Talkin Winter Ops

When your agency is responsible for vast amounts of infrastructure and performs hundreds of activities with thousands of employees having a robust management information system is imperative. On this episode Michael Middleton of the Missouri Department of Transportation and Project Director for MoDOT Management System talks about the development and implementation of their new maintenance management system.

Easy to input data for the employees, easy to extract information for managers, this system is a one-stop shop for employees. It’s not just maintenance activity based, this system includes a safety management component focusing on employee safety. This MMS has become such a powerful tool for the agency that it has become the MODOT Management System
Chapter marks
0:00 Intro with Becky
4:10 Kicking off the project / system requirements
9:55 COTS vs develop in house?
18:31 Roll out - champions
22:54 initial system functions
28:51 Safety module
40:28 Additional resources-videos
43:44 wrap up
For more information on the MoDOT Management System contact the Project Director, Michael Middleton at [email protected]
or Check out these MODOT videos on the MODOT Management System
MMS Phase 1 – Documentation and Dashboards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPBFRuxwlA

MMS Phase 2 - Work Plans and Budget module.
https://youtu.be/lcOjUlCxe1E

Safety Management Module
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZJMQ8evSco?rel=0%20

Story Board for Safety Module
https://youtu.be/kkNf06eGDro

New Incident reporting module
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Edm6EShs&t=3s

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The Transportation Research Board is a lot more than the week long Annual Meeting that happens every January. Listen in as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with James Bryant, TRBs Maintenance and Preservation Engineer, as he shares whats on the calendar this next year for the TRB committees on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather.

The TRB eNewsletter is another way to keep on top of all the activities and offerings of the TRB throughout the year. Anyone can subscribe through the link https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNASTRB/subscriber/new

Want to take an active role in the winter committees, AHD65 Winter Maintenance and AH010 Surface Transportation Weather? Head over to “My TRB” at https://www.mytrb.org and sign up as friend of the committee to get involved.

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Agencies have been using salt brines and a variety of other liquid concoctions for years as a winter maintenance strategy. Pre-wetting stockpiles, pre-wetting at the spinner, slurries, direct application for anti-icing have been tried and true practices. Now some have taken the use of liquids to the max , and now, utilizing direct liquid applications through the course of the storm. Some would say using liquid only routes are a risky proposition throughout the storm although some states and countries abroad have been successfully running field trials with liquid only routes. Jim Hughes, State Maintenance Engineer with the Wisconsin DOT is talking winter ops with SICOP about their experience with liquid only routes.

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4th National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather give organizations working in the severe weather and maintenance operations space an opportunity to showcase their recent efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This briefing features the PIARC Winter Service Technical Committee
This briefing series is produced in collaboration with the AASHTO Maintenance Committee, the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group, and the Winter Weather Management Technical Service Program - SICOP.
Watch the video at this link:
https://youtu.be/De8zNEfaFHo
For more information contact:
Peter Nutz [email protected]
Visit the Winter Service website:
https://www.piarc.org/en/PIARC-knowledge-base-Roads-and-Road-Transportation/Road-Safety-Sustainability/Winter-Service

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SICOP exists to support member states in fulfilling their winter maintenance mission. As one of AASHTOs Technical Service Programs we are supported through voluntary contributions made by state DOTs. Throughout the year SICOP performs many different activities in this cause. In this episode, SICOP Steering Committee Chair Steve Lund from the Minnesota DOT talks about the accomplishments of the program in 2018.
Check out the 2018 Year In Review on the SICOP webpage at
https://sicop.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2019/02/2018-year-in-review.pdf

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