1. “Everybody arrives smoothly - the green and safe way”
An example of a positive outcome from the Minnesota-Sweden exchange
Mats Wendel and I’m a Certified European Professional Engineer. I work as a senior advisor in road maintenance, specially road pavements.
The Swedish Transport Administration is responsible for the long-term planning of the transport system for road, rail, maritime and air traffic. It is also responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of public roads and railways in Sweden.
“Everybody arrives smoothly - the green and safe way”
Mats Wendel, EUR ING
Deputy Manager, National Maintenance, Road and Railway

2. Outline
Background
The pavement health check and the importance of pavement preservation
Results

3. Background
From August 2008 to November 2009, Mats Wendel, Head of Strategies in Road Maintenance, worked in Minnesota on a technology exchange.

4. Pavements health check and the importance of pavement preservation
Importance of a good inventory
Performance measures
Network information (i.e. speed, AADT etc)

5. Efficient maintenance
Right treatment
Right place
Efficient maintenance
Right time
Strategy

6. Price- and bitumen index development 2003-2012
33%!
Average bid price, SEK
* Index prognosis

12. Thanks! Questions?, contact me:
Mats Wendel,

13. Swedish Road Performance Maintenance Standard 2011
To be used for:
Analysis of national needs (Asset Management)
Target allocation of funds
Identify road sections as action candidates
Uses quantifiable measurements, without bias (no subjectivity).
Values to be met by All defficiency section to be in a three year action plan.

14. Swedish Road Performance Maintenance Standard 2011
Describes performance by four parameters:
Rut depth, International Roughness Index (IRI), Edge Deformation and macro texture
The standard uses traffic class by amount (AADT) and maximum allowed speed.
Roads where performance compliance are not met, reports as deficiencies.
The deficiencies can be calculated and are defined by road class and geography.

15. Yearly surface characteristics measurement
Updated data from the National Road Databas
Schematic workflow in identifying action candidates for pavement maintenance.
Needs
(PMS)
Project management
Follow up “actions”
Plan, design and prioritize
Manually recorded actions

16. The process of plan, design and prioritize
The process of plan, design and prioritize
Needs
According to a set ”goal standard”
Strategic plan
Other plans (New construction projects, 2+1 roads etc)
Action candidates
From the road netoworks yearly development and prognisis
Assesment
Detailed road section data
Ocular inspection
Trafficanta point of view / Society / Coordination
Experience from Maintenance managers (winter maintenace)
Prioritazation in road categories (new categories)
Model of budget distribution
Map over action candiates
Yearly revised plan, with the forthcoming 3 years of maintenance projects
Budget and revised plan before procurement
Accepted procurement plan and volumes