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10 Steps to Get You Started

Using a new methodology is often hardest the first time. So here is a suggested list of actions to help you leverage the benefits of CIR in your pavement management program faster.

  1. Visit current CIR job sites in Central Ohio

  2. Review the Road Candidate Selection guide for CIR rehabilitation (coming soon)

  3. Identify a few candidates for CIR

  4. Ask a contractor to confirm your selections and review the roads in person

  5. Plan to confirm your candidates through testing (independently or through a contractor)

  6. Craft a bid standard (here is one you can edit)

  7. Plan and oversee the construction

  8. Communicate the value to your community

  9. Conduct your post-analysis with pluses and deltas

  10. Prove or disprove your hypotheses

Already have candidates in mind?

Here is a bid specification draft adapted from numerous bids in Ohio. (click here to download the file)

How should I budget for cold in-place recycling?

CAUTION:

Prices are volatile, these numbers are for illustrative purposes only.

You will also be able to significantly reduce your asphalt base repair contingency as compared to mill and overlay budgeting since CIR rehabilitates a higher portion of the asphalt base. You can also add a significant amount of asset life (7 to 15 years or more) which in turn, decreases the whole-life asset cost. For more on service life for CIR refer to “Energy, Emissions, Material Conservation, and Prices Associated with Construction, Rehabilitation, and Material Alternatives for Flexible Pavement, Robinette and Epps, 2010.”