{"id":672652,"date":"2024-10-15T07:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=672652"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:14:15","slug":"utah-dot-digital-delivery-transformation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/blog\/utah-dot-digital-delivery-transformation","title":{"rendered":"Utah DOT Transforms Construction with Digital Delivery"},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1631,180122,483322,489282,282572],"industry":[],"esri-blog-category":[478302],"esri_blog_department":[478202],"class_list":["post-672652","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-collaboration","tag-construction","tag-documentation","tag-transformation","tag-workflows","esri-blog-category-transportation","esri_blog_department-infrastructure"],"acf":{"video_source":"","video_start":"","video_stop":"","short_description":"Utah Department of Transportation has pioneered a digital delivery transformation, integrating through the common denominator of location.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Right","content":"The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has been advancing digital delivery of construction projects by simplifying how data is collected and shared. The effort has made inroads to replace construction project paperwork where data gets buried.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nKey Takeaways\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>UDOT has become a leader in construction digital delivery to track projects without paper.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Combining GIS with BIM streamlines workflows and will eventually make data available to all stakeholders.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The digital transformation at UDOT has posed challenges but everyone recognizes it as the future of construction.<strong>\r\n<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), a leader in digital construction, is going completely paperless for the infrastructure projects it constructs, including highways, bridges, express lanes, and paved trails.\r\n\r\nOver ten years and many pilot projects, UDOT provided digital design files as the legal document to contractors with more than 15 projects not cutting sheets, and using only rovers and mobile devices in the field.\r\n\r\nThe infrastructure world has long fixed on digital construction. It\u2019s the ultimate digital transformation of a complicated multi-step and multi-stakeholder process. Digital delivery replaces paper plans with digital drawings for each construction phase\u2014from planning, preliminary design, design, construction, and ultimately maintenance.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldelivery.udot.utah.gov\/\">UDOT Digital Delivery<\/a> brings together two key infrastructure technologies: geographic information systems (GIS) and building information modeling (BIM). BIM becomes the legal record of the design and sequence each contractor must follow. GIS tightly integrates with BIM to provide the geographic context of what surrounds the project and where construction activities are occurring.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had all the details in our BIM models, but when we put it into a paper plan, we lose all that data,\u201d said George Lukes, the state standards and design engineer who leads UDOT\u2019s Digital Delivery of Model Based Design and Construction program.\r\n\r\nTo keep track of inspection details, some construction inspectors would write notes on their paper plans. But the notes in the margins meant that only one person had the knowledge or knew the status and it led to possible human error in copying that information into daily diary software. The vision at UDOT is to establish a single digital source of reliable, real-time asset information.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been pushing toward a digital twin, using digital tools in the field to collect and view data and make sure everyone has access to information,\u201d Lukes said. \u201cWe want to make it so you can pick it up and use it faster and easier than the amount of time it would take you to learn how to use paper plans.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","gallery_images":[672682,672672,672692,672702]},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Creating a Digital Twin<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nAs part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-lNEg_0_xQYLS4Mwv_YaQ6XZtNTxuSfI\/view\">digital twin strategy<\/a>, teams are compiling information about each project UDOT manages and maintains, and the location and condition of component parts. One of UDOT's goals is to be able to share real-time conditions and construction status across the entire transportation system.\r\n\r\n\u201cEverybody says digital twin, but what they really mean are 3D models,\u201d said Andy Cordes, electronic business project manager at UDOT. \u201cWe\u2019re understanding digital twin to mean we have the data about what exists and are able to visualize and share it.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhile much of the digital delivery workflows center on sharing specifics of what will be built, the digital transformation at UDOT also includes a new level of real-time awareness at project sites.\r\n\r\nFor instance, now when materials are inspected on a UDOT pilot project, inspectors use an app built on GIS technology to record inspection details and automatically make that information available on a map.\r\n\r\n\"With GIS technology, we have the flexibility to come up with creative solutions for our inspectors to record valuable data,\" Cordes said. \u201cWe want to make it so data can be collected and shown in near real time in as few apps as possible.\u201d\r\n\r\nSharing when inspections occur has many benefits, including keeping the project flowing and the work happening in the correct sequence. Visibility of inspections also helps eliminate duplicate actions while maintaining a lookout for construction compliance.\r\n\r\nWhen projects span large areas and items construction progress is constantly on the move, knowing where or when an inspection was completed can be a huge time-saver. Access to information in an app also cuts time by removing the need to go to the trailer where the paper plans are kept.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen crews and contractors get into the field, most have found great benefits in finding information more quickly,\u201d Lukes said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","gallery_images":[672782,672772,672762]},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Achieving an All-Digital Workflow<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nUDOT had digitized many construction steps in the past but faced some persistent barriers to data flow from design to construction. A series of brainstorming sessions with contractors, vendors, and consultants moved UDOT beyond the pain points.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe innovation happened because everyone sat down and helped us figure out how to make it work,\u201d Lukes said.\r\n\r\nThe flexibility of modern software, with low-code or no-code configurations to make purpose-built applications, streamlined some important steps. Other barriers of data flow between toolsets have been solved by having software vendors work together to achieve interoperability.\r\n\r\nAnother key to making the leap to digital delivery has been a series of grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). \u201cWe received an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/innovation\/grants\/\">AID grant<\/a> in 2019 and another in 2021 that gave us the resources to bring in consultants to help us structure our workspace,\u201d Lukes said. \u201cWe would not have been able to do that internally.\u201d\r\n\r\nRecently, UDOT was awarded a $5 million Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems grant from FHWA that will help document and standardize the workflows and data structure. These steps can take UDOT from pilot projects toward full enterprise-wide implementation.\r\n<h3><strong>Lasting Value for All Involved<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nUDOT has found additional value in the way GIS enables managers to compare current projects to past projects. \u201cThe geospatial location is great to have for analysis 5 or 10 years down the road to know what materials and approaches worked well and what didn\u2019t,\u201d Cordes said.\r\n\r\nGiven the ability to improve efficiency and unlock insights from paper files, UDOT stakeholders recognize digital delivery as the preferred future practice.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone's heard about digital delivery, but there's still not a huge percentage of folks that have actually done a project,\" Lukes said. \u201cOn one of our projects that\u2019s under construction, a contractor approached us and asked to be involved [in the digital process]. They wanted to increase their skills and knowledge and make sure they didn\u2019t get left behind.\u201d\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLearn how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/roads-highways\/overview\">GIS technology strengthens operational efficiency for roads and highway organizations<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Utah DOT Transforms Construction with Digital Delivery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Utah Department of Transportation has pioneered a construction digital delivery transformation, replacing paper plans.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/blog\/utah-dot-digital-delivery-transformation\" \/>\n<meta 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