INSTRUCTOR: David K. Hein, P.Eng.

Purpose and Background

One of the most valuable and used physical assets in North America are our pavements. Roads, highways, airports and parking facilities serve to support the movement of goods and people for both business and recreational purposes. These assets impact the daily life of almost everyone. The peak of road building in North America was during the 1960s and 70s. The focus was to provide safe, durable and accessible vehicular transportation for everyone. Since that time, our focus has been mostly on the maintenance and rehabilitation of this valuable infrastructure. Unfortunately, demand has exceeded our capability to maintain our roadway infrastructure.

This webinar develops an understanding of the key features of design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation to assist agencies and other owners to ensure that they are getting what they paid for and to cost-effectively extend the service life of our pavement infrastructure.

Primary Discussion Topics

• Basics of rigid pavement design
• Key design features to ensure pavement longevity
• Construction techniques improve performance
• Uses of wastes and by-products and new innovations
• Construction aspects of rigid pavements
• Maintenance and rehabilitation planning and execution

Learning Outcomes

• Understand methods to cost-effectively design, construct and maintain rigid pavements
• Understand the importance of key design features
• Recognize construction deficiencies and their impact
• Plan effective maintenance and rehabilitation treatments
• Optimize pavement investments

Webinar Benefits

• Recognize key design features needed to build long-life rigid pavements
• Understand the importance of pavement materials
• Learn what to look for during construction to ensure high quality
• Understand the importance of timely maintenance and rehabilitation
• Describe the positive and negative impacts of alternative pavement materials