Highway construction projects produce massive amounts of valuable data. Historically, information such as materials tickets and as-built plans were communicated via paper. Today’s transportation agencies are improving on these paper processes by integrating them into electronic and digital workflows. Electronic ticketing (e-Ticketing) improves the tracking, exchange, and archiving of materials tickets. Digital information, such as 3D design models and other metadata, can enhance the value of contract documents and the future usability of the as-built plans for operations, maintenance, and asset management. Both can increase project safety and quality through efficient data gathering and sharing
Virtual Design Construction (VDC) and Civil Integrated Management (CIM) are recent innovations that have been shown to improve project delivery and re...
A set of review checklists and technical guidelines has been developed to aid engineers in their review of projects containing major and unusual geote...
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