Development of a Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (Phase 3)
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General Information |
|
| Solicitation Number: | 1562 |
| Former Study Number: | TPF-5(347) |
| Status: | Solicitation posted |
| Date Posted: | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Last Updated: | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Solicitation Expires: | Dec 31, 2022 |
| Partners: | CT, IL, MI, ND, SD, WI |
| Lead Organization: | South Dakota Department of Transportation |
Financial Summary |
|
| Suggested Contribution: | |
| Commitment Start Year: | 2022 |
| Commitment End Year: | 2025 |
| 100% SP&R Approval: | Not Requested |
| Commitments Required: | $600,000.00 |
| Commitments Received: | $540,000.00 |
| Estimated Duration Month: | 48 |
| Waiver Requested: | No |
Contact Information |
|
| Lead Study Contact(s): | David Huft |
| dave.huft@state.sd.us | |
| Study Champion(s): | David Huft |
| dave.huft@state.sd.us | |
| Phone: 605-773-3358 | |
Commitments by Organizations
| Organization | Year | Commitments | Technical Contact Name | Funding Contact Name | Contact Number | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2022 | $0.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2023 | $0.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2022 | $0.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| Wisconsin Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Michael Adams | Evelyn Bromberg | 608-267-7360 | evelyn.bromberg@dot.wi.gov |
Study Description
Background
To provide safe transportation to motorists, state
transportation agencies in northern states must apply effective highway
maintenance treatments appropriate to a wide range of winter and year-round
conditions. Maintenance personnel must decide what treatments to apply, and
when to apply them, based on their knowledge of current pavement conditions,
current and forecast weather conditions, and available maintenance techniques
and resources. In large part, the decisions are based upon prior experience of
maintenance personnel and supervisors. Several factors complicate the ability of state agencies to meet
motorists' expectations for clear and safe roadways:
- The expectations of the traveling public and commercial carriers
are rising because of increasing need to travel during all hours of the day;
- Agencies are constrained to relatively fixed levels of funding
and staffing;
- Reliable and timely reports of conditions for specific areas can
be difficult to obtain;
- Certain weather conditions, like blowing and drifting snow, are
difficult to forecast;
- The response of pavements to changing weather conditions and
maintenance treatments are not well established;
- Innovative maintenance treatments, such as anti-icing
technology, are becoming available, but their effect and effectiveness over the
full range of possible conditions are not well understood;
- Retiring maintenance staff are being replaced by less
experienced workers.
Objectives
The overall objective is to continue development and trial deployment of a winter maintenance decision support system. Detailed objectives are to:
The objectives of the study are to:
1) To assess the need, potential benefit, and receptivity in participating state transportation departments for state and regional Maintenance Decision Support Systems.
2) To define functional and user requirements for an operational Maintenance Decision Support System that can assess current road and weather conditions, forecast weather that will affect transportation routes, predict how road conditions will change in response to candidate maintenance treatments, suggest optimal maintenance strategies to maintenance personnel, and evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance treatments that are applied.
3) To build and evaluate an operational Maintenance Decision Support System that will meet the defined functional requirements in the participating state transportation departments.
4) To improve the ability to forecast road conditions in response to changing weather and applied maintenance treatments.
Scope of Work
Research Tasks:
1) Meet with the project's technical panel to refine the project
scope and work plan.
2) Critically evaluate the results of the Federal Highway
Administration's project to develop a prototype operational Maintenance
Decision Support System.
3) Interview front-line and mid-level maintenance supervisors
from each of the participating states to identify and prioritize needs for
maintenance support functionality.
4) Assess the participating states¿ current and near-term
capability to report current roadway conditions and track maintenance
activities on specific highway routes.
5) Assess institutional receptivity to maintenance management
decision support in the participating states and recommend actions to overcome
potential barriers.
6) Based on results of previous tasks, propose in a technical
memorandum to the project's technical panel the high-level functional and user
requirements for an operational Maintenance Decision Support System and propose
an architectural framework for the system. Separately identify those
requirements that can be immediately satisfied and those that will require
fundamental research.
7) Upon approval of the panel, construct a basic prototype MDSS
incorporating those requirements that can be immediately satisfied.
8) Prepare, for approval of the project
Comments
This is a continuation of Pooled Fund Studies
TPF-5(054) and TPF-5(347), to develop a winter Maintenance Decision Support
System.
Documents
No document attached.
