ADAPTING HIGHWAY PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY FOR LOCAL AIRPORTS

In the past decades there has been a major shift toward developing open and flexible computerized pavement management systems for maintaining highway and road networks across North America and around the world. This paper presents an approach and results of adapting an existing highway pavement management system that was developed for use by airports. It discusses and compares important issues such as location referencing, condition indices, deterioration rates, applicable treatments, and implementation issues towards system acceptance in the local airport community. The paper presents problems encountered during the project and solutions developed. This paper will serve as an example describing how current pavement management methodologies can be transferred into other management systems and management areas.