AASHTO Trns.Port Contract Monitoring TAG

Attendees:

Bill McDowall – Virginia

Chet Grimsley – Florida

Lori Riehn – Missouri

Wady Williams – FHWA

Claretta Duren – FHWA

Randy Lawton – Info Tech

Tom Pierce – Vermont

John Carpenter – Vermont

Jeff Lee Derrer – North Carolina

Turner Bond – Missouri

Jim Green – New Mexico

Shirley Clark – New York

Jim Shear – New York

Steve Belzung – Iowa

Jim McClave – Info Tech

Bill McDowall – Coordinator

Lori Riehn – Assistant Coordinator

DSS Rewrite

A final proposal is being drafted for rewriting BAMS DSS. This will be the largest project with AASHTO to date. Functionality will be improved, user friendliness enhanced and improved response time. Funding is being explored through the FHWA.

Discussions of the type of people to make up the TRT and JAD teams were conducted. Each member was requested to consider candidates in the eventuality we can get funding and proceed.

Potential enhancements envisioned for new DSS:

Increased user friendliness and understandability

Online help

Pattern recognition

Ability to run standard series of models/jobs

Increased location oriented analysis

Received an update on collusion detection activities in the North East and role DSS played. Dr. McClave informed the group of the reversal of an Alabama court decision that had disallowed the use of DSS tools. This was very welcome news for the group and all states using DSS tools.