A new Pavement Design and Management Guide, produced under the auspices of the Transportation Association of Canada, provides an up-to-date, comprehensive consolidation of knowledge in the field for a new generation of users. It promotes good practices among the owners of pavements and incorporates the best available technology within a systematic, organized framework. The Guide is intended to serve the needs of engineers and technologists in public agencies, industry, academia and consulting.

The Guide has ten major chapters which cover (1) an introduction to and focus of the document, (2) procedures and technologies for acquiring and processing identification of data, (3) identification of maintenance and rehabilitation treatments, (4) carrying out needs analysis and priority programming, (5) description of pavement materials and their characterization, (6) structural design and economic evaluation, (7) role of construction, (8) role of maintenance, (9) implementation guidelines, and (10) issues, opportunities and future prospects.