Estimation of Highway Maintenance Marginal Cost under Multiple Maintenance Activities

This paper focuses on the estimation of highway maintenance marginal costs. Highway maintenance marginal cost has been estimated in the literature using the perpetual overlay indirect approach. This approach assumes that pavement overlay costs dominate maintenance costs and ignores other maintenance...

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Published in:Journal of transportation engineering 2010-10, Vol.136 (10), p.863-870
Main Authors: Anani, Shadi B, Madanat, Samer M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Building economics. Cost
Buildings. Public works
Computation methods. Tables. Charts
Concrete pavements
Durability. Pathology. Repairing. Maintenance
Estimating techniques
Exact sciences and technology
Marginal costs
Repair (reinforcement, strenthening)
Road operations (signalization, lighting, safety and accessories, snow clearance, acoustical panel, etc.)
Roads & highways
Structural analysis. Stresses
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Transportation infrastructure
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Summary:This paper focuses on the estimation of highway maintenance marginal costs. Highway maintenance marginal cost has been estimated in the literature using the perpetual overlay indirect approach. This approach assumes that pavement overlay costs dominate maintenance costs and ignores other maintenance activities. This paper focuses on two questions. First, is it acceptable to ignore the less costly activities? Second, if multiple maintenance activities are to be considered, is it acceptable to ignore their interdependence? The results show that less costly maintenance activities cannot be ignored. Furthermore, if multiple activities are to be considered, their interdependence should be taken into account.
ISSN:0733-947X
1943-5436
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000150