Maintaining Asphalt Pavements

How to save your asphalt—and save money

Identify fixes for asphalt problems that will extend the life of your pavement while extending your budget. Enroll now in this practical, respected course to find cost-effective solutions to your asphalt pavement repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation problems.

Ensure high-quality pavement

Put proven preventive maintenance and rehabilitation techniques to work, including crack sealing, patching, asphalt surface treatments, in-place recycling, and overlays.

• Public works employees, including street maintenance supervisors, construction inspectors, highway engineering supervisors, civil engineers, engineering technicians, and crew leaders 
• Consultants and contractors involved in pavement maintenance and rehabilitation projects 
• Facility maintenance managers and building and grounds supervisors responsible for the maintenance of parking lots and roadways 
• Others who manage maintenance budgets, determine pavement repair or rehabilitation techniques, or implement pavement maintenance programs

Online Course Schedule 2024

Live Session 1 Asphalt Pavement Performance

Live Session 2 Pavement Evaluation and Patching

Live Session 3 Cracksealing and Surface Treatments

Live Session 4  In-Place Asphalt Pavement Recycling and Rehabilitation

Live Session 5  Solving Asphalt Pavement Construction Problems through Observation and Inspection

ILive Session 6   Parking Lot Specific Pavement Issues and Asphalt Pavement Asset Management Examples

 In-person Course Outline: 

Asphalt Pavement Performance

• How to select asphalt and aggregate for effective performance
• Factors affecting pavement thickness design
• Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and reclaimed asphalt shingles (RAS)
• Special mixes: stone matrix asphalt (SMA), open-graded friction course (OGFC), warm mix asphalt
• Porous asphalt pavement

Pavement Evaluation

• Identify pavement distresses and causes of distresses
• Relate pavement distress types and distress severity to cost-effective repair strategies
• Implement a simple pavement rating and evaluation system

• Learn effective techniques for cold in-place recycling, hot in-place recycling, full-depth reclamation

Cracksealing

• Cost-effective of crack sealing
• Implement best practices
• Properly and safely use equipment
• Selecting materials for your pavement conditions and environment

Solving Asphalt Pavement Construction Problems

Parking Lot Specific Pavement Issues

• Establish a program to manage your pavement assets
• Use condition evaluation to select treatments
• Develop a maintenance and rehabilitation plan

"I've been in construction for most of my life. I found this course to be very practical and informative."
—Donald Pound, Sante Fe County, New Mexico

"UW does an excellent job with these courses. They always have knowledgeable people from the field."
—Mike Joosten, Engineering Senior Technician, City of DePere, Wisconsin

"A lot of questions I've had for years—I've finally been able to talk to people who can answer them."
—Manny Ghiselline, City of Wilsonville, California

"I enjoyed learning from all four presenters who are extremely knowledgeable in the field of asphalt paving. I have a better idea of repairs, and what I should look for when our contractors do repairs for our facilities."
—Dave Polito, Facilities Maintenance Coordinator, Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, New York

Andrew Braham

“Dr. Andrew Braham graduated from the University of Wisconsin with his B.S. and M.S., and from the University of Illinois with his Ph.D.    He worked with Koch Materials Company for two and a half years, and performed a post-doc at Southeast University in Nanjing, China.  He is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas, where his teaching and research focus is on flexible pavement materials, pavement maintenance and rehabilitation, and sustainability.  He is the chair of TRB committee AKT30 (Pavement Maintenance), is an associate director of the Southern Plains Transportation Center, and is the developer of the Pavinar webinar series.  You can find out more about Dr. Braham at www.andrewbraham.com”

Michael Groh

Michael L. Groh is the Pavement Consultant Lead at Ruekert & Mielke, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has been involved in the paving industry for over 40 years with experience as a contractor, material supplier, and, in the most recent twenty plus years, consulting. He focuses on pavement condition evaluation and asset life extension using innovative pavement design, maintenance, and construction techniques.

Benjamin Jordan

Benjamin J. Jordan, PE is a program director with Interdisciplinary Professional Programs in the transportation sector. He has over 35 years of experience in civil engineering and public works. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Master of Public Affairs degree with a Certificate in Public Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

Timothy Murphy

Timothy R. Murphy, PE is president of Murphy Pavement Technology, Chicago, Illinois. He is involved in asphalt pavement teaching, training and troubleshooting nationwide. Murphy works on pavement management, mix design, quality control, construction practices, and failure investigation for government agencies, contractors and consultants and facility owners.

Kevin Wagner