ProVAL News

On-Demand Online ProVAL Workshops

We’re offering On-demand online ProVAL & Pavement Smoothness workshops. You can register it and pace yourself to learn. Each workshop includes two 80-minute sessions with a 20-minute break in between. Session 1: Basic Profiling and IRI Analysis, Session 2: Advanced topics including Smoothness Assurance Module (SAM). Attendees will need to have **two computer screens**: viewing the instructions and running the ProVAL software. **Download and install the latest ProVAL software** (https://www.roadprofile.com/proval-software/current-version/). The registration fee is USD 150 per person. Certificates of completion with Continuing Education Units will be emailed to participants upon request. After registration, you will need to save the provided URL to view the recorded video either immediately or later.

ProVAL 3.61.39 Released

Several fixes, mostly for the Smoothness Assurance analysis.

Download ProVAL 3.61.39

File Import

  • Fix: Event markers that are located before the beginning of the profile will not be imported.

Analysis – Smoothness Assurance

  • Fix: Head height for grinding locations was incorrect when using Metric units.
  • Fix: Map tooltip for fixed-interval segments showed the same values for all segments.
  • Fix: The lengths reported by the histogram were incorrect.

Misc

  • Fix: Copying tables sometimes crashed.

FHWA DQMP Report Published

FHWA has just published one of our recent reports by @TheTranstecGroup and @Wood on the Data Quality Management Plan (DQMP). This report is the Phase I report entitled “Successful Practices for Quality Management of Pavement Surface Condition Data Collection and Analysis. This document’s performance measures include International Roughness Index (IRI), cracking, rutting, and faulting. This document is a living document to assist US State Highway Administration in improving their DQMP for States’ asset management and the data submitted to the US Highway Performance Management System (HPMS). Any readers can download this report from this URL (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/pub_details.cfm?id=1120). The final DQMP report will include lessons-learn from pilot projects of applying this document to the data quality management at the Alabama Department of Transportation (DOT), Washing State DOT, and Pennsylvania DOT. The same principles can also be useful for any data quality management around the world.

Online ProVAL Workshop on 12/2/2020 – FREE for Students

The Transtec Group now offers online ProVAL pavement smoothness workshops. Sign up now for the next hands-on, virtual workshop on December 2nd, 2020 beginning at 7 am CDT.

The workshop will consist of two 80-minute sessions with a 20-minute break in between.

  • Session 1: Basic Profiling and IRI Analysis
  • Session 2: Advanced Topics Including Smoothness Assurance Module (SAM)

The first two sessions are ***pre-recorded. *** We’ll then conduct a live Q-&-A for 20 min. after the 3-hour session.

The cost to attend is $200 per person. DOTs can use “DOT” as the discount code. Students can use “STUDENT” as the discount code to attend the workshop for FREE! Seats are limited!

Attendees will need to use two computer screens, one for viewing the instructions and one for running the ProVAL software. Download and install the latest ProVAL software for free before the workshop.

ProVAL 3.5, a pavement profile viewing and analysis tool, displays the results of a pavement smoothness analysis on an aerial map.

ProVAL is an engineering software application used to view and analyze pavement profiles. In ProVAL, users can import profiles from various file formats and save them in the Pavement Profile standard file type. Entire analysis projects can be saved, which preserves user information and analysis inputs. After analyses have been performed, the user can print a report of the original profiles and the results of any analyses performed. ProVAL has been adopted by many agencies around the world. Learn more at www.RoadProfile.com.

Excerpt from the ProVAL workshop handouts:

ProVAL 3.61.36 Released

Minor bug fix and updated code from Ames to accommodate new systems.

Download ProVAL 3.61.36

File Import

  • Fix: Event markers that are located beyond the end of the profile will not be imported.
  • Change: Updated Ames importers to accommodate changes in newer Ames systems.

Register Now: Online ProVAL Workshop on October 27

The Transtec Group now offers online ProVAL pavement smoothness workshops. Sign up now for the next hands-on, virtual workshop on October 27, 2020 beginning at 10 am CDT.

The workshop will consist of two 80-minute sessions with a 20 minute break in between.

  • Session 1: Basic Profiling and IRI Analysis
  • Session 2: Advanced Topics Including Smoothness Assurance Module (SAM)

The cost to attend is $299 per person. Students can use the discount code “Students” and register at UDS $150 per person. Seats are limited!

Attendees will need to use two computer screens, one for viewing the instructions and one for running the ProVAL software. Download and install the latest ProVAL software for free before the workshop.

ProVAL 3.5, a pavement profile viewing and analysis tool, displays the results of a pavement smoothness analysis on an aerial map.

ProVAL is an engineering software application used to view and analyze pavement profiles. In ProVAL, users can import profiles from various file formats and save them in the Pavement Profile standard file type. Entire analysis projects can be saved, which preserves user information and analysis inputs. After analyses have been performed, the user can print a report of the original profiles and the results of any analyses performed. ProVAL has been adopted by many agencies around the world. Learn more at www.RoadProfile.com.

Excerpt from the ProVAL workshop handouts:

RPUG 2020 Virtual Conference

The 32nd RPUG annual conference will be held virtually as webinar series, from September 15 to 16 (101 classes), and from October 13 to 15 (presentation and expert panel discussion) using the GotoWebinar platform. The 101 sessions are designed to be informative and educational in nature, allowing an industry subject matter expert to provide a guided tour on the history and practical application of a given topic. Each session will provide informative content to engage both beginner and seasoned professional webinar attendees. The second part of the program is a typical RPUG presentation on the latest hot topics. Day 3 and Day 4’s session will end with a panel discussion. Please see the agenda and abstracts for further details. Sign up now to secure your seats!