HDM-4 Version 2

Description of the HDM-4 Road Network Export File Format

This document describes the format of the Road Network export file. Each export file is stored as a Microsoft Access (.mdb). As a result, this
document assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of the ‘mdb’ file format, and Microsoft Access data types. As the export files are
stored in Microsoft Access format, they can be created/edited/viewed using a wide range of utilities including database tools such as Microsoft
Access, and spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

A Road Network export file consists of a number of tables, some of which are linked using a reference field ID. The main table is the SECTIONS
table which has one record for each Section in the road network. The TRAFFIC table defines the traffic volume for each vehicle in the Vehicle Fleet
associated with the Road Network. The ROADNET table defines some attributes for the Road Network. The FILETYPE table is used by HDM-4
import wizard to determine the type of data the file contains. The table below lists all the tables and fields in the export file. The fields are listed in
the order in which they appear in the file for each table. The following details are given for each field:

• Table Name – the name of the database table

• Field Name – the name of the table field
• Type – the Microsoft Access field type.
• Size – the number of characters used in the export file to store field data (including decimal places for floats).
• Surface Class – denotes which surface class(es) the field applies to (see below)
• Comment - an explanatory description of the HDM-4 data item represented by the field.
• New in Version 2 – indicates if the data was newly introduced in HDM-4 Version 2.

Please note that not all fields are required for every Section. Some fields are specific to only one surface type. Others are specific to 2 or all
surface classes. The following symbols are used in the table to represent which surface class(es) each field applies to:

• B denotes that the field applies to bituminous Sections

• C denotes that the field applies to concrete Sections
• U denotes that the field applies to unsealed Sections
• All denotes that the field applies for all surface classes

In those cases where a particular field does not apply to the current section (because of surface class), the field is set to 0. Please note that certain
numeric fields (e.g. PAVE_TYPE ) are used to store enumerated values. Where this is the case, a reference is given in the ‘Comments’ column to
the section at the end of this document which lists the corresponding enumerated values. For a fuller description of all the parameters stored in the
various fields, please refer to the relevant parts of Volume 4.

If you have any problems interpreting the file format, try exporting a small Road Network. The resultant file can be used as a template and viewed
using one of the tools listed above.

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The abbreviation TBS is sometimes used in the following table. The meaning of this abbreviation is ‘To Be Specified’.

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Table Field Field Name Type Size Surface Comments New in

Name # Class Version 2

FILETYPE 1 Type Text 20 n/a Used as an identifier for the type of data contained in the file to HDM-4 (“SECT_ID”)

Table Field Field Name Type Size Surface Comments New in

Name # Class Version 2

ROADNET 1 NAME Text 100 n/a The name of the Road Network, as it appears in the HDM-4 workspace
ROADNET 2 DESCRIPTION Text 100 n/a A brief description of the road network provided by the user
The name of the Calibration Set associated with the Road Network, as it appears in the
ROADNET 3 CALIB_SET Text 100 n/a HDM-4 Workspace
The name of the Vehicle Fleet associated with the Road Network, as it appears in the
ROADNET 4 VFLEET Text 100 n/a HDM-4 Workspace
ROADNET 5 NOOFMT Byte 1 n/a Number of Motorsised Vehicles in the associated Vehicle Fleet
ROADNET 6 NOOFNMT Byte 1 n/a Number of Non-Motorsised Vehicles in the associated Vehicle Fleet
The name of the Currency associated with the Road Network, as it appears in the list of
Currencies in HDM-4 Workspace. The Asset value of the Road Network is defined in
ROADNET 7 CURRENCY Text 100 n/a this currency.
ROADNET 8 TERMROUGHB Single 4 B Default terminal roughness for bituminous pavements
ROADNET 9 TERMROUGHC Single 4 C Default terminal roughness for concrete pavements
ROADNET 10 TERMROUGHU Single 4 U Default terminal roughness for unsealed pavements

