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Site Investigation Guide for Mechanistic-Empirical Design of California Pavements

UCD-ITS-RR-22-27

Research Report

UC Pavement Research Center

Suggested Citation:
Jones, David, John T. Harvey, Rongzong Wu (2022) Site Investigation Guide for Mechanistic-Empirical Design of California Pavements. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-22-27

This document provides guidance on conducting site investigations for new highway construction and widening, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of existing roads. Site investigation is an important part of the pavement design process. This guide has been developed as an integral part of the mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedures for new pavement and rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing pavement. An investigation requires four steps: (1) the preliminary site investigation and desktop data collection, (2) the detailed site investigation and data collection for design, (3) the site investigation data analysis, and (4) the project investigation report.

Key Words: project site investigation, pavement design, rehabilitation design, CalME design, Pavement ME design