January 25, 2017

E-Construction atthe Delaware DOT

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Agenda

• DelDOT’s Capital Program

• E-Construction Initiative

• Our current software environment

• Primavera P6• Current Status & Future Vision

• Primavera Unifier• Current Status & Future Vision

• Department-Wide Future Vision

• Other E-Construction Initiatives

• Q&A

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State, $1.53billion

Other,

$32.9million

Federal, $1.73billion

Total 6yr Capital Transportation Plan

State Other Federal

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E-Construction is a paperless construction administration delivery process that includes

electronic submission of all construction documentation by all stakeholders, electronic document routing/approvals (e-signature), and digital management of all

construction documentation in a secure environment allowing distribution to all project stakeholders through mobile devices.

Source: fhwa.dot.gov/edc-3

1.Transfer of Electronic

Plans2.

Field Inspection and Data Collection

3.Data

Hosting Services

4.

Electronic Review

and Approval

5.Communication

Tools6.

RFID for Resource Tracking

7.Asset

Management & Records

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Interaction with Other Agencies

• Fall 2014 visit to Texas DOT• San Antonio District

• Spring 2015 visit to City of Baltimore DPW

• Planned 2015 visit to New York City MTA – East Side Access

Conclusions:

Available Technologies

Top-Down Commitment

Department Processes

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Evaluation of Technologies:

SiteManager

by

AASHTOWare

• DelDOT IT moving away from Powerbuilder to .NET development

• Specialized skills required to make process and reporting changes for DelDOT’s needs

Oracle –

Primavera

Suite

• Preference to Oracle Systems

• Off-the-shelf (OTS) industry standard product

• P6 in use for over 15 years

• Low availability of technical resources

Custom

Solution

• Developed using internal staffing

• Customized to our exact needs

• Difficult to keep pace with current technology

• Painful upgrade process

Texas DOT Baltimore DPW 3rd Option

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Final Conclusion

• Really liked what we saw at City of Baltimore• However, Contract Management was in declining support with

Oracle as they pushed towards Unifier

• Decision to go with Primavera Unifier• We already had familiarity with the Oracle Primavera products

• Similar to PCM and use case at NYC MTA showed it was robust enough

• P6 was already important to DelDOT• P6 is a one stop shop for project schedule and general funding information

• Annual CTP is prepared using P6 schedule and project data

• Historical records dating back to 2002

• Unifier integrates with P6 “out of the box”

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Mobile Device Selection

• Conducted a 3 month pilot with inspectors from November 2015 through January 2016• 3 devices (Dell Venue, Microsoft Surface, and Apple Ipad)

• Inspector’s were asked to use the devices every day• Complete IDR using a PDF or Excel form

• Take pictures and videos during both day and night

• Store plans and specifications on a file sharing site (such as Google Drive or Dropbox)

• Find apps that would be useful

• Conclusion• While the Surface and Venue performed well, the Ipad really

outshined them both

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Mobile Device Implementation• Bought 56 Verizon Wireless connected Apple Ipad Air 2’s and distributed

them in February 2016

• Recommended their use for accessing drawings and contract documents using cloud storage

• Using a Device Management solution to add helpful weblinks and apps to all Ipads at once

• Standard Specifications and Special Provisions

• Standard Details

• Construction Manual

• FHWA documents

• Etc…

• Take pictures and videos (as well as using Skype and Facetime)

• Complete IDR’s using PDF or Excel Forms

• Access to Email

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Primavera P6 Current Status

• Chose Primavera P3e in 2002, went live across all Divisions in 2004

• All projects that use Capital funds must use P6• Not all projects have full schedules but the majority do

• Project schedules start in Project Development phase and continue through Construction• All project schedules are based off of 4 or 5 templates with

durations tweaked to meet the specific project needs

• Tracking high level funding estimates only

• Most projects require some level of CPM to be submitted by the Contractor• Ranging from an excel spreadsheet, to a bar chart, all the way to a

full CPM exported out of Primavera P6 to be imported into our database for review

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Primavera P6 Future Vision

• Expand our project schedules to include the Planning Phase

• Pull actual spends from our financial tracking software for comparison and reporting

• Implement resource tracking/management• This will also help with using Dashboards and Team Member in P6

EPPM

• Require contractor CPM schedules to be built and managed in our environment

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Primavera Unifier - Current Status

• Forms and Processes complete for:• Contract creation

• Inspector Daily Report

• Change Orders (placeholder)

• Daily Report PDF and Monthly Diary reports Completed

• Currently piloting 4 projects of varying sizes

• Expand to all new projects with NTP in March 2017

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Primavera Unifier – Future Vision

• Implement Construction Document Management Processes

• Implement Construction Cost Management processes• Including a completed Change Order process

• Continue to expand across other Divisions such as:• Civil Rights for DBE goal tracking

• Contract Administration for advertisement and electronic bid management

• Audit for project closeout

• Finance for Capital Program and Project Budget management/tracking

• Among others…

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• Dashboards

• Customized Reporting

• On-demand Reports

• Schedule Control

• Cost Management

• Planning Tool

• Document Storage

• Document Versioning

• Repository

• Electronic Document Management

• Field Records

• Contract Cost Tracking

SharePoint

P6 Unifier

BI and Analytics WCC

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Master

Scheduling

(P6)

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Other E-Construction Initiatives – 3D Engineered Models

• Bentley Projectwise• Manage DelDOT CADD Standards

• Allow for easier collaboration between consultant designers, construction contractors and DelDOT

• Manage 3D deliverables for construction

Other E-Construction Initiatives – Electronic Construction Manual

• Wiki-based manual• Utilizing a Wikispaces.com wiki

• Currently in the process of developing and will be similar to Michigan DOT’s Construction Manual

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Other E-Construction Initiatives – Electronic Material Delivery Tickets

• Pilot Project in Spring 2017• Coordinating with a local GC

• Record material delivery time and electronic ticket

• Transfer of data from ticket electronically

• Future integration with Unifier for attaching tickets to project automatically

• Earthwave Technologies• Use Fleetwatcher – Materials Delivery Solution

• Transponders attached to trucks using cigarette lighter

• Web enabled interface

• Transmit data on type of materials, quantity, and source electronically

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Q & A