Table Field Field Name Type Size Surface Comments New in

Name # Class Version 2

SECTIONS 1 SECT_ID Text 20 All Identification code for this road section (e.g. N1-026)
SECTIONS 2 SECT_NAME Text 100 All Description of this road section (e.g. Km 123.4 - 145.6)
SECTIONS 3 LINK_ID Text 20 All Identification code for link that section belongs to (e.g. N1)
SECTIONS 4 LINK_NAME Text 100 All Description of link that section belongs to (e.g. Dhaka - Chittagong)
SECTIONS 5 SPEED_FLOW Text 255 All Name of Speed Flow Type selected for this section
SECTIONS 6 TRAF_FLOW Text 100 All Name of Traffic Flow Pattern selected for this section
SECTIONS 7 ACC_CLASS Text 100 All Name of Accident Class selected for this section
SECTIONS 8 ROAD_CLASS Text 30 All Name of Road Class selected for this section
SECTIONS 9 CLIM_ZONE Text 100 All Name of Climate Zone selected for this section
SECTIONS 10 SURF_CLASS Byte 1 All Surface class (bituminous, unsealed or concrete) (see note below)
SECTIONS 11 LENGTH Single 4 All Length of section in Km (L)
SECTIONS 12 CWAY_WIDTH Single 4 All Width of carriageway in metres (CW)
SECTIONS 13 SHLD_WIDTH Single 4 All Average width of shoulders in metres (SW, and used in W)
SECTIONS 14 MT_AADT Single 4 All Annual Average Daily Traffic for motorised transport (veh/day in both directions)
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SECTIONS 15 NM_AADT Single 4 All Annual Average Daily Traffic for non-motorised transport (veh/day in both directions)
(AADT)
SECTIONS 16 AADT_YEAR Integer 2 All Year in which above AADTs were recorded
SECTIONS 17 DIRECTION Byte 1 All Direction of traffic on section (one-way downhill, one-way uphill, two-way) (see note
below)
SECTIONS 18 RF Single 4 All The average absolute rise plus fall of the road in m/km (RF)
SECTIONS 19 NUM_RFS Single 4 All Average number of road rises and falls per kilometre (minimum value = 0.1) (NUM_RF)

SECTIONS 20 SUPERELEV Single 4 All Superelevation of the road (in %) (e)

SECTIONS 21 CURVATURE Single 4 All Average horizontal curvature of the road (deg/km) (C)
SECTIONS 22 SIGM_ADRAL Single 4 All Natural acceleration noise due to driver behaviour and road alignment, in m/s2 (sigma
adral)
SECTIONS 23 SPEED_LIM Single 4 All Posted speed limit on section in km/hr (PLIMIT)
SECTIONS 24 ENFORCEMNT Single 4 All Speed limit enforcement factor. Ratio of mean speed to posted speed limit. Typical
value 1.1 - users readily exceed limit (ENFAC)
SECTIONS 25 XNMT Single 4 All Speed reduction of motorised transport due to non-motorised transport (1=no
reduction, 0.6=significant reduction ) (XNMT)
SECTIONS 26 XMT Single 4 All Speed reduction of non-motorised transport due to motorised traffic and roadside
activities (default = 1.0) (XMT)
SECTIONS 27 XFRI Single 4 All Speed reduction of motorised transport due to road side activities ( 1=no side friction,
0.6=significant friction ) (XFRI)
SECTIONS 28 HSNEW Single 4 B Thickness of most recent surfacing, in mm (HSNEW)
SECTIONS 29 HSOLD Single 4 B Total thickness of underlying previous surface layers, in mm (HSOLD)
SECTIONS 30 HBASE Single 4 B Thickness of base layer in original pavement in mm (for stabilised base only) (HBASE)

