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Best Practices For Winter Maintenance Roadway Deicer Applications In The State Of Nebraska, Tregan Pd Albers Ii
Best Practices For Winter Maintenance Roadway Deicer Applications In The State Of Nebraska, Tregan Pd Albers Ii
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The cost of deicing chemicals is a significant part of the Nebraska Department of Road’s winter maintenance budget. The objectives of this research are to review literature to determine current winter maintenance practices, analyze and present information gathered in a survey of winter maintenance professionals across Nebraska, and correlate this information with data obtained via MDSS (Maintenance Decision Support System) software to determine current practices being used in the state of Nebraska. Best practices for winter maintenance deicer applications for rural city and county officials in Nebraska are recommended. An explanation of the development of the survey that winter maintenance …