Development of a Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (Phase 3)
General Information |
|
| Solicitation Number: | 1562 |
| Status: | Solicitation posted |
| Date Posted: | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Last Updated: | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Solicitation Expires: | Dec 31, 2022 |
| Partners: | CT, IL, MI, ND, SD, WI |
| Lead Organization: | South Dakota Department of Transportation |
Financial Summary |
|
| Suggested Contribution: | |
| Commitment Start Year: | 2022 |
| Commitment End Year: | 2025 |
| 100% SP&R Approval: | Not Requested |
| Commitments Required: | $600,000.00 |
| Commitments Received: | $540,000.00 |
Contact Information |
|
| Lead Study Contact(s): | David Huft |
| dave.huft@state.sd.us | |
Commitments by Organizations
| Agency | Year | Commitments | Technical Contact Name | Funding Contact Name | Contact Number | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2022 | $0.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2023 | $0.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Aidan Neely | Melanie Zimyeski | (860)594-2144 | Melanie.Zimyeski@ct.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Laura Shanley | John Senger | 217-782-8582 | John.Senger@Illinois.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2022 | $0.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | James Roath | Andre' Clover | 517-749-9001 | clovera@michigan.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| North Dakota Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | Brandon Beise | Amy Beise | 701-328-6921 | abeise@nd.gov |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2022 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2024 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation | 2025 | $30,000.00 | David Huft | David Huft | 605-773-3358 | dave.huft@state.sd.us |
| Wisconsin Department of Transportation | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Michael Adams | Evelyn Bromberg | 608-267-7360 | evelyn.bromberg@dot.wi.gov |
Study Description
Background
To provide safe transportation to motorists, state
transportation agencies in northern states must apply effective highway
maintenance treatments appropriate to a wide range of winter and year-round
conditions. Maintenance personnel must decide what treatments to apply, and
when to apply them, based on their knowledge of current pavement conditions,
current and forecast weather conditions, and available maintenance techniques
and resources. In large part, the decisions are based upon prior experience of
maintenance personnel and supervisors. Several factors complicate the ability of state agencies to meet
motorists' expectations for clear and safe roadways:
- The expectations of the traveling public and commercial carriers
are rising because of increasing need to travel during all hours of the day;
- Agencies are constrained to relatively fixed levels of funding
and staffing;
- Reliable and timely reports of conditions for specific areas can
be difficult to obtain;
- Certain weather conditions, like blowing and drifting snow, are
difficult to forecast;
- The response of pavements to changing weather conditions and
maintenance treatments are not well established;
- Innovative maintenance treatments, such as anti-icing
technology, are becoming available, but their effect and effectiveness over the
full range of possible conditions are not well understood;
- Retiring maintenance staff are being replaced by less
experienced workers.
Objectives
The overall objective is to continue development and trial deployment of a winter maintenance decision support system. Detailed objectives are to:
The objectives of the study are to:
1) To assess the need, potential benefit, and receptivity in participating state transportation departments for state and regional Maintenance Decision Support Systems.
2) To define functional and user requirements for an operational Maintenance Decision Support System that can assess current road and weather conditions, forecast weather that will affect transportation routes, predict how road conditions will change in response to candidate maintenance treatments, suggest optimal maintenance strategies to maintenance personnel, and evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance treatments that are applied.
3) To build and evaluate an operational Maintenance Decision Support System that will meet the defined functional requirements in the participating state transportation departments.
4) To improve the ability to forecast road conditions in response to changing weather and applied maintenance treatments.
Scope of Work
Research Tasks:
1) Meet with the project's technical panel to refine the project
scope and work plan.
2) Critically evaluate the results of the Federal Highway
Administration's project to develop a prototype operational Maintenance
Decision Support System.
3) Interview front-line and mid-level maintenance supervisors
from each of the participating states to identify and prioritize needs for
maintenance support functionality.
4) Assess the participating states¿ current and near-term
capability to report current roadway conditions and track maintenance
activities on specific highway routes.
5) Assess institutional receptivity to maintenance management
decision support in the participating states and recommend actions to overcome
potential barriers.
6) Based on results of previous tasks, propose in a technical
memorandum to the project's technical panel the high-level functional and user
requirements for an operational Maintenance Decision Support System and propose
an architectural framework for the system. Separately identify those
requirements that can be immediately satisfied and those that will require
fundamental research.
7) Upon approval of the panel, construct a basic prototype MDSS
incorporating those requirements that can be immediately satisfied.
8) Prepare, for approval of the project
Comments
This is a continuation of Pooled Fund Studies
TPF-5(054) and TPF-5(347), to develop a winter Maintenance Decision Support
System.
Documents
No document attached.