TRB Webinar: Information Standardization Practices for Digital Project Delivery

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET about information standardization practices for digital project delivery, from design to construction, necessary to estimate and construct a project. The presenters focused on the ongoing efforts on information standardization, and how it could be improved to eliminate waste, reduce error, add value, and allow for the use of new, enabling technologies for digital project delivery.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Construction Management.

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) was provided to attendees who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.

Here are the slides from the presentations.

Webinar Presenters

• Gene Roe, LiDAR News
• John Lobbestael, Michigan Department of Transportation
• Christopher Johnson, CH2M HILL

Moderators: Yelda Turkan, ​Iowa State University, ​and Zhigang Shen, ​University of Nebraska, Lincoln


Webinar Outline
1. 3D Data Exchange Standard

• Establishing a set of data models and standards that will support the efficient management of transportation assets across their entire life cycle
• Introduction of the concept of a unified 3D transportation data model that will seek to address the issue of legacy stovepipe applications

2. Data Streamlining, Optimization and Civil Integrated Management (CIM) Implementation

• CIM implementation philosophies at Michigan Department of Transportation
• Progress to date with data streamlining from Design to Construction and other data optimization concepts

3. Strategizing for Data Asset Management: A Review of Current Practices and What History Forecasts

• Current data exchange practices between design and construction in Wisconsin
• Strategies for improvement by considering the trajectory of data usage over the last 30 years
• Examples of data exchange practices from several Wisconsin transportation mega projects

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as business practices. Please note that some jurisdictions do not accept educational activities in this area or have limitations as to the content.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Understand how to unify GIS and CAD worlds with transportation agency business intelligence
• Define how the lifecycle approach can be used for data management
• Understand how a geospatial database (CIM) can be become part of the "Enterprise Core Data"
• Predict the certainty of exponential and unpredictable change
• Explore how transportation projects are affected differently by standards

Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who registered using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $49 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) was provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registered and attended the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in March 2015. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.


American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.