The development of a pavement management system for the US Army began in 1968. Since that time there have been many successes, but the road to development and implementation has been full of obstacles and can generally be described as “rough. This paper discusses the Army's PAVER pavement management system in terms of its history, development challenges, implementation obstacles, and solutions. The Development issues that proved to be significant included: * Engineering technology as it relates to pavement mechanistic behavior, pavement distress, condition prediction modeling, and optimization. * A sponsor who understands the importance of pavement management and is willing to defend its development. * A user group that is progressive and willing to give constructive direction and feedback. * A research team that is not discouraged by tough challenges or initially disappointing results. The Implementation issues that proved to be significant included: * Availability of manpower and monetary resources. * The pavement management system's ability to provide for field needs such as annual planning, long-range work planning, and project justification. * Availability of credential training. * Endorsement by nationally respected organizations such as APWA, FAA, and FHWA. * Obtaining system approval by the head organization. * Finding the right branch and the right responsible person within the implementing agency. This paper discusses all the above issues and includes a description of PAVER'S evolution from 1968 to 1990, from both a development and an implementation point of view.
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Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), provides Directorate of Engineering1 Cb and Housing (DEH) personnel with an easy-to-use U decisionmaking tool for pavement maintenance management. To help DEH personnel obtain the best pavement c"ndition with the available funds, PAVER can prioritize the pavement system, allocate the budget, and suggest the best maintenance and rehabilitation alternative.This report presents step-by-step guidelines for using PAVER to develop annual and long range work plans at installations. Use of the guidelines will promote uniformity in reporting installation maintenance and repair requirements to be compared for funding at the major command level. Example annual and long range work plans are given for a small set of data from an Army installation.Based on demonstrations at Fort Hood, TX, Fort Knox, KY, and Seneca Army Depot, NY the process of developing annual and long range work plans should be further automated to be a single PAVER system report and the pavement family curve prediction method should be incorporated into PAVER reports.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 05 02 010The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, publication, or promotional purposes. Citation of trade names does not constitute an officia: indorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. The findings of this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position, unless so designated by other authorized documents. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below, tear out this sheet, and return it to USACERL. As user of this report, your customer comments will provide USACERL with information essential for improving future reports. DESTROY THIS REPORT WHEN1. Does this report satisfy a need? (Comment on purpose, related project, or other area of interest for which report will be used.) 2. How, specifically, is the report being used? (Information source, design data or procedure, management procedure, source of ideas, etc.) 3. Has the information in this report led to any quantitative savings as far as manhours/contract dollar saved, operating costs avoided, efficiencies achieved, etc.? If so, please elaborate. Publc reporting burden for this collection of rnformation is estimated to ave rge hour e response, including the time for reviewin Instruction, searing exitin data soueces. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. At4TRACT (Maximum 200 words)3The PAVER system, developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), provides Directorate of Engineering and Housing (DEH) personnel with an easy-to-use decisionmaking tool for pavement maintenance management. To help DEH personnel obtain the best pavement condition with the available funds, PAVER can prioritize the pavement system, allocate the budget, and suggest the best maintenance and rehabilitation alternative.This report presents step-by-step guidelines for using PAVER to develop annual and long range work plans at...
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