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Structural Monitoring and Maintenance Volume 8, Number 4, December 2021 , pages 361-378 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/smm.2021.8.4.361 |
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Condition assessment model for residential road networks |
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Alaa Salman, Mahmoud Sodangi, Ahmed Omar and Moath Alrifai
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| Abstract | ||
| While the pavement rating system is being utilized for periodic road condition assessment in the Eastern Region municipality of Saudi Arabia, the condition assessment is costly, time-consuming, and not comprehensive as only few parts of the road are randomly selected for the assessment. Thus, this study is aimed at developing a condition assessment model for a specific sample of a residential road network in Dammam City based on an individual road and a road network. The model was developed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) according to the defect types and their levels of severity. The defects were arranged according to four categories: structure, construction, environmental, and miscellaneous, which was adopted from sewer condition coding systems. The developed model was validated by municipality experts and was adjudged to be acceptable and more economical compared to results from the Eastern region municipality (Saudi Arabia) model. The outcome of this paper can assist with the allocation of the government's budget for maintenance and capital programs across all Saudi municipalities through maintaining road infrastructure assets at the required level of services. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Analytical Hierarchy Process; condition assessment; mathematical model; municipality practices; road networks | ||
| Address | ||
| (1) Alaa Salman, Mahmoud Sodangi: Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia; (2) Ahmed Omar, Moath Alrifai: Department of Civil Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia. | ||
