{"id":"1b7a66dc-fbdc-40ea-9029-b601caa5b8a8","task":"Determine whether a client's requested 'PCI survey' needs the formal paywalled ASTM D6433 procedure or can be satisfied with the free USACE PAVER methodology it's derived from.","domain":"ASTM D6433 (current edition D6433-24, paywalled) — Standard Practice for Roads and Parking Lots Pavement Condition Index Surveys; free alternative: US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC-CERL PAVER system, from which the standard's methodology originated","steps":["Check whether the client's contract or municipal RFP explicitly cites 'ASTM D6433' by name (common in public-agency specs) — if so, the paywalled standard (store.astm.org) is likely the required referenced basis.","If the client just wants a defensible 0-100 condition rating without a named-standard citation, use the freely available PAVER user manual and distress-rating methodology, developed by USACE ERDC-CERL and approved for public release.","Run the PCI survey: define sampling units, then record distress type, severity, and density per the ASTM/PAVER methodology.","Compute the 0-100 PCI score.","Feed the score into a pavement management/prioritization report for the client."],"gotchas":["Honest negative: ASTM D6433's full text is paywalled; PAVER is a free, publicly-released alternative built on the same underlying US Army CERL research, but citing 'PAVER methodology' is not equivalent to citing 'per ASTM D6433' when a contract specifically names the ASTM standard — check which the client actually requires.","PCI is a visual-distress index only — it doesn't measure structural capacity (no deflection testing), so don't represent a PCI score as a structural pavement evaluation."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T21:38:20.417Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/1b7a66dc-fbdc-40ea-9029-b601caa5b8a8"}