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Dive Brief:
- As the federal government continues its technology push for construction projects, the Federal Highway Administration selected Aurigo software such as its enterprise capital planning system according to a Tuesday press release. The contract is for 7 million dollars in totalaccording to HigherGov.
- The agency has committed to adopting the Aurigo Masterworks Plan tool, a FedRAMP-authorized solution that meets federal security standards.
- “Our platform gives the Federal Highway Administration the flexibility to adapt as priorities, funding models and technologies evolve,” said Kevin Koenig, chief revenue officer of Aurigo Software, in the press release.
Diving knowledge:
FHWA is not alone in its choice. In addition to the federal government, Austin, Texas-based Aurigo also counts state transportation departments among its clientele, including Utah, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Delaware, according to the company’s website. The company focuses on project management tools for large infrastructure projects.
Before selection, Aurigo signed a 10-year contract with the FHWA’s Office of Federal Lands beginning in 2021 to modernize the capital’s highway construction planning and management, according to a news release from that year. The office used Aurigo’s Masterworks Build product, according to Balaji Sreenivasan, Aurigo’s CEO.
With Aurigo Masterworks, FHWA will be able to implement:
- Capital planning and prioritization.
- Integrated management of financing programs and projects, planning, design and construction.
- Modeling and prediction of scenarios using if analyses.
- Automated workflows and mobile tools that can streamline bids, inspections and field reporting.
- Configurable dashboards and reports for real-time monitoring.
To work with the federal government, Aurigo received FedRAMP ready statusa strict cloud security clearance, in 2020, according to Government Technology.
The news comes amid a push by the federal government to increase speed authorization and environmental reviewwhich is having big ripples. The Buffalo District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, for example, is adopting building information modeling in their projects as a result of the government’s technological drive.
