Developing of Pavement Management System (PMS) for EMU Campus Pavement in GIS Environment

ABSTRACT: Systematic processes such as a pavement management system (PMS) are commonly utilized for assisting the decision making process in terms of finding a proper maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) treatment for the pavement network. This kind of process usually can make sure of the effectiveness for funds that allocated for the treatment action. In this study PMS has been established for Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) campus pavement network for both roadways and parking lots, which can be considered as a first step that carried out to establish this system for the campus. In this research, pavement evaluation study was undertaken in the context of phase a pavement condition survey producing pavement condition index (PCI) according to ASTM D6433 standard. PCI has been determined for every campus pavement section according to the existing pavement distress type, severity and quantity. MicroPAVER PMS software was utilized for computing PCI and for demonstrating when and which section of pavement network required (M&R) action. A total of 79 sections of the campus network were inspected and assessed in June 2012, it can be remarked that 37sections are in Excellent condition, 15 sections are classed as Very Good, 21 are classed as Good, 4 of sections are in Fair condition and 2 sections are classed as Poor. Moreover, there is no section observed in Very Poor or Failed condition, and also the average PCI for the whole pavement network is 79. Therefore, the entire campus pavement health can be classified as Very Good. The proposed plan was conducted for the coming 5 years which starts from 2013 to 2017. Additionally, the determined analytical results in PMS have been stored and displayed in Geographic Information System (GIS). This system is one of the latest techniques followed by using computers to save huge amount of data with large areas of the maps that cannot be saved properly on a paper. In this research ArcGIS10 was integrated with EMU campus PMS, GIS was utilized to assist in the preparation of a suitable database for the campus pavement network. For this reason a shapefile was created and an attribute table has been established. This table includes collected and computed pavement data such as: inventory, present and future condition, suggested treatments alongside costs for each individual section that required a treatment action. Finally, several reports, charts and thematic maps are produced. Keywords: Pavement Management System, Campus Pavement Network, Pavement Condition Index, Pavement Distress, MicroPAVER, Geographic Information System. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………