STUDIES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE COMMUNITY ROAD PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AT MINOKAMO

Abstract

 In “Overhaul Procedures for Pavement” issued to the local governments from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a visual inspection for pavement is used. Minokamo city is carrying forward a plan by senior human resources to introduce a visual inspection of community road pavement maintenance in which road surface texture measuring vehicle is difficult to apply. The purpose of this study, is to conduct verification tests of visual inspection in Minokamo roads and to examine the method for training inspectors in order to improve accuracy of visual inspection. In conclusion, we found that ever though senior human resources do not have knowledge of pavement the accuracy of the visual inspection can be improved significantly by adopting pavement engineer led training method evaluation points in the field. Furthermore, we have developed a visual inspection support system that has function required upon introduction to practice.