• Company Established in 1969
• Infrastructure Information Collection
• Staff of more than 130
• Design and build ARAN®
• Largest and longest standing company of
its kind worldwide
Automatic Road Analyzer
Rooftop enclosure with
camera mounted
Camera inside the
rooftop enclosure
• 12 Contracts For 180,000 Miles
– U.S. Contracts in DOTs at Alabama, Delaware,
Iowa, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania
• Over 70 ARAN® Vehicles Worldwide
– U.S. Vehicles in DOTs at Connecticut, Hawaii,
Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri,
New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Vermont
Contract Option vs Purchase Option
• Changing Technology
• Business Climate
• Staff Allocations
• 1st Contract - 1995-’96
• 2nd Contract - 1997-’98
• 3rd Contract – 2000-’01
• 4th Contract - 2002-’03
• 5th Current Contract - 2004-’05
• Data Collection Varies Per Contract
Photo-Log
•Single or Multiple
Cameras
•Panoramic
•640 x 480 pixel
•1300 x 1030 pixel
•Custom angles
Geometry &
Spatial
•POS LV
•Curve start and end
•Curve radius
•Degree of curvature
•Grade
•Cross slope
•Centerline
Pavement
•WiseCrax software
•Strobed pavement
video
•Roughness
•Texture
•Rutting
•Cracking
Assets
•Surveyor software
•Type
•Location (linear and GPS)
•Offset
•Height and width
•Sign code
•Condition (good, fair, poor)
Current Contract
•
Signalized Intersections
•
Railroad Grade Crossing
•
Horizontal and Vertical obstructions
•
Bridge Locations
•
Interstate Sign Inventory
All Contract Have Collected Distresses
•
Roughness
•
Rutting
•
Faulting
•
Cracking
•
Patching
1300 x 1030
640 x 480
DOTD Staff of 13
• Perform Contract Management
• Data Quality Assurance
• Data Analysis
• Data Distribution
• Customer (User) Support
DOTD Customers (Users) include
• FHWA (IRI HPMS)
• 9 Districts
• 11 Major Sections
• All DOTD Executive Managers
DOTD Data Storage
• 1.4 TB Snap Server Each District
• 22 TB Server HQ
• Only 2 Data Cycles Maintained On-Line
• Application Developed by ROADWARE
• Visual Data Presentation Program
– Displays processed data and synchronized video
images with multiple camera angles
• Location-based Video Playback
• Pavement Details (cracks, roughness, etc.)
can be viewed up close
• Application Developed by ROADWARE
• Attributes and image recorded for each
asset
• Assets can be inventoried quickly
• Minimal training requirements
• Eliminates dangerous field work
• Low per-asset-inventoried cost