iowa experience electronic tickets (e-tickets)

Iowa Experience

Electronic Tickets

(e-Tickets)Greg Mulder, P.E.

Executive Director

ICPA/IRMCA

WHY ETICKETS?

SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR DOT’S

• Eliminate Paper Tickets

• No More Lost Tickets

• Provide Materials and Tonnage Verification

• Record Test Results

• Quickly Summarize Tickets for Contractor Pay

• Diminishing Workforce

• Reduce Worksite Hazards For Inspectors

Frequently Dodging Trucks – SAFETY!!!

Solving Problems For Producers

• Optimizes Fleet Deliveries and Tracking

• Directly Pulls Information from Batch Software – Eliminates “Fat Fingering”

• Automate Payroll Processes – Track Time Off

• Scales Integration Helps Job Costing / Future Bidding

• Hold Drivers Accountable For Performance and Production

• Jobsite Safety!

• Alerts / Realtime Notifications

• Onsite Billing Capabilities (PCC Only)

• GPS Navigation (PCC Only)

2015• Manatts – 60,000 tons, 4 mixes, 20+ trucks

2016• L.L. Pelling – 120,000 tons, 7 mixes, 30+ trucks

• Concrete Supply – 2,500 CY, 4 mixes, 10 trucks

2017• Norris Asphalt – 2 Projects, 80,000 tons, 3 mixes,

20+ trucks

• Norwalk Ready Mix – 2,500 CY, 4 mixes, 20 trucks

2018• Manatts – 2 Projects, 2,000 CY, 2 mixes, 20 trucks

2019• Hahn Ready Mix (and others TBD) – Multiple Projects, $400 Million in total Contracts,

50,000+ CY

Iowa DOT Pilots

PCC HMA

• Geozones – Plant Site, Job Site, Washout Site, Discharge Locations

• Scale Integration Pulls Data Directly from Batch Software (No Tampering)

• Timestamps – Ticketed, Left Plant, On Site, Pouring, Washing, Leaving Site

• Test Results – Realtime Communication to Producer

• Calculations – Automatically Calculates w/c Ratio Based on Water Additions

• Dashboard – Project Monitoring from Any Location

• Signatures Required for Acceptance

• Downloadable .pdf’s of Tickets or Summaries for Document Management

• Other File Formats - .csv, etc. for Asset Management

PCC e-Ticketing

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Cloud Based Solution

Track Material

Geozones?

• Plant Site

• Job Site

• Other Places?

• Wash Out

Location?

GPS ENABLED DEVICES

TRUCK LOAD TIMES

BATCH WEIGHTS

Add Inspection Details

Make Comments

INSPECTOR’S SIGNATURE

TICKETS - EMAILED OR PDF DOWNLOADABLE

Multiple Ways to View/Enter Data

Project/Pour Metrics

NEXT GENERATION OF TRUCKS (E-TICKETS)

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• Geozones – Plant Site, Scale, Job Site, Pavers, Mills, Shuttle Buggies, etc.

• Scale Integration Pulls Data Directly from Batch Software (No Tampering)

• Timestamps – Delivery Trucks (Every 60 Seconds) and Pavers (Every 30 Seconds)

• Breadcrumbing

• Test Results – Realtime Communication to Producer

• Webbased – Project Monitoring from Any Location

• Signatures Required for Acceptance (if required)

• Downloadable .pdf’s of Summaries for Document Management

• Other File Formats - .csv, etc. for Asset Management

HMA e-Ticketing

Fleetwatcher Load Cycle Analysis - Materials DeliveryData Collection Points Diagram

Source Confidential DestinationTime at Plant Time at Jobsite

Plant Geozone Jobsite Geozone

1 2 SILO 3 4 5 6 7 8

Time between Plant/Jobsite and Jobsite/Plant

Paver/MillGeozone

Basic Load Cycle Schematic Geozones and Sub-

Geozones

ACTIVE SHIFT OVERVIEW

Completed Shifts for Historical Analysis

Load Cycle Analysis with Scales Integration

Information (for the producer)

Red Lines indicate precise time that trucks were loaded at the

plant with ticket number, mix type, tonnage, cumulative loads, etc.

Live Animation - Truck LLP527 Loaded at 3:18

with 16.95 Tons

Cycle Time and Load-Out Data By Truck No. For

Entire ShiftLoad-Out Time Tonnage Total Cycle Time

Summary of Individual Tickets (Scale Ticket

Summary Report)

Recording Temps, Waste and Notes for Individual

Tickets

Breadcrumbing Each Load

Dump Locations When Engaged with Truck’s PTO

Material Summary Report For

Contractor Pay

Mobile App - Active Shifts, Shift Notes, Historical

Shifts

Mobile App – Source, Destination and Load Cycle

Analysis

Mobile App Screenshots – Scale Tickets, Editing Individual

Tickets

Mobile App Screenshots- Haul Truck

Dump Events

THE WHY!

• Technology exists today

• More robust and secure than paper

• Provides more data than is kept today

• More opportunities to communicate and document the materials

• Help for a Diminishing Workforce

• Improved efficiency

• Most importantly! Reduce Worksite Hazards For Inspectors Frequently Dodging Trucks – SAFETY!!!

THE HANDOFF!

Questions?

Geozone Around Plant; Sub-Geozone Around

Scale

The Scale

Moving Geozone(s) Around Pavers / Mills

Choose Current Shift(s) To View Real-Time

Create / Schedule Shifts