CURRENT AND PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

WY@ERP
The Wyoming Department of Transportation, in cooperation with PeopleSoft and AgileAssets, completed development of the WY@ERP (Wyoming Enterprise Reporting Program) system. Our goal was to implement a computer system which fully integrates financial information and assets and allows for querying and presenting data through geographic information systems (GIS). The system has been designed to eliminate redundant data entry and as much manual processing as possible in general ledger, accounts receivable, billing, accounts payable, asset management, project costing, contract administration, grants, budgeting, purchasing, human resources, time and labor and payroll. The system allows the Department to manage its assets by analyzing their condition (or level of service) and reporting on both the condition and attributes of these assets. It places process “ownership” in the hands of those most directly involved.

NEW SYSTEMS (JUST COMPLETED, IN PROGRESS, OR PREPARING TO START)
BRASS
Major enhancements to several Bridge Rating and Analysis of Structural Systems (BRASS)™ software programs were completed this year. The capability to perform Load Resistance Factor Ratings (LRFR) was added to the BRASS-GIRDER(LRFD)™ software. This enhancement allows users nationwide to perform LRFR load ratings of bridges in accordance with the AASHTO Load Resistance Factor and Design (LRFD) Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges.

Work continues on a combined LFD/LRFD version of BRASS-GIRDER™. This software will eliminate the need to maintain two sets of software (Load Factor Design and LRFD) which perform many of the same tasks such as section properties determination, dead and live load computations, certain Specification checks, etc.) This new software will allow the user to define a bridge once and perform either LFD or LRFD computations with a click of a button.
Considerable verification testing of the BRASS-PIER(LRFD)™ program was performed this year. This program analyzes or designs solid shaft or frame piers using the LRFD specifications.

Work continues on new versions of BRASS-POLE ™ and BRASS-SPLICE ™. The BRASS-POLE™ program has been completely redesigned and conforms to the latest AASHTO specifications. BRASS-SPLICE™ has been enhanced to include a splice design using the AASHTO Load Resistance Factor and Design (LRFD) Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges. Considerable verification testing is continuing.


RECORD OF EXCHANGE

BRASS
The Bridge Rating and Analysis of Structural Systems (BRASS) suite of computer programs was distributed as either stand alone programs or as the analysis engines in AASHTO’s BridgeWare Virtis® and Opis® programs to 39 State DOTs (including Puerto Rico), 165 consulting firms, 17 Federal Highway Administration offices, 25 Army Corps of Engineers offices, 10 city and county transportation offices, 3 universities, and one Canadian province.

The production version of BRASS-PIER(LRFD)™, with a graphical user interface, dynamic graphics, and incorporation of the latest design requirements of the AASHTO LRFD Specifications, was completed and distributed this year. This software was awarded Honorable Mention for the Wyoming Engineering Society President’s Project of the Year Award.

The provisions of the LRFD Specifications were also added to the BRASS-PAD™ software and distributed to users nationwide. .

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