Use of Material Delivery Management System (MDMS) for Asphalt Paving Applications

US Transportation Collection2021PDFTech ReportEmbacher, RebeccaMinnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials and Road ResearchMinnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Policy Analysis, Research & InnovationMinnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Policy Analysis, Research & InnovationMinnesotaUnited StatesAsphalt pavementsAutomatic data collection systemsBuilding information modelsBuilding materialsConstruction projectsDelivery serviceFleet managementPavingProject deliveryRecommendationsMN 2021-10Lab2019014Final ReportEach year, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is affected by the large volume of data produced each day on highway construction projects. Significant time and resources are spent toward proper documentation, organization, mining, and review and use of this information. Intelligent construction technologies (ICT) are continuously being developed by the industry to assist agencies with simplifying and improving these processes along with other heavy construction activities. Efforts toward electronic construction are one of the many ICT initiatives that are moving forward for use nationally and internationally \u2013 electronic ticketing being one of them. The Material Delivery Management System (MDMS), formerly called the E-Ticketing system, was piloted on approximately 40 projects. This report summarizes the lessons learned, future recommendations, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) provisional practice created as a result of these efforts. Additionally, this report details the workflow that was created to guide a user through pre-construction activities, the source process, delivery of material, data export, and end-of-day activities such as reconciling of quantities and labor compliance reviews as related to the MDMS. Future enhancements are recommended to establish a standardized platform for the viewing of MDMS by the agency (Veta MDMS) and for standardization of data for import into AASHTOWare Project, using Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface (REST API) and JavaScript Notation (JSON), along with enhancements to the Veta software.114