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condition information showing a condition profile over a
7-4. System use and update
period of time will be readily available.
PAVER should be used and updated in a manner similar
b. Work requirements. Work requirements are
to the manual system. Some of the computer reports
determined as shown in figure 4-9. However, PAVER
can be used as an aid in scheduling work for the
can expedite this process considerably. For those
pavement maintenance crew or to generate work to be
sections where existing maintenance policy is to
done by contract. Other reports can be used to
continue (usually the majority of sections in a pavement
communicate pavement condition and maintenance
network), work requirements can be automatically
requirements to higher management.
PAVER will
developed by PAVER based on user maintenance policy
automatically delete the corresponding project from the
and distress results of pavement inspections. For
pavement work plan and will store the work in
pavement sections where economic analysis is
completed projects as work history, thereby capturing
desirable to compare several M&R alternatives, PAVER
the history of the distresses, repairs, quantities, and
can be used to perform the computations.
associated cost.
c. Incorporation of improvements. It should be
a. Pavement inspection information. As pavement
noted that PAVER has been designed so new
sections are inspected, information should be input to
technological
procedures/improvements
can
be
PAVER; PAVER will not delete the results from any
incorporated into it as they become available.
previous inspection of the section unless specifically
required to do so by the user. Therefore, pavement
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