Road
Maintenance Descriptions |
| RM01 |
Base and Subbase Repair |
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International Road
Federation 16 Minutes |
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Illustrates nine steps for
repair of base and subbase. Shows
on-site tests of moisture content of subgrade and base materials. |
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| RM02 |
Base Repair |
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Utah Department of
Transportation 12 Minutes |
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Base repair is the
elimination of the cause of base failure.
This involves many steps, outlined on this tape. |
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| RM03 |
CPR for City Streets |
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Iowa Concrete Pavement 12 Minutes |
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This video introduces a
system for restoring pavement that is more economical and longer lasting. |
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| RM04 |
Edge Rut Repair and Grade Gravel Shoulders |
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Utah Department of
Transportation 11 Minutes |
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This video begins by
showing viewers a properly constructed shoulder. It continues by demonstrating the procedures for edge rut
repair and grading gravel shoulders. |
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| RM05 |
Finding Better Ways |
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Strategic Highway Research
Program 19 Minutes |
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SHRP reports on research
conducted on the best materials and procedures for the four repair
categories: pothole repair, spall repair, crack sealing, and joint filling
and sealing. Also described is SHRP's
long term pavement performance. |
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| RM06 |
Patching Unpaved Roads |
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International Road
Federation 12 Minutes |
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This video demonstrates how
to patch gravel roads and the importance of quick repair of them to reduce
costs. |
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| RM07 |
Pavement Maintenance and Worker Safety |
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Strategic Highway Research
Program 16 Minutes |
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This video introduces and
summarizes new products developed under the SHRP program designed to improve
efficiency of pavement maintenance operations while improving work zone
safety. |
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| RM08 |
Pothole Repair in Asphalt Concrete |
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Federal Highway
Administration 13 Minutes |
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This video explains that
potholes are caused by weak spots in roads due to heavy traffic or water
saturation and reviews eight steps to repair every size of pothole. |
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| RM09 |
"Potholes: Cause, Cures and Prevention" |
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U.S. Army Cold Region
Research Laboratory 12 Minutes |
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Demonstration of pothole
repair techniques; why potholes occur, how to fix them, how water and traffic
cause them, and how to establish a pothole management program. |
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| RM10 |
Preventative Maintenance: Project Selection |
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Federal Highway
Administration 30 Minutes |
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This tape expands upon the
scope of the first tape in this series (see MA00, Preventative Maintenance:
Protecting Our Pavements), by focusing on the selection of the right
treatment for the right road. This
tape provides a general overview of the various preventive maintenance
treatment options available for both rigid and flexible pavements and their
suitability for a given pavement condition. |
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| RM11 |
Preventative Maintenance: Protecting Our
Pavements |
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Federal Highway
Administration 14 Minutes |
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A good overview of
preventative maintenance. Promotes a
shift in funding from repair or reconstruction of damaged roads to
maintaining a road's condition before it fails. Defines and discusses the benefits of preventive maintenance. |
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| RM12 |
Remove Minor Slides and Clean Cut Ditches |
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Caterpillar 30 Minutes |
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This video discusses the
purpose of ditches and the steps needed to properly build ditches. This video also discusses rock slides ,
clean cutting ditches, and safety. |
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| RM13 |
"Repair of Depressions, Rutting and
Corrugations" |
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International Road
Federation 14 Minutes |
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The basic repair method for
depressions, rutting and corrugations is to fill in the low areas with a
leveling course of asphalt concrete and then to overlay the entire area with
a wearing course. This video describes
the proper procedures for using this repair method with a motor grader using
eight work steps. Special
considerations for placing and compacting each layer in a deep depression are
illustrated. The video also shows how
to place and compact a thin overlay over the leveling course. |
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| RM14 |
Road Reclamation More Ways to Cut Costs |
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Caterpillar 17 Minutes |
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This video explains that
full depth road reclamation reuses the existing base material for a stable
and safe road. It was first used on
low volume roads, but is now being used on alleys, city and county roads, and
heavier volume roads. |
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| RM15 |
Road Repair: Do the Right Thing at the Right
Time |
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Minnesota LRRB 20 Minutes |
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How preventive road repair
can save money compared to postponing work which costs more. |
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| RM16 |
Road Reclamation |
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Caterpillar 12 Minutes |
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This video explains that
road reclamation is done in place, using existing materials with asphalt
emulsions added all at a lower cost. |
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| RM17 |
Selective Pavement Rehabilitation |
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Video University
Production 34 Minutes |
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Selective repair permits
rehabilitation of a single lane of pavement without paving the entire road
width and shoulders. The benefits and
liabilities of milling are also explained. |
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| RM18 |
Technical Advancement for Maintenance Workers
(Chief Administrative Officers) |
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Strategic Highway Research
Program 12 Minutes |
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This video presents the
status of research activities in the area of maintenance cost effectiveness
and snow and ice control. These
include an overview of safety research (barriers, lights and warning devices)
and productivity improvements. The
emphasis is on reducing costs and improving safety and public satisfaction. |
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| RM19 |
Technical Advancement for Maintenance Workers
(Maintenance Managers and Crews) |
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Strategic Highway Research
Program 15 Minutes |
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This video presents a
status report on how research efforts undertaken by the Strategic Highway
Research Programs will affect maintenance operations. The four primary areas of concern involve
improved pavement repair techniques, pavement preventative maintenance, snow
and ice control, and short-term work zone safety. |
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| RM20 |
Reading the Traveled Way |
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USDA
16 Minutes |
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This video focuses on
understanding what the condition of the road is and provides insight on how to proactively avoid costly repairs by properly addressing the road in its current condition. Shows rutting,
wash boarding, potholes, destroyed road template, cracks, flour, loss of surfacing, excessive vegetation, water bypassing surface cross drains, damage or filled cattle guards, damage to bridges and damage to fords. |
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| RM21 |
Reading beyond the Traveled Way |
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USDA
16 Minutes |
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This video considers the natural functions happening beyond the roadway
(rain, erosion) and how to use that knowledge before beginning maintenance operations to help minimize significant impacts on the road. It also covers gullies, cracks and slumps, roadside ditch relief culverts, live streams culverts, and brush removal. |
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| RM22 |
Smoothing and Reshaping the Traveled Way |
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USDA
17 Minutes |
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This video covers detailed
step-by-step processes used for both smoothing and reshaping a road. It also
covers crowned, in sloped and out sloped roads as well as transition sections. |