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)
http://www.transportationmatters.iowadot.gov/2016/11/for-iowa-department-of-transportation-inspectors-tablet-
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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