A Performance-related Specification for Hot-mixed Asphalt
A Performance-related Specification for Hot-mixed Asphalt

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Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0309213649

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 704: A Performance-Related Specification for Hot-Mixed Asphalt provides a proposed performance-related specification (PRS) for hot-mix asphalt (HMA) in the form of the Microsoft Windows-based Quality-Related Specification Software (QRSS). The QRSS is a stand-alone program for Microsoft Windows (versions XP and 7) that employs a database of pre-solved solutions of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. The program is capable of (1) calculating the predicted rutting, fatigue cracking, and low-temperature (thermal) cracking of an HMA pavement from the mix volumetric and binder and aggregate properties of the as-designed HMA (typically the job mix formula) and (2) comparing them with predictions calculated from the contractor's lot or sub-lot quality assurance data for the same properties.

Performance-related Specifications for Highway Construction and Rehabilitation
Performance-related Specifications for Highway Construction and Rehabilitation

Author: William P. Chamberlin

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780309056731

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This synthesis will be of interest to administrators, including contract and specifications administrators; research, construction, materials, specification, and design engineers; agency project managers and staff; and highway construction contractors. It describes the state of the practice with respect to the development and present status of performance-related specifications (PRS) for highway materials and construction. This report of the Transportation Research Board summarizes the historical events that have prompted U.S. interest in PRS development and describes the underlying concepts. In addition, it describes current practice with regard to PRS implementation and refers to the principal PRS literature with emphasis on performance and cost models. It emphasizes the utility of PRS in providing objective/ rational measures that can be used for special contract conditions, such as incentive or disincentive adjustments.

Performance Specifications for Rapid Highway Renewal
Performance Specifications for Rapid Highway Renewal

Author: Sidney Scott III and Linda Konrath

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

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Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0309273838

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This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes suggested performance specifications for different application areas and delivery methods that users may tailor to address rapid highway renewal project-specific goals and conditions.