Veta Enhancements for Material Delivery Management System (MDMS) Standardized Platform and Web Conversion
Status: December 2021 to December 2026 (amendment no. 5)
Summary
Many States have been piloting the Material Delivery Management System (MDMS)(an expanded form of E-Ticketing) since 2015. The increased use of this technology has been accelerating since 2020, primarily due to the impact of COVID-19. A draft AASHTO provisional practice has been established to assist with the standardization of data block naming conventions, data elements, data exports, addressing centralized suppliers’ needs, and more. There are currently more than 15 vendors providing varying levels of solutions for the MDMS technology. As with ride quality (smoothness), intelligent compaction (IC), paver-mounted thermal profiling (PMTP), dielectric profile system (DPS), a standardized platform is needed to view the MDMS data, regardless of the MDMS vendors used on the contracts. There could potentially be multiple MDMS platforms that an inspector is required to navigate on a given contract, depending upon which MDMS each subcontractor elects to utilize (e.g., a different MDMS for asphalt, concrete, aggregate, milling, etc.).
Additionally, an agency interface is needed (independent from the Contractor’s MDMS) to allow for data entry of split loads, rejected loads, and other information. Also, MDMS data and analysis will need to be transferred into AASHTOWare® Project and other state database systems. However, this will not address the standardization of the geospatial needs that the MDMS currently provides. The potential solution to overcome the above challenges is a public-domain, standardized web-based geospatial software system. Sponsored by the FHWA and TPFs, the Veta desktop software has been a proven model for integrating and mapping data from various intelligent construction technologies (ICT) with great success since 2012.
The project objective is to develop a Veta Web that can be a standardized web platform to integrate all MDMS-related data in a standardized format. Additionally, a web platform will provide a near-real-time view of IC, PMTP, and DPS data to identify workmanship issues. Currently, this information can only be viewed post-processed with the desktop version of Veta.
Project Tasks
Task 1: Initial memorandum on expected research benefits and potential implementation steps
Task 2: Kickoff meeting
Task 3: Veta Web Phase I
Task 4: Veta MDMS
Task 5: Veta Web Phase II (Part I)
Task 6: Final memorandum on research benefits and implementation steps
Task 7: Support the Desktop Version of Veta
Task 9: Expanded MDMS Tasks
Task 10: Web Server
Task 11: Veta MDMS – Phase II
Task 12: Veta Web – Phase III
Project team
Principal Investigator: George Chang, Ph.D., The Transtec Group, Inc.
Technical Liaison: Rebecca Embacher, MnDOT
Project Team:
- Jason Dick, The Transtec Group, Inc.
- Eric Keller, The Transtec Group, Inc.
- Amanda Gilliland, The Transtec Group, Inc.
Project Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
Contact MnDOT to join this TAP
- Aaron Chamberlin, Caltrans
- Cecilia McNeil-Hardwick, WashDOT
- Curt Dunn, North Dakota DOT
- Devin Porr, Caltrans
- Ed Collins, New York State DOT
- Jacob Walker, Georgia DOT
- James Schneider, Minnesota DOT
- Jonathan Varner, Missouri DOT
- Mathew Selin, Minnesota DOT
- Michael Johnson, Minnesota DOT
- Paul Chang, Caltrans
- Perry Mayer, Caltrans
Reports/Webinars
- ISIC webinar: 005 – How Veta Leverages Values of Intelligent Construction Technologies
- ISIC webinar: 006 – Material Delivery Management System (MDMS) and Veta Web Applications