SECTIONS 31 RES_MODULU Single 4 B Resilient modulus of soil cement in GPa (for stabilised base only) (CMOD)
SECTIONS 32 REL_COMPCT Single 4 B Relative compaction of the base, subbase and subgrade layers in % (COMP -
construction quality indicator)
SECTIONS 33 SNP_DERIVE Byte 1 B SNP derivation method (specified SNP, layer coefficients, benkelman beam, FWD)
(see note below)
SECTIONS 34 SN Single 4 B Structural number for pavement (used to calculate SNP depending on derivation
method – see above)
SECTIONS 35 CBR Single 4 B Subgrade California Bearing Ratio (CBR) (used to calculate SNP depending on
derivation method - see above)
SECTIONS 36 SNP_DRY Yes/No 1 B TRUE if specified SNP is for dry season, FALSE if specified SNP is for wet season
SECTIONS 37 D0 Single 4 B Deflection at the centre of the bowl (at 700kPa) (used to calculate SNP) (D0)
SECTIONS 38 BENKEL_DEF Single 4 B Benkelman beam rebound deflection under 80 kN axle load, 520 kPa tyre pressure and
30C average asphalt temperature for season s (mm) (DEFs)
SECTIONS 39 SURF_STREN Single 4 B Strength coefficient of the new surface layer (used to calculate SNP) (ai)
SECTIONS 40 BASE_STREN Single 4 B Strength coefficient of the base layer (used to calculate SNP) (ai)
SECTIONS 41 SUBB_STREN Single 4 B Strength coefficient of the subbase layer (used to calculate SNP) (ai)

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SECTIONS 42 HSUBBASE Single 4 B Height of subbase in mm (used to calculate SNP)
SECTIONS 43 SURF_THICK Single 4 C Surface thickness
SECTIONS 44 SLAB_LENTH Single 4 C Slab length
SECTIONS 45 BASE_THICK Single 4 C Base thickness
SECTIONS 46 BASE_MODUL Single 4 C Base modulus
SECTIONS 47 CNSTR_YEAR Integer 2 C Construction year
SECTIONS 48 SUBG_MATRL Byte 1 U Subgrade material for unsealed pavement (see note below)
SECTIONS 49 COMPMETHOD Byte 1 U Method of compaction (mechanical or non-mechanical) (see note below)
SECTIONS 50 COND_YEAR Integer 2 B Year for which following condition measures apply
SECTIONS 51 ROUGHNESS Single 4 All Roughness in IRI m/km (RI)
SECTIONS 52 CRACKS_ACA Single 4 B Area of All Structural Cracking as a % of total carriageway area (ACA)
SECTIONS 53 CRACKS_ACW Single 4 B Area of Wide Structural Cracking as a % of total carriageway area (ACW)
SECTIONS 54 CRACKS_ACT Single 4 B Area of Thermal Cracking as a % of total carriageway area (ACT)
SECTIONS 55 RAVEL_AREA Single 4 B Ravelling area as % of total carriageway area (ARV)
SECTIONS 56 PHOLE_NUM Single 4 B Number of pothole units (0.1m²) per Km (no./km) (NPT)
SECTIONS 57 EDGEBREAK Single 4 B Broken edge in m2/km (VEB)
SECTIONS 58 RUT_DEPTH Single 4 B Mean rut depth in mm (RDM)
SECTIONS 59 RUTDEPTH_SD Single 4 TBS Rut Depth Standard Deviation
SECTIONS 60 TEXT_DEPTH Single 4 B Texture depth in mm (TD)
SECTIONS 61 SKIDRESIST Single 4 B Skid resistance (measured at 50 km/h) (SFC50)
SECTIONS 62 DRAIN_COND Byte 1 B Drain condition (used to determine values for drainage factors DFmin, DFmax) (see
note below)
SECTIONS 63 FAULTING Single 4 C Concrete – Faulting
SECTIONS 64 SPALL_JNTS Single 4 C Concrete – Spalled Joints
SECTIONS 65 CRACKSLABS Single 4 C Concrete – Cracked Slabs
SECTIONS 66 DETERCRACK Single 4 C Concrete – Deteriorated cracks
SECTIONS 67 FAILURESKM Single 4 C Concrete – Failures per km
SECTIONS 68 GRAV_THICK Single 4 U Thickness of gravel in mm (THG)
SECTIONS 69 LAST_CONST Integer 2 B Year of latest reconstruction / new construction activity (used in calculation of AGE
indicators)
SECTIONS 70 LAST_SURF Integer 2 B Last surfacing year (used in calculation of AGE indicators)
SECTIONS 71 LAST_PRVNT Integer 2 B Year of last preventive treatment (used in calculation of AGE indicators)
SECTIONS 72 LAST_REHAB Integer 2 B Year of last rehabilitation (used in calculation of AGE indicators)
SECTIONS 73 PREV_ACA Single 4 B Area of all structural cracking before latest reseal or overlay % of total carriageway
area (PCRA)
SECTIONS 74 PREV_ACW Single 4 B Area of wide cracking before latest reseal or overlay % of total carriageway area
(PCRW)
SECTIONS 75 PREV_NCT Single 4 B Number of transverse thermal cracks before the last overlay / resurfacing (no/km)
(PNCT)
SECTIONS 76 LASTGRAVEL Integer 2 U Year of last regravelling (used in calculating GAGE)

