Day 1 (2 hours)
Module 1: Introduction and Overview of LCCA (55 minutes)
- Introductions
- LCCA overview
- Background
- Definition
- LCCA process
- Analysis period
- Strategies and timing of alternatives
- Agency and user costs
- Expenditure streams
- Compute present net worth
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Probabilistic vs deterministic
- Summary and questions
Break (5 minutes)
Module 2: Introduction and use of LCCA program (55 minutes)
- Implementation of LCCA
- Pavement life cycle
- Uses of LCCA
- CCPIC LCCA program
- Treatment lives and costs
- LCCA Example
- Summary and Questions
Day 2 (2 hours)
Module 2: LCCA Implementation (55 minutes)
- Pavement life cycle
- Uses of LCCA
- LCCA process
- Example-Preservation vs. rehabilitation
- Is preservation cost effective?
- Can evaluate this by using sensitivity analysis?
Break (5 minutes)
Module 2: Examples continued (60 minutes)
- HMA quality control using different compaction levels
- Effect of voids on pavement lives
- What is the consequence of poor compaction?
- Comparison of various preservation treatments-Cape seals
- On stable roads
- On poor roads
- Comparison of rehabilitation strategies-Thick overlay vs. FDR
- When is FDR the best treatment to use?
- When is HMA the best treatment to use?
- Sensitivity analysis
- Summary and questions
Course Evaluation (post training)