Durable and Longer-Lasting Highway Infrastructure - Mark Magalotti

Developing Methodologies to Predict and Quantify the benefits of Research that Creates Durable and Longer Lasting Highway Infrastructure

Mark J. Magalotti P.E. Ph.D.

IRISE ANNUAL MEETING MAY 24, 2021 1 University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

The Research Problem

The transfer of new technologies into practice is the ultimate goal of IRISE research More durable and longer lasting highway infrastructure creates benefits to extend the life of highways and bridges These benefits must be measured decades into the future The challenge is to quantify and predict benefits for many of these advancements

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Project Objectives

Benefits must be considered in the cost of design, construction and maintenance phases of highway infrastructure projects

Environmental impacts and sustainability benefits are difficult to evaluate but need to be considered Methodologies must be developed that quantify and can extrapolate cost and user data available on an appropriate scale (national, state or project) for highway infrastructure and user costs University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

IRISE Projects to be Evaluated

Landslide Best Practices – Just underway Joint Design Optimization – Underway soon Preliminary Evaluation of Pavement Surface Distresses Related to Pavement Marking – Just underway Remote-Controlled Technology Assessment for Safer Pavement Construction and QA/QC – Just underway Development of Simplified Mechanistic-Empirical Design Tool for Pennsylvania Rigid Pavements - Completed Material Compatibility Repair - Completed

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Project Approach/Deliverables

Task A Literature Review Task B Development of Methodologies Task C Application of Methodologies to Research Results Task D – Final Report

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Schedule/Status

Task A Literature Review – Completed report issued 2/21 Task B Development of Methodologies – Work completed, collecting baseline data, report to be issued 6/21 Task C Application of Methodologies to Research Results – To be completed after research results are available 12/21 Task D Final Report – 3/22 University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

Application of Research Results

New research application methodologies for highway infrastructure

Quantification of research benefits for current and future IRISE projects Incorporation of methodologies into future research scopes University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering