Tag Archives: pavement management

Huber Heights Wins ESRI SAG Award

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Kurt Novak

During last week’s ESRI’s International User Conference in San Diego, the City of Huber Heights (Ohio) received a prestigious SAG (Special Achievement in GIS) Award. The City was recognized for the implementation of the Huber Heights Geographic Information System (HHGIS) as … Continue reading →

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Pavement Surveys with Mobile Mapping Systems Catch Distresses Early

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Kurt Novak

This educational video explains preventive maintenance using pavement management. It was created by the Federal Highway Administration, and discusses pavement condition surveys with mobile mapping vehicles to catch initial signs of distress early.

 

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Intensive Pothole Repair Effort Starts in Columbus

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Kurt Novak

Last week the Mayor of the City of Columbus (our home town) announced an Intensified Pothole Repair Effort to fill every possible pothole in the City.
We took some of the data published by the City and put them in a … Continue reading →

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How to Win a Pavement Management Competition?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Kurt Novak

Did you know that you can win an award for pavement management?
I just read a story about the City of El Cerrito, CA. They received the Most Improved Roads Award in the Bay Area. This award is sponsored by MTC – the … Continue reading →

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Cityworks User Conference 2011 Video

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Kurt Novak

Here’s a video of the 2011 Cityworks User Conference. Transmap presented mobile mapping solutions for infrastructure and pavement management. Please contact us for a copy of Transmap’s presentation.

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How to Quantify the Pavement Deterioration Curve

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Kurt Novak

If you have been in public works for a while, you understand that preventative maintenance is less expensive than the reconstruction of a roadway. Pavement management systems can help you assess the current condition of your street network and develop … Continue reading →

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Two Portable Mobile Mapping Systems To Survey Roads

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Kurt Novak

New enhancements of LiDAR based mobile mapping systems are hitting the market at a rapid pace. LiDAR mapping from vans and trucks has become the state of the art for surveying and mapping. New products target niche applications, such as … Continue reading →

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Why You Need Pavement Management

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Kurt Novak

I found this old PAVER video from the US Army Corp of Engineers. It was probably filmed in the 1980′s or early 90′s. It may appear historic and the computers you see in the video are definitely ancient.
The fundamentals, however, … Continue reading →

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How Can You Integrate MicroPaver™ With A GIS?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Kurt Novak

The MicroPaver™ pavement management system employs the Access relational database to store street sections that are part of a larger road network. Each section corresponds to a segment of your street centerline network. Therefore, it is pretty easy to integrate … Continue reading →

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Pavement Preservation Strategies

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Kurt Novak

An important component of pavement management is the preservation of our roadways. You may have used MicroPaver™ or some other pavement management software to inventory the surface condition of your roadways. You probably computed the pavement condition index (PCI) for … Continue reading →

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