Quality Management Program for Pavement Condition Data Collected on the National Highway System

This paper proposes a framework for a pavement condition data Quality Management Program (QMP). The framework complies with the final rule for national performance management measure regulations published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to implement requirements from the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act and the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. The quality check procedures and criteria recommended for the different elements of the framework are based on the experience and recommendations that resulted from developing a QMP for collecting approximately 10,000 miles of pavement condition data on Interstate Highways using an automated measurement system. The findings from implementation of the study QMP and the intervention needed for automated data collection condition metrics were documented for future improvements.