Abstract:
Pavement Management System (PMS) is a set of procedures/methods available for collecting, maintaining, analysing, and reporting pavement data to assist the decision-making process.
When it comes to road maintenance planning, decision making is always challenging where road agencies have a limited budget to deliver their long-term strategies. This has put immense pressure on asset managers and asset Engineers to establish a process that priorities
maintenance treatments for better network outcome.
Prioritising maintenance needs of a road network based simply on its current condition failed to satisfy the long-term impact of the maintenance (IDS 2019). It is recommended to combine project prioritization and the budget optimization process to achieve a balance between the maintenance needs and budget constraints. The optimised program will ensure the best value
for money when analysing benefits of the desired maintenance options under a limited budget. The presentation will discuss the steps involved in developing the optimised road maintenance program for delivering long-term strategies and benefit of PMS for the long- term decisionmaking
process.
Citation:
Gunarathna, P., & Thananjeyan, A. (2020). Strategies into practice through the pavement management system [Abstract]. In H.L.K. Perera (Ed.), Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum 2020 (p. 11). Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. https://uom.lk/sites/default/files/civil/files/TRF%202020_0.pdf