Pavement Preservation Best Practices

Preventive Maintenance isn’t filling potholes. It’s pothole prevention! It’s a best practice intended to protect the investment in our most expensive public asset; the public road network.

Just like neglected oil changes lead to costly engine repairs, the cost to repair roads goes up as conditions deteriorate. Most local road agencies are using one or more of the treatments in the capital preventive maintenance toolbox. That’s a good start.

Pavement preservation is a long-term strategy that puts cost-effective preventive maintenance treatments into a plan that extends pavement service life, improves safety, provides a road network that meets community needs, and ensures the best use of taxpayer dollars. The best practice requires moving from reactive to a proactive strategy.

Interactive sessions with industry and local agency experts will provide the best practices for the design and construction of preventive maintenance treatments and give you the tools to determine where these treatments fit into your asset management plan.

7:45 AM Registration Opens

8 AM Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM Welcome & Introduction to Pothole Prevention

9 AM Pavement Preservation and Asset Management: Strategies that Work

9:45 AM Best Practices for Safe Preventive Maintenance Work Zones

10:15 AM Mid-Morning Stretch

10:30 AM Sealing the Cracks

11 AM Chip Seal and Fog Seal Best Practices

11:30 AM Micro Surfacing

Noon Networking Lunch Provided by MRPA

1 PM Maximizing Remaining Service Life: Mixing the Fixes for Best Results Interlayers, Cape Seal, Scrub Seal and more

1:30 PM Innovations at Work: Best Practices to Maximize CPM Performance

2:30 PM Keys to Planning Success

2:45 PM It’s a Wrap: Closing Remarks and Attendance Drawing

CEU certificates will be provided on-site for pre-registered attendees.

3 PM BONUS SESSION: Getting to Know Your Road Resource: RoadResource.org is a free tool to help you assess pavement condition, optimize treatment plans and measure progress. Join us after the workshop for a small group program tutorial.

For event flyer visit www.PreserveMIRoads.org.