Recent studies based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) have highlighted the potential of in-place recycling techniques to enhance the sustainability of agency pavement management decisions for asphalt pavements. However, a solution which an LCA finds environmentally advantageous might not be preferred over another which is technically equivalent, if it is not economically competitive. In this context, it is necessary to evaluate the economic costs of such alternatives taking into account the perspective of the main stakeholders who interact with a pavement system throughout its life cycle. This paper presents a comprehensive pavement life cycle costs (LCC) model that accounts for the different categories of costs incurred by highway agencies and road users in every phase of the pavement life cycle. The results of the application of the pavement LCC model to a specific highway rehabilitation project in the state of Virginia showed that in-place recycling practices are beneficial for both highway agencies and road users.
A comprehensive life cycle costs analysis of in-place recycling and conventional pavement construction and maintenance practices
2017
Article (Journal)
English
Cost engineering , road user costs , Life cycle costs , Life cycle assessment , Categories , Roads & highways , Life cycle engineering , in-place recycling , Recycling , Pavement construction , Life cycles , Sustainability , Rehabilitation , highway agency costs , Pavements , Asphalt pavements , Asphalt , Costs , Cost analysis , Life cycle analysis , Life cycle costs analysis , Economic impact , pavement construction and management
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