<p>In New York City, as in other highly urbanized areas, several factors make it too difficult to apply pavement management systems methodology in the traditional way. Two of those factors are: underground utilities and utility cuts; together, they are the two most significant life-limiting factors for NYC pavements. Non-Destructive testing (NDT) techniques such as the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) have been successfully used to evaluate the conditions of rural pavements.

<p>In New York City, as in other highly urbanized areas, a number of factors make it too difficult to apply pavement management systems methodology in the traditional way: the existence of underground utilities and utility cuts. The potential of future patching which affects pavement performance. The fact that more than 70 % of NYC pavements are composite pavements, which are not suited for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) analysis techniques. The objective of this project is to develop a NDTbased framework to effectively manage urban pavements at the project level.