This paper was presented at the `Value-Added Pavement Design and Performance' session. Canada's new Pavement Design and Management Guide, produced under the auspices of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), 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 new technology within a systematic, organized management framework. It is intended to serve the needs of engineers and technologists in public agencies, industry, academia and consulting. The new Guide has ten major chapters which cover (1) an introduction and focus of the document, (2) procedures and technologies for acquiring and processing 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. (A)
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