David EsseDTSD Innovation & Technology Program Chief

DBE WorkshopThe Ingleside Hotel - Pewaukee, WI

February 13, 2019

Evolving Technology

& Tools at WisDOT

Today’s Discussion• Innovation Discussion ▪What is it? Why its important?

•A history lesson in DTSD Innovation▪How did we get here?

•The DTSD Innovation Process▪5 Steps to Innovation Success!

•Examples▪Emerging Technologies and other Innovations

Discussion: What is Innovation?

How do you define innovation?

Does everyone in your business agree?

Is one person’s innovation another’s process improvement?

Discussion: Is Innovation important?

Well…is it important or not?

Why do you feel that way?

Does everyone in your business agree?

“Innovation is change that unlocks new value.”

~Jaime Notter

Today’s Discussion

A history lesson in DTSD Innovation

How did we get here?

✓ Leadership that supports calculated risk taking

✓ Devoted resources (People, $$)

✓ Clear business initiatives and drivers

❖ A nimble process that supports progress

❖ Employees that believe innovation can happen

❖ A culture that prioritizes innovation

❖ Champions, champions, champions!

Recipe for an Innovation Program

WisDOT Innovation Program Structure (2014-15)

TPF STUDIES

P2PPeer-to -Peer

Looking at what matters most…our people!

Innovation

Implementation

WisDOT Innovation Program Structure

TPF STUDIES

P2PPeer-to -Peer

• Chose when/where to document

• Communicate incremental progress

• Treat small ideas with respect!!

• Engage and support your practitioners

• Keep process simple and nimble

• C/O = Coordination – not ownership

WisDOT Lessons Learned

• Employee development• Leadership & Mentorship• Employee Growth• Exposure to new areas of our business

• Focus on continuous improvement

•Opportunity to explain and define business initiatives• eConstruction, BIM, Asset Management

Additional outcomes

Today’s Discussion

The DTSD Innovation Process

5 Steps to Innovation Success!

• Collect and review existing research • Demos from vendors, lead states or others

Communicate

• Practitioners validate expected benefits and ROI• Identify needs for implementation

• Share results and best practices with stakeholders• Determine width and depth of implementation

• Creation of an implementation plan, budget, resources• Selection of implementation champions

• Discuss feasibility and document idea • Conduct initial financial assessment

Go/No-GoIncubate

Demonstrate

Pilot

Implement

Go/No-Go

Go/No-Go

Go/No-Go

Go/No-Go

5 Steps to Innovation Bliss

NCR• Statewide Mobile Culvert Inspection process (Implement)

• Investigating Trimble SXK LiDAR tool (Incubate)

• GoPro Television Software (Incubate)

• Use of “Big Data”, GIS, AI and Tableau (Incubate)

NER• Statewide Bridge Inspection Training Videos (Implement)

• Statewide design review using Bluebeam (Implement)

• Trello training (Communication)

• Region Listserv (Implement)

• Skype Workshop (Incubate)

Is it working? YOU BET!!!

NWR• Statewide Infraworks (Implementation)

• Statewide automated plan sheet prep tool (Incubate)

• Innovation communication emails (Implement)

• Tech demo of KMZ file and Google Earth (Pilot)

• Box file sharing (Pilot)

SER• Statewide Box file sharing (Pilot)

• Cloud computing and Virtual Machines (Demonstrate)

• Improved innovation program Communication (Incubate)

• SER GIS System (Implement)

Is it working? YOU BET!!!

Is it working? YOU BET!!!

• SWR• Statewide Bluebeam for Plats Review (Implement)

• Statewide 43” 4k Monitors (Implement)

• Statewide GPS Technologies for Construction

• I-39Team use of OnStation (Implement)

• eConstruction on I-39 (Implement)

• Infraworks (Communicate/Implement)

• Bathymetric Survey (Pilot), expanded LiDAR (pilot)

WisDOT Wins!

Today’s Discussion

Examples

Emerging Technologies and other Innovations

But wait…what about the business drivers?• The main business drivers behind the following innovations:

• Business Goals▪ eConstruction + eProject Delivery

▪ Life-cycle data integration

▪ Spatial data

• IT Program Goals▪ Meet business goals

▪ Reduce IT footprint and lower cost

▪ Improve end user functionality

Paper Paperless Electronic Digital

InformationHandwritten,

PrintedImage Data Object

Physical Cabinets .pdf, .bmp .dxf, csv model, services

Workflow Organic Implied Explicit Seamless

Learned email inboxdocumented,

semi-automated,Semi-measured

automated, Notifications,

Performance mgmt

Integration None Shared Interoperable Integrated

printed & filled-out forms, snail or inter-d mail

email a roadway design pdf

dxf emailed fromconsultant to DOT and

back again

same model accessed, reviewed, marked up by all parties, auto-push of model

data to traffic/maint. operations sys.

What does it mean to go paperless?

A deeper dive…Box.com

Problem:

- Users desire to get rid of break between screens

- Need for higher resolution

- More workspace

Solution:

- 43” commercial grade 4k TV

- Time savings + Material savings

- End user satisfaction

A deeper dive…4k Monitors

A deeper dive…Bluebeam ReVu

Problem:

- Collaborative PDF review

- Need for engineering tools

- Push for paperless

- Difficult to track and resolve

Solution:

- Bluebeam ReVu + Studio

- Time savings + Material savings

- Stronger collaboration

A deeper dive…Bluebeam ReVu

A deeper dive…Culvert InspectionsProblem:

- Culvert inspection and documentation is cumbersome

- Push for paperless

- Difficult to track and resolve issues

Solution:

- Survey 123 on iPads -> AGO

- Time savings + Material savings

- Data-driven decision making

A deeper dive…Culvert InspectionsProblem:

- Cannot get a complete inspection of culverts

- Visual inspection from ends

- Dangerous environment (risk)

Solution:

- R/C Truck with Go-Pro Camera

- Live video feed to inspector

- Time savings + Higher quality

Problem:

- Paper driven processes in filed

- Manual data collection

- Carry paper manuals

- Limited access to email

Solution:

- Smart Devices (iPads/iPhones)

- Data Collectors (Trimble Geo7x)

- Mobile Apps (OnStation, Outlook, Weather, Mobile Inspector)

A deeper dive…Field Technologies

What’s Next? Artificial Intelligence

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• AI will open new doors for our industry (my opinion ☺)

• Will bring about data and storage needs the world has never seen before

• Requires a new realm of knowledge, experience and thinking

What’s Next? Data-Driven Asset Management

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• Ops and Maintenance Teams defining data needs• What are the necessary PDS Handoffs?

• Stronger as-built information

• Piloting and implementing in-field data collection• Handheld, LiDAR, mobile, crowd-sourced

• Asset management-focused IT systems and data• Stronger use of analytics and integrations with GIS

What’s Next? UAS

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• Continue to explore potential use cases – will happen through pilot projects

• FAA regulations continue to be challenging

• Flying is often the “easy” part – data processing, storage, consumption is key

David Esse

(608) 215.9293

david.esse@dot.wi.gov

Thank you!Innovation is Awesome!