ProVAL News

ASTM E950 Profiler Certification Updated

  • December 16th, 2022

After 10 years of editing/meetings/balloting, ASTM International’s standard for pavement profiler certification is finally updated and published. The ASTM E950-22 “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Longitudinal Profile of Traveled Surfaces” is now using the cross-correlation method that is compatible with the AASHTO R56-2018 “Standard Practice for Certification of Inertial Profiling Systems”. E950-22 goes one step further to allow any profiling technologies, except for smartphone-based ones. Agencies worldwide should update their standards that refer to ASTM E950 since there are no longer Classes 1, 2, 3 terms. Users can also use the same ProVAL Smoothness Assurance Module (PCM) for the certification analysis for both ASTM E950-22 and AASHTO R56-2018. Check out our ProVAL website for further details.

ProVAL 3.61.50 Released

  • November 18th, 2022

Various fixes. We’re also pleased to announce that ProVAL is now available on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 or later. This is a new approach, so please contact us if you have any issues. We do advise uninstalling any previous version of ProVAL 3.6. You should not need administrative privileges to install ProVAL from the Microsoft Store. The version on the Microsoft store can be delayed due to the need to pass the Microsoft certification process.

Download ProVAL 3.61.50

    Editor

    • Change: The web service ProVAL uses to create routes unexpectedly changed their service without notifying us. Changes were made to accomodate the new service.
    • Fix: Changes made to the Location Information did not update section routes.
    • Fix: Reversing a profile did not update all data.

    ProVAL 3.61.49 Released

    • November 7th, 2022

    Various fixes. We also received new file importers from Ames. Profiles added to this version will likely not be exactly the same as previous versions. Profiles in existing projects will be unchanged.

    We’re also pleased to announce that ProVAL is now available on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 or later. This is a new approach, so please contact us if you have any issues. We do advise uninstalling any previous version of ProVAL 3.6. You should not need administrative privileges to install ProVAL from the Microsoft Store.

    Download ProVAL 3.61.49

    File Import

    • Change: Updated Ames importers. Profiles will likely not be exactly the same and some additional information is now available in the Editor – Info.

    Editor

    • Fix: Sometimes the chart would show profiles from the previously opened project.
    • Fix: Section export results were inconsistent for some scenarios. New behavior: an existing route will be exactly preserved, the distance offset will always be the same as the section start, and lead-in and lead-out will be set to 0.

    Analysis – Smoothness Assurance

    • Fix: Results were sometimes shown with the wrong unit system.
    • Fix: Various map issues and KML/KMZ exports.

    Reports

    • Change: File names for reports for new projects will use “Untitled” for the project name instead of a blank.
    • Fix: Many issues fixed for the SAM reports.

          ProVAL 3.61.44 Released

          • November 12th, 2021

          Various fixes.

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          File Import

          • Fix: Crash when importing a file that was locked by another software. Such as when a CSV file is opened by Excel.

          Editor

          • Fix: Setting the start or stop coordinate of a section when a distance offset was present sometimes resulted in the coordinate being offset by that distance.

          Analysis – Smoothness Assurance

          • Fix: The RN percent out of spec actually showed the percent in spec.

          On-Demand Online ProVAL Workshops

          • September 1st, 2021

          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

          • March 17th, 2021

          Several fixes, mostly for the Smoothness Assurance analysis.

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          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.