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Applied Pavement Technology,
Inc. (APTech) is a leader in the development and presentation of
pavement-related training courses. APTech has developed several
courses for the Federal Highway Administration's National Highway
Institute (NHI), has been involved in the development of interactive
CD-ROM training materials including a CD on the airfield Pavement
Condition Index (PCI) procedure, and has developed and conducted
long-distance learning courses and web casts. APTech's training
courses and materials are summarized below, but these courses can
be customized or combined to fit your agency's needs.
Construction
Hot-Mix Asphalt
Construction
This course provides participants with a working knowledge of the
Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) construction process and equipment, as well
as an understanding of the effect of construction actions on the
final product. It reviews the HMA construction process from the
delivery of the HMA to the job site, through lay down and compaction,
and concluding with quality control/quality assurance of the completed
pavement. This course incorporates SuperPave considerations.
Managing Construction
Workmanship
This course explores the impact of quality workmanship on total
project and agency costs in terms of money, delay, long-term performance,
user costs, and life safety issues. Participants learn to restate
the importance of quality workmanship and identify costs of non-conformance
in terms of money, delay, performance, user costs, and life safety
issues. The material also covers the role of the various players
and members of the construction team (including the participant's
own roles) in achieving quality workmanship.
Hot-Mix Asphalt
Recycling
This course covers the major aspects of recycling materials and
mix design, construction methods and equipment, case histories and
quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) of the four major categories
of recycling: Hot Plant, Hot In-Place, Cold In-Place, and Full-Depth
reclamation. The training also reviews performance data of recycled
mixes, specification limits, selection of pavements for recycling,
and the economics of recycling.
Hot Mix Asphalt
Production Facilities
This training course covers the entire HMA Production Facilities
process, including an overview of the types of plants used, the
drying and heating systems, emission-control systems, feeders and
conveyor systems, storage systems, plant operation and maintenance,
and quality control/quality assurance.
Pavement Design
Highway Pavement
Design
This course covers all aspects of highway pavement design, including
both new and overlay pavement design. Emphasis is given to the use
of the AASHTO pavement design procedures, but alternative design
procedures are also presented to illustrate the concept of "checking"
the reasonableness of resultant pavement designs. Several interactive
design workshops are also incorporated into the course to provide
participants with the opportunity to apply the design procedures
and principles to actual design situations.
Design Details
for High Performance Portland Cement Concrete
This course includes guidelines for the design of high performance
concrete pavements and covers important design characteristics,
such as joint design, joint spacing, reinforcement, base design,
and thickness design.
Concrete Overlays
This course describes the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages
of different types of portland cement concrete overlays. It covers
current design procedures and how to evaluate multiple rehabilitation
alternatives.
Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Techniques for
Pavement Rehabilitation
APTech's engineers have been working with this training program
in various capacities since the mid-1980s. This course provides
state-of-the-art information on pavement rehabilitation techniques,
including restoration methods, recycling procedures, and overlay
design methodologies. It also provides detailed information on systematic
pavement evaluation procedures to ensure the condition of the existing
pavement is assessed accurately.
Pavement Distress
Evaluation and Rehabilitation
This course walks participants through a logical step-by-stop process
in which existing pavement structures are evaluated, feasible rehabilitation
alternatives are identified, and practical rehabilitation solutions
presented. It can be taught for either hot-mix asphalt pavements
or portland cement concrete pavements.
Portland Cement
Concrete Pavement Rehabilitative Treatment
This course focuses on evaluation techniques specifically for Portland
cement concrete and rehabilitative treatments for these pavements.
This course can be offered in depth over multiple days or in a 1-day
format.
Pavement Preservation
Series
APTech has developed
a series of courses on Pavement Preservation. The first, The Preventive
Maintenance Concept, presents effective pavement maintenance techniques
and includes guidelines on the allocation of funding for preventive
maintenance activities and examples of successful practices in state
highway agencies. To develop this course material, the authors visited
selected states to develop case studies.
The second course in
this series, Selecting Pavements for Preventive Maintenance, concentrates
on identifying and evaluating sites that are appropriate candidates
for preventive maintenance and determining the appropriate treatment
to apply.
The third course, Design
and Construction of Quality Preventive Maintenance Treatments, presents
the critical design factors for preventive maintenance techniques
and the recommended procedures for construction. The materials also
include guidelines for conducting post-construction/pre-opening
inspections.
The final course in the
series, Integrating Pavement Preservation Practices and Pavement
Management, addresses the essential partnership between pavement
management and maintenance activities. The course introduces the
ways that a pavement management system can support a pavement preservation
program and the techniques involved to consider preventive maintenance
treatments in a multi-year program.
Economic Tools
Life Cycle Cost
Analysis
Life cycle costing is a tool used by pavement design engineers,
pavement management engineers, and others responsible for selecting
pavement type and rehabilitation strategies. The FHWA developed
a short course to provide technical guidance and recommendations
on "good practice" in conducing Life Cycle Cost Analysis
(LCCA). The course materials, which APTech helped develop, include
a probabilistic approach to LCCA to address the uncertainty inherent
in the process.
Management Systems
An Introduction
to Pavement Management
This course provides an excellent introduction to pavement management.
The course introduces each of the components of a pavement management
system, including the inventory, condition surveys, database development,
performance modeling, and the development of a multi-year program.
Methods of collecting and reporting inventory and condition information
are also covered.
Principles and Practices for Enhanced Maintenance Management Systems
The purpose of this course is to introduce the participants to the
techniques used in enhanced maintenance management systems to effectively
maintain and operate a highway network. It introduces the modules
of a maintenance management system and the use of customer-focused
performance outcomes to set maintenance budgets and schedules.
Transportation
Asset Management
This course teaches state and local transportation employees to
select and use the proper tools for implementing a goal-oriented
managmetn process and how to use the most successful methods for
collecting and analyzing data. It also covers how to evaluate the
condition of transportation assets, prioritize needs, and how to
conduct an effective self assessment of an agency's strengths and
weaknesses.
Airfield Pavement Courses
Airfield Pavement
Maintenance and Rehabilitation
This course presents airfield pavement maintenance and rehabilitation
as a component of a comprehensive pavement management implementation
study. It is designed to improve participants' understanding of
proper airfield pavement maintenance and rehabilitation techniques.
Airfield PCC Pavement
Rehabilitation
This course on Portland cement concrete pavement rehabilitation
specifically benefits airport instructor, managers, and field crews.
Interactive Training
on Airfield PCI
This interactive course provides guidance on the conduct of this
survey procedure developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The course materials included an introduction to PCI, network definition,
sampling rates and pavement distress identification in an easy-to-use
format, all on one self-contained interactive CD-ROM. The program
features high quality color photographs of concrete and asphalt
distress types, comprehensive coverage of PCI survey techniques,
visual comparisons of distress types and severities, and an explanation
of how to determine sampling rates.
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