Development of a Rigid Pavement Forensics Knowledge Management System to Retain TxDOT Corporate Knowledge

This report summarizes cooperative efforts to gather and make available in a knowledge management system both tacit and currently documented knowledge of rigid pavement forensic methods, tools, and the valuable insights into rigid pavement performance principles and practices gained during forensic studies over several decades. Tacit knowledge was gathered using a structured interview process involving current and retired department personnel, as well as selected academia. A method of storing and efficiently retrieving valued information from i-Way, Texas Department of Transportation's learning content management system, was also developed. A glossary of rigid pavement forensic-related terms was developed and used in a systematic manner to properly and consistently associate key words with the information documents being stored.