Guidelines for Digital Technologies and Systems for Remote Construction Inspection for Highway Infrastructure Projects

State departments of transportation (DOTs) inspectors play a critical role in overseeing and managing a construction project. They rely on innovative technologies to address the increasing demand to perform their responsibilities in a safe and efficient way. The adoption of mobile devices and modern surveying equipment for construction inspection has proven timely and beneficial. Remote virtual inspection (RVI) offers numerous benefits (e.g., improved data quality and consistency, enhanced communication, improved transparency, and improved safety of the site personnel) to support onsite construction inspection activities and collect digital data for state DOTs contract administration processes, such estimation of quantities, verification and acceptance, payment, and creation of as-built records. Research is needed to investigate digital technologies and systems for RVI activities and to bridge the knowledge gap for state DOTs in evaluating and integrating digital technologies and systems for RVI for remote highway construction infrastructure projects. The objective of this research is to develop a guide for the applications of digital technologies and systems for RVI for highway construction infrastructure project. At a minimum, the research shall include readiness assessment of digital technologies and systems for highway construction projects and implementation requirements.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5144

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $500000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 10-112

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  McKenney, Christopher

• Performing Organizations:

  Oregon State University

  321 Richardson Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Turkan, Yelda

• Start Date: 20221123
• Expected Completion Date: 20250522
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Digitization; Guidelines; Highways; Implementation; Inspection; Remote sensing; State departments of transportation; Technological innovations; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01772204
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 10-112
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 25 2021 11:38AM