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SECTIONS 77 DRAIN_TYPE Byte 1 B Type of drain (used to determine values for drainage factors DFmin & DFmax) (see
note below)
SECTIONS 78 ALTITUDE Single 4 All Elevation of the road section above the mean sea level in m (ALT)
SECTIONS 79 SHOULDTYPE Byte 1 C TBS
SECTIONS 80 WIDN_WIDTH Single 4 C TBS
SECTIONS 81 EDGEDRAINS Yes/No 1 C TBS
SECTIONS 82 NMT_SEPAR Yes/No 1 All TRUE = separate NMT lanes, FALSE = no separate NMT lanes
SECTIONS 83 NMTLANES Byte 1 All Number of non-motorised lanes (NMTLN)
SECTIONS 84 ELANES Single 4 BC Effective number of lanes (ELANES)
SECTIONS 85 CALIB_ITEM Text 255 TBS Name of the Calibration Item for the section
SECTIONS 86 REPCOST Double 8 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 87 CONDBASED Yes/No 1 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 88 INIROUGH Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 89 TERROUGH Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 90 RDFOSBGR_PRRECO Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS

SECTIONS 91 RDPVLA_PRRECO Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS

SECTIONS 92 FTCYCLE_PRRECO Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 93 BRDGSTR_PRRECO Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 94 TRFSGN_PRRECO Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 95 RDFOSBGR_RESVAL Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS

SECTIONS 96 RDPVLA_RESVAL Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS

SECTIONS 97 FTCYCLE_RESVAL Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 98 BRDGSTR_RESVAL Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 99 TRFSGN_RESVAL Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 100 RDFOSBGR_USELFE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 101 RDPVLA_USELFE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 102 FTCYCLE_USELFE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 103 BRDGSTR_USELFE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 104 TRFSGN_USELFE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 105 RDFOSBGR_AGE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 106 RDPVLA_AGE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 107 FTCYCLE_AGE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 108 BRDGSTR_AGE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 109 TRFSGN_AGE Single 4 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 110 COMPAGEYEAR Integer 2 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 111 USFLFEUNIT Byte 1 TBS Asset Valuation - TBS
SECTIONS 112 ID Long 4 TBS Unique identifier of the section for use internally to link to TRAFFIC table
Integer

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Table Field Field Name Type Size Surface Comments New in

