Iowa DOT Office of Maintenance Winter Operations Decision Support Tools

This work is focused to support improved operational decision making for winter maintenance through three specific areas: (1) Heat Mapping: Develop a summary of automatic vehicle location (AVL) pings and display summary cost, material, and plow pass information on a map; (2) Visualizing Maintenance Impacts: Provide a better understanding of the impact of winter maintenance on mobility and safety in user-defined time periods and locations; (3) Plow Blade Wear Analysis: Conduct an analysis to understand plow blade performance based on experienced wear. This work is expected to have immediate implementation for both central office and highway division managers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $125000
• Contract Numbers:

  Addendum 616

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Principal Investigators:

  Hawkins, Neal

• Start Date: 20170601
• Expected Completion Date: 20200630
• Actual Completion Date: 20200630

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Decision making; Mapping; Mobility; Snowplows; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01645255
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Addendum 616
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 2017 3:57PM