Presented to: Airport Pavement Working Group By: Jeff Gagnon, P.E. Manager ANG-E262 Date: April 24, 2012 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Program Update

2 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 –Satish Agrawal –Barbara Davenport –Gordon Hayhoe –David Brill –Don Barbagallo –Al Larkin –Qingge Jia –Navneet Garg –Robert “Murphy” Flynn –Ryan Rutter –Frank Pecht –Steve Materio Acknowledgements

3 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 –Hao Yin –James Zargan –Henry Fermin –Jeff Stein –Matt Willson –Abigail Douglas –Carole Sharpley Acknowledgements –Chuck Teubert –Jerry Connelly –Renaldo Aponte –Harkanwal Brar –Hector Diautolo –Josh Davis –Robert DeBarth –Dennis Bataille –Yuanguo Chen –Durgesh Gupta –Izydor Kawa –Daniel Pochtar –Injun Song –Michael Lvov –Jason Tarby –Gaurav Verma –Qiang Wang –Bing Xiao

4 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Others –Jeffrey Rapol –Rodney Joel –John Rice –Roy McQueen –Dick Ahlvin –Edward Guo –May Dong –Kay Berntson –Jim Hall –JBT Building Company Acknowledgements

5 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Outline R&D Projects & Initiatives –10 Year Airport Technology Research Plan –40 Year Pavement Life Design Initiative –High Tire Pressure Test Facility (HTPTF) –Software Program Integration –Cape May Research Taxiway Industry Support / Software Workshops 2014 FAA Worldwide Technology Transfer Conference & Exposition

6 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 A $250M Investment in Airport Safety Year Airport Technology Research Plan

7 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Airport Pavement R&D Champions/Subject Matter Experts 10-Year Airport Technology Research Plan Rigid Pavement Pavement Software Pavement Materials Non-Destructive Testing Technologies Flexible Pavement

8 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, Year Pavement Life Design Initiative Funding will start in FY 2013 Work will start in FY Years 40 Years

9 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, Year Design Life Challenges 1.Defining pavement life, structural failure and functional failure. 2.Determining the effects of traffic prediction and environmental factors. 3.The requirement for new/improved material properties and mix designs. 4.The long term study of pavement performance related to pavement maintenance strategies, surface treatments and grooving. 5.Standardization of the Life Cycle Costs Analysis (LCCA) for a 40-year pavement design life. 40 Year Pavement Life Design Initiative

10 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, Year Design Life Benefits 1.Sustainability 2.Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 3.Improved pavement life prediction 4.Development of new materials and new mix designs 5.Development of new performance specifications 6.Development of best practices for M&R 40 Year Pavement Life Design Initiative

11 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 High Temperature Pavement Test Facility

12 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Dynatest – Heavy Vehicle Simulator – Airport Version (HVS-A)

13 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Software Program Integration

14 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Cape May Research Taxiway The objectives are to: –Rehabilitate former Taxiway C to develop a state of the art research test bed. 1.To evaluate various airfield lighting systems. –Centerline Lights –Runway Guard Lights – In- Pavement and Elevated –Touch Down Zone Lighting –Runway Status Lights

15 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Cape May Research Taxiway 2.Excellent opportunity to study the effect of environmental factors on the durability of new environment friendly (greener) materials used for surface layers in flexible pavements. 3.Used to improve and develop new instrumentation and data acquisition techniques.

16 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, Industry Support / Workshops Airport Consultants Council (ACC) Asphalt Institute(AI) American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Tri-Services (DOD) American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)

17 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012 Industry Support / Workshops Denver Tampa Nashville Austin Chicago Houston Atlanta Arlington Boston Washington, DC Salt Lake City

18 Federal Aviation Administration FAA Airport Pavement R&D Section Update April 24, 2012