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Dive brief:
- The Federal Highway Administration has disbursed a wave of grants worth $16.6 million to eight states under the Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems program, the agency. announced in a November 1 press release.
- The funding tool comes from the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and is an aspect of the FHWA Technology and Innovation Deployment Program. Once awarded, the grants will go to private contractors through these government projects.
- According to the FHWA, most projects revolve around the use of building information modeling technology, data and document tracking through software, and digital project delivery practices. The project is 80 percent oversubscribed, according to Acting Federal Highway Administrator Kristin White.
Diving knowledge:
The TIDP, which has existed since 2013, gets $550 million over five yearswhich amounts to $110 million annually, and funds various transportation and highway research efforts. It was continued in 2016 and 2021 by the FAST Act and the IIJA respectively.
ADCMS, a branch, provides $85 million from fiscal year 2022-2026. In 2022 and 2023, the program was able to allocate $34 million, but this year is the start of the smallest disbursement, which is capped at $17 million until the end of the funding life cycle.
This is the second wave of grants to be rolled out since the start of the program. Last year, the govt disbursed a total of 34 million dollars to 10 states.
“These projects, ranging from technologies to support the workforce, improve the accuracy of bids and improve the way we communicate with the public, are leading the way to modernize transportation,” he said. White in the statement.
The goals of the funding include accelerated adoption of advanced digital construction management systems throughout the project lifecycle to increase productivity, the development and deployment of best practices on construction sites, and greater adoption and deployment of technology by states and local governments, according to the press release. .
Prizes include:
- New York State DOT will receive $3.4 million for its Advancing Lifecycle Management of Subsurface Roadway Asset Information project that will use building information modeling to integrate data related to the roadway subsurface. This will save time in design and construction timelines by reducing the number of underground explorations.
- Ohio DOT will receive $3.29 million for its workflow optimization project for real-time knowledge sharing that uses construction information modeling at all stages of project development to create savings of important time through the exchange of information.
- New Hampshire DOT will receive $3.2 million for its Using Digital Project Delivery as a catalyst for recruitment and retention at NHDOT to establish digital workflows and data standards for better information management.
- New Mexico DOT will receive $1.86 million for its Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems Implementation Plan project to develop a workflow and standards that enable seamless and interoperable use of data in the survey phases, design, construction, planning and management of a project.
- Maine DOT will receive $1.52 million for its Digital Results and Innovation project is a 2030 GO project to pilot electronic delivery of projects, improve data collection and eliminate the need for paper documentation.
- Arizona DOT will receive $1.36 million for its Igniting Arizona’s Digital Delivery Revolution project to develop and pilot modern digital delivery practices on Arizona transportation projects.
- Oregon DOT will receive $1.02 million for its Element Type Library to obtain standardized information about transportation elements and functions, such as guardrails, traffic barriers, signage, lighting, and many other transportation assets to manage- them throughout their life cycle.
- Maryland State Highway Administration and Montgomery County DOT will receive $1 million for the Precise 3D Survey and Engineering of Transportation Infrastructure pilot project that will use cloud-based software to accelerate project development and reduce the need for paper files.
