Pavement Preservation Journal, Winter 2015, Vol. 8, No. 4
Stephanie Drain, P.E.
With fall chill in the air, there was a “north of the border” emphasis on pavement preservation at the October Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance fall meeting (PPRA).
For PPRA, some 330 delegates from six countries traveled to Niagara Falls, Ont., for the international event, which combined the fall meetings of FP2 Inc. founding associations, the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association, the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association, and the International Slurry Surfacing Association.
Building upon the momentum of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Summit held in Paris in February, a full technical program included more than 40 industry and government agency professionals, who discussed pavement preservation strategies, what they are doing to reach beyond the short-term focus of repair and rehabilitation, and share processes that effectively, efficiently, and economically perform those functions.
Throughout the opening day Oct. 13, PPRA affiliates were well represented with presentations from Larry Galehouse, P.E. (National Center for Pavement Preservation), David Peshkin, P.E. (Applied Pavement Technology), and David Hein, P.E. (Applied Research Associates).
In his talk, Social & Economic Impact of Pavement Preservation, Galehouse reviewed the connections that we often fail to make between pavement preservation and our daily lives. He offered ideas and considerations that could be easily overlooked, but are vital to the lifestyles to which society has grown accustomed, underscoring the need to promote pavement preservation.
Galehouse was followed by Buzz Powell, P.E., of NCAT, who focused on the NCAT/MnROAD preservation research partnership (see related article on page 11), and the construction of the new CIR and CCPR sections of the test track which were added this summer.
Peshkin discussed the Role of Preservation in Managing Pavements. Beginning with a review of the benefits of integrating pavement preservation into existing pavement management systems, he said through the addition of preservation processes to management systems, governments will have the ability to qualify and quantify their long term performance.
