PAVER™ -- The
Pavement Maintenance Management System -- originally was developed in
the late 1970s to help the Department of Defense (DOD) manage M&R
for its vast inventory of pavements. It uses inspection data and a pavement
condition index (PCI™) rating from zero (failed) to 100 (excellent) for
consistently describing a pavement's condition and for predicting its
M&R needs many years into the future. The PCI™
for airports became an ASTM standard in 1993 (D5340-11).
The PCI™ for roads and parking lots became an ASTM standard
in 1999 (D6433-11). The ASTM standard can be ordered from the ASTM
website. The PAVER™ program performs multiple levels of analysis
to show where to best allocate scarce M&R dollars.
PAVER™ is the State-of-Art technology in pavement management
and its development has greatly benefitted from strong support both within
and outside the DOD community. Major supporters include: US Air
Force, US Army, US Navy, Federal
Aviation Administration, and Federal Highway Administration.
Additionally, non-DOD users including US cities and counties greatly benefit from the
training and technology support services provided by Colorado State University (CSU) Paver Center,