Current and Proposed Organizational Activities

A. Upgrade Existing CADD Machines – Subject to budget constraints, ADOT is planning to upgrade existing CADD machines to HP workstations.

B. Evaluating upgrading MicroStation & CADD Related Third Party Software –  A committee made up of Intermodal Transportation Division’s technical staff from CADD Management & Support, Roadway, Bridge, Traffic, Engineering Survey, Right of Way, and State Wide Project Management will be evaluating upgrading MicroStation & CADD related third party software to version “V8i”, subject to hardware requirements.

C. Evaluating/Improving CADD Standards - A committee made up of Intermodal Transportation Division’s technical staff from CADD Management & Support, Roadway, Bridge, Traffic, Engineering Survey, Right of Way, and State Wide Project Management is evaluating existing CADD Standards to enhance workflow and accommodate features available in new software

Infrastructure

A.      ADOT's CADD system currently consists of HP workstations and pc’s; HP servers; Xerox, HP and OCE plotters all networked via an Ethernet wide area network using Windows XP operating system.

B.      In addition to Microstation, ADOT uses the following CADD software: InRoads, InRoads Site, InRoads Survey, Iplot, SignCAD, AutoTURN, and Falcon document management software.

New Applications (Just Completed, In Progress, or Preparing to Start)
Web Menus - ADOT is conducting a study to evaluate the feasibility of migrating existing CADD bar menus to a web interface.

Record of Exchange
Not Applicable at this Time

Information Wanted
CADD Admin Study - Arizona DOT is benchmarking CADD operations / administration as performed by other state DOT’s