Pavement Management and Preservation Office

Contact: Jim Hornphone907-269-6237 Emailjim.horn@alaska.gov

Airports Pavement Condition Data


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Airport Data Mapping (1mb KMZ, requires a KML viewer) free Google Earth download off site link
About Airport Pavement Condition Data

Roads Pavement Condition Data

Construction Projects (3mb KMZ) 2011 IRI (8mb KMZ)
2011 Road Sections (8mb KMZ) 2011 Rut Depth (8mb KMZ)
2011 PSR (8mb KMZ) All Condition Data (32mb KMZ)

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Roads Pavement Management Data Portal off site link
DOT&PF Collected Roads Photos Viewer (internal, employee use only) off site link
Dynatest Collected Roads Photos (internal, employee use only) off site link

Pavement Management is defined as a set of tools or methods that assist decision makers in finding cost-effective strategies for maintaining, upgrading, and operating a network of pavements.

The Pavement Management Engineer employs technical expertise and equipment available from other DOT&PF groups (such as Regional Materials) to accomplish the statewide pavement management function and to develop a systematic approach to maintaining the Department's highway and airport paved networks. This function is located within the Department's Transportation Management and Security Section and is overseen by the Statewide Maintenance Engineer.

The Pavement Management Engineer is the Department's technical expert on pavement management and pavement preservation and is responsible for directly managing the State's paved assets. This role includes the annual assessment and reporting of pavement conditions for the State's roads and airports and maintaining the DOT&PF's pavement management database systems. These systems are utilized to help DOT&PF staff and managers to create project recommendations to preserve and repair the State's paved assets.

Pavement Management for the road system involves automated collection of pavement condition (smoothness and rutting) on approximately 3500 lane miles per year. The data collection is performed under a contract with Dynatest Consulting, Inc. using Road Surface Profiling (RSP) equipment. The condition data is uploaded into the Department's Pavement Management System database along with updated traffic data and new construction and repair information. The database, Dynatest's Performance and Economic Rating System (PERS), can then be updated with repair and maintenance options and budget constraints. This information is necessary to forecast condition deterioration and cost/benefit analysis to optimize network-level budgets and work scenarios. Summary reports and condition mapping are created and published annually.

Pavement Management of airports includes inspections of pavement condition every third year. The inspections involve visual assessment of representative sample units to quantify the extent and severity of various distresses. The inspection information is entered into a MicroPAVER database along with pavement age and construction/maintenance histories. The program generates PCI (Pavement Condition Index) values which are included in annual reports and maps. The MicroPAVER software can also be used to predict condition deterioration and develop project budget and budgeting scenario options.