Welcome
Welcome to PaveM Tools. This web application is used to show results
generated by PaveM, Caltrans’ pavement management tool, managed by the Office of
Pavements.
The current version of the PaveM Tools shows data associated with projects: past, current and
future (those recommended by PaveM using a specific scenario). It is anticipated that
different types of data managed by PaveM will be made available for viewing within the
PaveM Tools in the future. The tool that shows project-level data is referred
to as “H-Chart”. The concept behind H-Chart dates back to the late 1990s and early 2000s
in Districts 8 and 12. It has proven to be very useful for visualizing the
time-history of projects for a county-route-direction.
PaveM Tools uses files exported from PaveM for its display. There is not a
direct connection between the Tools and PaveM, meaning that if data is
added or changed in PaveM, such as a new as-built, it will not be reflected
in the Tools until new data is exported from PaveM and made available to the
Tools. Most of the data that the Tools displays from exported PaveM data is
relatively static, i.e., the segmentation of the network system and
the construction history.
The projects recommended by PaveM and displayed by the Tools are
associated with a specific “scenario”, sometimes referred to as
a “work plan”. Scenarios are currently produced by the Office of
Pavements for a specific set of parameters, such as budget, time,
pavement condition, performance, etc.
PaveM uses the specific set of parameters to make optimized project
recommendations over the specified time horizon: these recommended
projects are then reviewed by pavement engineers.
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