1. More Youthful Pavements with Preventive Preservation
Ken Holton, P.E.
Pavement Technology, Inc.

4. What does this have to do with Pavement Preservation?
You need to prepare for Your Future
Prepare Roads for a Healthy Future

5. How to take care of an asset
Proactive with “Preventive” Maintenance
Reactive with “Corrective” Maintenance

6. How to take care of an asset
Proactive with “Preventive” Maintenance
Reactive with “Corrective” Maintenance

7. Rejuvenation of Asphalt Binder
Prevention - keeping something from happening
Preservation - keeping in existing or satisfactory condition

8. The Issue We reuse good materials
We do not always account for aged AC Binder

9. Effective preventative maintenance “Right Road with the Right Treatment at the Right Time”
$1 for preventive maintenance here
Is 3 to 10 times more cost effective than here
Condition
The New York DOT found preventive maintenance to be 3.65 times more cost-effective than a “do nothing” strategy. While the preservation approach has gained general acceptance with the Federal Highway Administration and most state and local agencies, private communities have been slow to adopt this philosophy.
Time

10. Why Asphalt Deteriorates
The first significant hardening of the asphalt cement takes place in the pugmill or drum mixer where heated aggregate is mixed with hot asphalt cement. During this short mixing time, the asphalt cement, which is in very thin films, is exposed to high temperatures ranging from 275 to 350º F.
Aging Begins

11. Oxidation takes its toll
The roadway begins to deteriorate the moment it’s paved. The worst part is it’s exponential. The viscosity of the asphalt binder can go from 10-15K poise when it’s only a few months old to several hundred thousand after only a few years. In our area this is how most roads fail.
Aging continues

12. Asphalt is a black, cementing material that varies widely in consistency . . .

13. . . . , asphalts can be separated into two major parts called asphaltenes and maltenes.

14. The asphaltenes. are solid when separated
The asphaltenes are solid when separated The asphaltenes furnish the color and hardness in asphalt.

15. The maltenes are viscous liquids that are composed of asphaltic resins and oils The maltene’s resins provide the stickiness, or adhesive qualities, in asphalt while the oils act as the medium in which the asphaltenes and resins are carried.

16. , . . . together they form asphalt cement.

17. As asphalt ages, it becomes harder and more brittle and may lose its adhesion or stickiness.

18. Thus, the secret of ensuring a long service life of asphalt in pavements is to retard the aging process.

19. Alternative Processes
We call it the “Mix of Fixes” or the “Right Road at the Right Time with the Right Treatment”
This approach is not only perpetual it is also sustainable
Many alternative processes reuse existing material and are considered “green”

20. “The Right Time” Pavement Strategies
Rejuvenation
Crack Seal
Chip Seal Micro-Surfacing
Cape Seal
Asphalt Overlay
Hot In-Place Recycling
Cold In-Place Recycling
Full Depth Reclamation
100 80 60
PCI 40
What is the effect of preventative maintenance on the performance curve? It can both improve the pavement condition index (PCI) and extend the life of the pavement.
This graph illustrates this concept of performing PM before the PCI drops significantly.
The first 40% drop in the quality of a pavement happens over 75% of the life of the pavement. The next 40% drop occurs in only 12% of the life of the pavement. 20
Years 20

21. “The Right Time” Pavement Strategies20 40 60 80
100
Years
PCI
Rejuvenation
Crack Seal
Chip Seal Micro-Surfacing
Cape Seal
Asphalt Overlay
Hot In-Place Recycling
Cold In-Place Recycling
Full Depth Reclamation
What is the effect of preventative maintenance on the performance curve? It can both improve the pavement condition index (PCI) and extend the life of the pavement.
This graph illustrates this concept of performing PM before the PCI drops significantly.
The first 40% drop in the quality of a pavement happens over 75% of the life of the pavement. The next 40% drop occurs in only 12% of the life of the pavement. 21

22. Proposed Pavement Program
Proper Use of Strategies
Overlay
Mill & Overlay
Micro
CIR/FDR
Rejuvenation
Crack Seal
Chip Seal
From this slide we see what the first year looks like with an emphasis on pavement preservation. By front loading preservation we can save the roads that have been paved over the last 4-5 years while still addressing resurfacing and rehabilitation priorities. The point being that each year as needs shift so will the “process allocation”. $0.83/SY Reclamite $0.39/SY crack seal

23. FHWA has been preaching preservation for awhile now
Today, highway agency managers and administrators face the daunting assignment of allocating resources to address the needs of their highway network. This “Quick Check” will determine the adequacy of their resource allocation effort with minimal calculations. All that is required is the following information:
1. The total number of “lane-miles” in the agency’s network,
2. The present or planned program actions within a given year. Program actions include reconstruction, rehabilitation and various pavement preservation (e.g., resurfacing, crack sealing, chip seals, etc.).

24. Rejuvenation The Maltenes
Cracks that get to ¼” or wider we want to seal those. Keeping water out of the base is critical.

25. Maltenes are the unstable component of asphalt binder and they are affected by air, UV rays, water, temperature changes, etc.
It is the loss of the Maltenes from the asphalt binder in the upper 3/8”-1/2” of asphalt pavements that start the asphalt deterioration process.

26. Rejuvenation
Since perpetual pavement works to maintain the structural strength from the bottom up, focusing on the surface becomes our top task
You can’t be perpetual without preservation
And preservation starts with the asphalt binder

27. The 2018 Corvette Stingray MSRP $55,000
Cost to change the oil?
Cost to replace the engine?
Pretty easy choice right?
Imagine not changing the oil
in your taxpayer funded $**
piece of equipment, every year!

28. Example of Preservation
Rejuvenating Emulsion Applied at .08 gal./sq.yd.

29. COLOR INDICATES UNIFORM COVERAGE
The pink color was the brain child of Fritz Rostler the Golden Bear chemist who founded the product. It is our trade mark distinguishing Reclamite from all conventional emulsions. 29

30. COLOR DISAPPEARS INDICATING ABSORPTION

31. LIGHT COATING OF SAND APPLIED

32. SAND SWEPT WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS

33. Fog Seal COATING -
Seals the surface
To be effective Maltenes must penetrate into the pavement co-mingle and flux with the binder
Petroleum Maltene Based REJUVENATOR -
Penetrates down into pavement & seals the surface, CANNOT be worn away

34. Numerous studies and reports conducted over the past 30+ years have confirmed the effectiveness of fog seal rejuvenators in extending pavement life.

35. Rejuvenators
These products also work to provide a long lasting in-depth seal of the pavement’s surface preventing the intrusion of air and moisture.

36. Rejuvenators
Pure maltene based rejuvenators are translucent and leave pavement markings visible with generally no need for restriping.

37. Rejuvenators
Test areas demonstrate the long term effectiveness of a maltene based rejuvenator.

38. How Rejuvenators work
11 year old pavement treated two times vs. no treatment of the cross street

39. How Rejuvenators work
14 year old pavement treated one year after resurfacing

41. Project Selection Roads in Good to Excellent Condition
Typically 1-5 years old with little distress
Older pavement can be treated if low environmental distress and wheel path densification is not a factor

42. Project Selection Temperature 50 degrees F and rising
Skid numbers will be initially lowered
Traffic Control and a temporary application of 1 to 2 lbs. of sand is normally enough

43. Residential streets are excellent candidates for rejuvenators

44. Paved Shoulders are excellent candidates for rejuvenators

45. Urban collector streets can be candidates
for rejuvenators

46. Rural Routes and Airfields can be candidates
for rejuvenators

47. New Pavement Construction Seal

48. Project Selection
High Speed Roadways or Expressways are typically not considered for treatment.
They can be treated with specialty pretreatment procedures.

49. Reclamed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)

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