Name # Class Version 2

Long
TRAFFIC 1 SEC_ID Integer 4 All Identifies the section for which the traffic is defined for
TRAFFIC 2 VEH_ID Integer 2 All Identifies the vehicle for which the traffic is defined for
TRAFFIC 3 VEH_CAT Integer 2 All Vehicle Category (MOTORISED/NON-MOTORISED)
TRAFFIC 4 YEAR_IDX Integer 2 All Not currently used (should be set to 0)
TRAFFIC 5 YEAR Integer 2 All Actual year the traffic is defined for
TRAFFIC 6 AADT Single 4 All AADT of the vehicle for the section in the given year

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Surface Class 1 = layer coefficients
0 = Bituminous 2 = benkelman beam
1 = Unsealed 3 = FWD
2 = Concrete
Concrete Subgrade Type
Bituminous Pavement Type 0 = fine
0 = AMBG (Asphalt Mix on Granular Base) 1 = coarse
1 = AMAB (Asphalt Mix on Asphalt Base)
2 = AMAP (Asphalt Mix on Asphalt Pavement) Unsealed Subgrade Material
3 = AMSB (Asphalt Mix on Stabilised Base) 0 = well-graded gravel-sands with small clay content (GC)
4 = STBG (Surface Treatment on Granular Base) 1 = gravel-sand mixtures with excess fines (GF)
5 = STAB (Surface Treatment on Asphalt Base) 2 = sands with excess fines (SF)
6 = STAP (Surface Treatment on Asphalt Pavement) 3 = clayey silts, inorganic (CL)
7 = STSB (Surface Treatment on Stabilised Base) 4 = clays (inorganic) of medium plasticity (CI)
5 = clays (inorganic) of high plasticity (CH)
Unsealed Pavement Type
0 = Gravel Compaction Method
1 = Earth 0 = mechanical
2 = Sand 1 = non-mechanical

Concrete Pavement Type Drain Condition

0 = JPCP (Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement) + Dowel 0 = Excellent
1 = JPCP (Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement) no dowels 1 = Good
2 = JRCP (Jointed Reinforced Concrete Pavement) 2 = Fair
3 = CRCP (Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement) 3 = Poor
4 = Very poor
Direction Time Lapse to Patching
0 = One-way downhill 0 = < 2 weeks
1 = One-way uphill 1 = 1 month
2 = Two-way 2 = 2 months
3 = 3 months
Bituminous Surface Material 4 = 4 months
0 = AC (Asphalt Concrete) 5 = 6 months
1 = HRA (Hot Rolled Asphalt) 6 = 12 months
2 = PMA (Polymer Modified Asphalt)
3 = RAC (Rubberised Asphalt Concrete) Drain Type
4 = CM (Cold Mix / Soft Bituminous Mix) 0 = Fully Lined and Linked
5 = PA (Porous Asphalt) 1 = Surface lined
6 = SMA (Stone Mastic) 2 = V-shaped hard
7 = SBSD (Single Bituminous Surface Dressing) 3 = V-shaped soft
8 = DBSD (Double Bituminous Surface Dressing) 4 = Shallow hard
9 = CAPE (Cape Seal) 5 = Shallow soft
10 = SL (Slurry Seal) 6 = No invert overgrown
11 = PM (Penetration Macadam) 7 = No drainage effects

Unsealed Surface Material Concrete Shoulder Type

0 = lateritic gravel 0 = Non-concrete
1 = quartzitic gravel 1 = Mono-concrete
2 = volcanic gravels angular 2 = Tied-concrete
3 = coral gravels angular
NMT Lane Surface Type
SNP Derivation Method 0 = Bituminous
0 = specified SNP 1 = Concrete

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2 = Block 2 = Preformed
3 = Gravel 3 = None
4 = Earth Concrete Reinforced Steel Placement
5 = Sand 0 = chairs
1 = tubes

Vehicle Category
0 = motorised (MT)
Concrete Base Type 1 = non-motorised (NM)
0 = Granular 2 = unassigned motorised AADT
1 = Asphalt treated 3 = unassigned non-motorised AADT
2 = Cement treated

Concrete Joint Seal Type

0 = Silicon
1 = Asphalt

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