The Pavement Preservation Task Group is a cooperative effort by Caltrans and Industry that provides a forum to foster coordination and continuous improvement in pavement preservation in California. The task group identifies appropriate pavement strategies, makes recommendations to the Office of Pavement Preservation ensuring that pavement policies, procedures and best practices are applied. In addition, the group serves as a resource to local agencies.
Members are selected based on their own merits and expertise, and not as representatives of specific companies or Caltrans divisions or districts
Each member is expected to be fully empowered and act on his/her own rather than on behalf of their companies, supervisors or divisions
Members are chosen based on their commitment to participate in the task group. Inactive members will be replaced at the discretion of the Industry and Caltrans co-chairs
Communication on behalf of the task group will be conducted through the Industry and the Caltrans co-chairs. Individuals are expected to work through their own co-chairs
Non-adherence to the established procedures or bypassing the established process is grounds for replacement of the member
The time limit for serving as Industry co-chairs and subtask co-chairs is two years after which the chance is given to others to participate. Caltrans members are appointed by the Chief of the Office of Pavement Preservation
Each co-chair must provide the name of a designated back-up who is a sub-task group member. The back-up individual must be fully empowered to vote and make decisions. The practice of the back-up system must be limited to rare occasions
The sub-task co-chairs and champions are expected to report their findings directly to the Industry and Caltrans co-chairs
The task group is a recommending body. Final decisions on task group recommendations are made by Caltrans through the Caltrans co-chair
Review comments and recommendations will be presented to Industry and Caltrans co-chairs
The sub-task groups will be given the opportunity to resolve issues within their own functions
Issues will be recorded and prioritized with reasonable schedules with adherence to deadlines
Constructive and non-punishing criticism is encouraged
Comments on products produced by the task group will be circulated to all signed individuals in a specific subtask group
The Caltrans co-chair is expected to solicit comments from the Maintenance Pavement Committee, Pavement Standards Team and Rock Products Committee and bring the feedback to the task group
Other subtask groups may be established on an 'as-needed' basis
Caltrans and Industry task group co-chairs and sub task group co-chairs and champions are expected to confer regularly on pertinent issues
If unresolved issues within a sub-group arise, a dissenting opinion may be expressed through the submission of a dissent ion letter to the task group co-chairs
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