This aim of this handbook is to assist U.S. Federal Highway Administration area engineers when they make highway construction inspections. It can also be used when reviewing specifications, supplemental specifications, and special provisions during the PS & E stage of a project. Information contained herein is a guide and is not intended as a standard. The number of different rehabilitation techniques covered in this handbook are limited at this time. Additional construction techniques for rehabilitating rigid and flexible pavements will be added and the handbook expanded at a later date.

This aim of this handbook is to assist U.S. Federal Highway Administration area engineers when they make highway construction inspections. It can also be used when reviewing specifications, supplemental specifications, and special provisions during the PS & E stage of a project. Information contained herein is a guide and is not intended as a standard. The number of different rehabilitation techniques covered in this handbook are limited at this time. Additional construction techniques for rehabilitating rigid and flexible pavements will be added and the handbook expanded at a later date.

This synthesis report will be of special interest to pavement engineers and pavement construction and maintenance personnel responsible for portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement joints. Still pertinent information from NCHRP Synthesis 19 (1973), as well as new or updated information in the areas of joint design, construction, and maintenance are included. This report of the Transportation Research Board records the state of the practice with respect to the design, construction, and maintenance of PCC pavement joints. In addition, information on joint materials and sealing, the control of water on and in pavements, and the evaluation of pavement joint performance is provided.

Design related project level pavement management - Economic evaluation of alternative pavement design strategies - Reliability / - Pavement design procedures for new construction or reconstruction : Design requirements - Highway pavement structural design - Low-volume road design / - Pavement design procedures for rehabilitation of existing pavements : Rehabilitation concepts - Guides for field data collection - Rehabilitation methods other than overlay - Rehabilitation methods with overlays / - Mechanistic-empirical design procedures.