<p><p><h2>Preferred Design Procedure</h2>The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a set of design documents for this technology. The documents are summarized below.</p><p><table class='tablepress' id='tablepress-314'><thead><th><center>Publication Title</th><th><center>Publication
Year
</th><th><center>Publication Number</th><th><center>Available for Download</th></thead><tbody><tr><td >Geotechnical Aspects of Pavements</td><td ><center>2006, 2010</td><td ><center>FHWA-NHI-05-037, FHWA-NHI-10-092</td><td ><center>2010, No
<center>2006, Yes<sup>1</td></tr></tbody></table><br><p class="disclaimer"><sup>1</sup> <a href="http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/pub_details.cfm?id=555"><em>http://www…;
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