, February 20, 2001

*NOTE: Attendance is limited to 60 participants, so please register early.