Asphalt pavement is a major component of our transportation system. Transportation agencies at the city and county level can maximize the value of their huge investment in streets and roads by using proper pavement maintenance strategies.

This course provides a solid working knowledge of the most common pavement maintenance and preservation practices. Basic principles, best field practices and safety issues are covered.

This course is based on Day 3 of the Asphalt Pavement Materials, Design, Construction & Maintenance and is offered as a low-cost alternative to that course.

Additional course detail is provided in the sections below.

• Course Topics
  • Pavement Management Systems Overview
  • Pavement Distress Types
  • Asphalt Materials: Brief Review & Update
  • Maintenance vs. Rehabilitation: Concepts & Definitions
  • Maintenance Strategies
  • Rehabilitation Strategies
• Course Outline
  Module 1: Maintenance Strategies

  • Cracking Sealing
  • Patching
  • Surface Treatments
  • Fog Seals
  • Chip Seals
  • Slurry Seals
  • Cape Seals
  • Asphalt Rubber Aggregate Membrane ARAM
  • Microsurfacing

  Module 2: Rehabilitation Strategies

  • Overlays (Thick, Thin, Bonded Wearing Course)
  • Recycling
  • Hot Central Plant Process
  • Cold In-Place Process
  • Hot In-Place (Surface) Process
  • Full Depth Recycling
• What you will learn

  By the end of this course, students have a better understanding of the most common pavement maintenance strategies and materials, and their most appropriate uses in an agency's overall pavement management plan.

• Who should attend

  This class is tailored for those directly involved in asphalt pavement maintenance or rehabilitation as well as maintenance supervisors and managers, engineers with some responsibility for maintenance, pavement management, or rehabilitation.

  It is appropriate for those who are new to the subject as well as for experienced pavement managers wanting additional technical background or an update on the state-of-the-practice.

• Course Prerequisites

  [no prerequisites identified]

• Course Instructors

  Roger Smith, Asphalt Pavements Consultant and Trainer

  Roger Smith is a consultant specializing in asphalt pavement and materials. In addition to his asphalt consulting services, he has provided training services through the state Technology Transfer (T2) Centers in California and Nevada. He also creates and delivers pavement training classes for the Institute of Transportation Studies (U.C. Berkeley) and the California Asphalt Pavement Association (CalAPA), and is a part-time Pavement Specialist with the California Pavement Preservation Center at Chico State University. Roger began his career with Caltrans, ending up as the Senior Engineer in charge of the asphalt materials section of Caltrans' Transportation Laboratory (Translab) in Sacramento.

• Registration Information

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  If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the TechTransfer Registrar at (510) 643-4393 or registrar@techtransfer.berkeley.edu.

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