CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES

APTech provides specialized technical expertise to help contractors preserve, upgrade and extend the life of public-use pavements under privatized maintenance contracts. The following highlights some of our project examples.

Asset Management Services for the Nation's Capital

APTech assisted VMS, Inc. with the implementation of an Asset Management contract for the maintenance of approximately 400 lane miles of arterial roads in Washington, D.C. The project, which is the first of its kind featuring a cooperative effort between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Department of Public Works, places responsibility for all maintenance requirements on the road network in the hands of a contractor for a period of 5 years. APTech worked with the contractor to conduct pavement management condition surveys and to develop a maintenance and rehabilitation program for the 5-year period. APTech also conducted training sessions on pavement management for roadways for VMS engineers.

Virginia Interstate Pavement Condition Assessment

Since 1997, VMS, Inc. has been responsible for the maintenance of more than 1,100 lane miles of interstate highway under a 5-year contract maintenance study with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The highways are divided into two sections, or subprojects, based on their locations at opposite ends of the state. Both sections include 4-lane and 6-lane divided highways that combine to a total of approximately 1,160 lane miles.

APTech, under a contract with VMS, conducted a pavement condition assessment for the aforementioned pavement network to evaluate the pavement condition with respect to the performance standards established in the VDOT contract. In addition, APTech updated VMS' pavement management models and used the information to develop a pavement maintenance and rehabilitation program for the remaining years under the warranty. As part of APTech's work on this project, a guide was developed for evaluating the condition of highway ramps and shoulders.

In 2001, the contract between VMS and VDOT was extended an additional five years. In December 2001, APTech again updated the information in the pavement management system. The work involved the addition of projects from the years 2000 and 2001 into the pavement management database as well as the conduct of windshield surveys to estimate pavement conditions at that time. Using the information obtained in the field, 2002-2003 work plans were created. In the spring of 2003, APTech performed another pavement condition assessment, updated the pavement management system, and created work plans for 2004 through 2007.