GPI Director of Construction Services Participates in WVDOH Case Study: Collaboration & Connectivity: WVDOH Sets the Standard for AASHTOWare Project Implementation
Scott Depot, WV – GPI’s Director of Construction Services, John Taylor, participated in a case study developed by the West Virginia Department of Highways (WVDOH) to explore the benefits and cost-savings of AASHTOWare Project implementation. West Virginia was one of three original states to fund the creation of the first AASHTO software, AASHTOWare Project BAMS/DSS, and the first to implement every consecutive AASHTOWare Project module and mobile application.
The case study explores the unique solutions from the 1980s – now which the AASHTOWare Project modules provided, ranging from now-standard practices such as eliminating the paper-based bidding process to modern challenges such as ensuring bid participants utilize the same estimation methodology for accurate estimates.
Through WVDOH’s adopted applications such as the Mobile Inspector, Mobile Tester, and Field Interviewer, they can now capture inspection data in the field via mobile device fed directly into AASHTOWare Project. Rural areas with no connectivity rely on Starlink. Taylor explains, “There’s a lot of places with no service and some places where you can’t even use a satellite phone. So we’ve started this pilot project by putting these Starlink systems on top of [WVDOH] trucks and taking them out to projects and other rural areas that don’t have service.”
John Taylor currently serves as a consultant for WVDOH, and previously as Assistant Director. View the full case study and results here.
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