Below is the list of required reading. You may notice that there are quite a few documents to read, but they have been chosen very carefully and should prove useful. There is no standard textbook for a course like this so we will read what the professional community and experts are reading. A reasonable general construction background text is available online from Carnegie Mellon University:
Hendrickson, C. (1998). Project Management for Construction. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
UW Access Required. This means that the reading is contained in an online journal that UW Libraries subscribes to. If you are on a UW computer, the links should take you directly to the article. If not on a UW computer (such as your home or laptop computer) the links should first direct you to the UW NetID login page and then, once you have logged in, to the article. If this fails, you can do one of the following:
| Infrastructure: Definition, Current State and Issues |
2005 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure (updated for 2008) by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). (2005). As a minimum, do the following:
| Productivity and Logistics |
Balancing Production Rates in Hot Mix Asphalt Operations from the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). (1996). IS-120. Please see the discussion board for more details on this publication.
Computer Simulation Model: Construction Analysis for Pavement Rehabilitation Strategies by Lee, E.B. and Ibbs, C.W. (2005). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 131, issue 4, p. 449-458. An overview of what CA4PRS is, how it works and what to do with it. UW Access Required.
Fast-Track Urban Freeway Rehabilitation with 55 h Weekend Closures: I-710 Long Beach Case Study by Lee, E.B.; Lee, H. and Harvey, J.T. (2006). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 132, issue 5, p. 465-472. If you are doing the I-5 HMA repave option, this is your bible. UW Access Required.
Case Study of Urban Concrete Pavement Reconstruction on I-10 by Lee, E.B.; Roesler, J.R.; Harvey, J.T. and Ibbs, C.W. (2002). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 128, issue 1, p. 49-56. UW Access Required. This paper comes from a much larger, and more detailed, one called Case Study of Urban Concrete Pavement Reconstruction and Traffic Management for the I-10 ( Pomona, CA) Project by Lee, E.B.; Roesler, J.R.; Harvey, J.T. and Ibbs, C.W. (2001). University of California, Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, Pavement Research Center. Report for the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF), Falls Church, VA. If you are doing the I-5 PCC repave option, this is your bible.
Integrated Design/Construction/Operations Analysis for Fast-Track Urban Freeway Reconstruction by Lee, E.B.; Harvey, J.T. and Thomas, D. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 131, issue 12, p. 1283-1291. This describes the I-15 Devore project in a bit more detail - good for PCC folks. UW Access Required.
Construction Analysis for Pavement Rehabilitation Strategies (CA4PRS) Software from the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, Pavement Research Center. Brochure developed for the State Pavement Technology Consortium (of which WSDOT is a member). The entire CA4PRS website is at: www.dot.ca.gov/hq/research/roadway/ca4prs/ca4prs.htm.
Productivity Aspects of Urban Freeway Rehabilitation with Accelerated Construction by Lee, E.B.; Lee H.; and Ibbs, C.W. (2007). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 133, issue 10, p. 798-806. Good summary of expected productivities for the various tasks associated with repaving. UW Access Required.
| Cost Estimating |
Highway Construction Cost Comparison Survey by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). (2002).
Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects: Error or Lie? by Flyvbjerg, B.; Holm, M.S. and Buhl, S. (2002). In the J. of the American Planning Association, Vol. 68, No. 3.
| Traffic Impacts |
Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Cross-Cutting Study from the FHWA. (2003). Executive summary is required, the rest is optional.
| Life-Cycle Costing |
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in Pavement Design by Walls, J. and Smith, M.R. (1998). Report No. FHWA-SA-98-079. FHWA, Washington, D.C. Executive summary is required, the rest is optional.
South Carolina DOT study on LCCA: preliminary findings. Done at Clemson, this is a good document that summarizes LCCA procedures throughout the U.S. Useful for figuring some values on your LCCA for the I-5 job.
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: RealCost User Manual from the FHWA Office of Asset Management. (2004).
| Other Resources |
Pavement Interactive by many. If you have a pavement-related question you can probably find an answer here.
Minimizing Total Cost for Urban Freeway Reconstruction with Integrated Construction/Traffic Analysis by Lee, E.B.; Ibbs, C.W. and Thomas, D. (2005). Journal of Infrastructure Systems, v. 11, no. 4, pp. 250-257. This paper can serve as a good guide for your investigation of the I-5 repaving.
Knowledge-based Scheduling Analysis Software for Highway Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Projects by Lee, E.B.; Harvey, J.T. and Samadian, M.M. (2005). Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 9-13 January 2005, Washington, D.C. An overview of what CA4PRS is, how it works and what to do with it.
Fast Track Concrete Pavements from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). (1994). Article reproduced on the Portland Cement Association’s College Literature CD-ROM. Good information on how to speed up PCC paving.
Evaluation of the Effects of Closing Interstate 5 Lanes and Ramps by Hallenbeck, M.E. and Lin, C. (1986). WA-RD 88.1. Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA.
Evaluation of the Full Weekend Closure Strategy for Highway Reconstruction Projects I-405 Tukwila to Factoria by Dunston, P.S.; Mannering, F.L.; Nam, D.; Lee, J. and Savage, B.M. (1998). WA-RD 454.1, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA.
The Big I:"Crossroads of the Southwest" in Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. (2001) Kieways magazine, November-December 2001.
NCHRP Report 540: Guidelines for Early-Opening-to-Traffic Portland Cement Concrete for Pavement Rehabilitation by Van Dam et al. (2005). Read the summary on pages 1 to 3 to get the general findings of the report. Details, obviously, are found in the report.
Characterizing Effective Built-In Curling from Concrete Pavement Field Measurements by Shreenath, R. and Roesler, J.R. (2005). J. Transp. Engrg. Vol. 131, Issue 4, pp. 320-327. UW Access Required.
Capacity of Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures by Maze, T.H.; Schrock, S.D. and Kamyab, A. (2000). Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium 2000 Proceedings.
A New Methodology to Estimate Capacity for Freeway Work Zones by Kim, T.; Lovell, D.J. and Paracha, J. (2001). Presentation at the 2001 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
WSDOT Pavement Type Selection Protocol (January 2005). Washington State Department of Transportation, Materials Laboratory, Olympia, WA. You will need this for your LCCA calculation on your final project.
Solid Waste Generation in Asphalt and Reinforced Concrete Roadway Life Cycles by Rajendran, S. and Gambatese, J.A. (2007). Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 88-96. UW Access Required.
Energy Consumption of Asphalt and Reinforced Concrete Pavement Materials and Construction by Zapata, P. and Gambatese, J.A. (2005). Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 9-20. UW Access Required.