The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) implemented a comprehensive engineering and technology-based approach for inventorying and prioritizing guiderail assets within the Department’s current jurisdiction. The resulting data included a comprehensive inventory of approximately 1,587 miles of guiderail across the 4,659 miles of state highway. The final prioritization methodology identified high-priority replacement locations across the North, Central, and South Regions, which will optimize the use of the FHWA annual funding of $25M. The goal of this presentation is to describe the approach by including a discussion on the development of the data collection process, the implementation of the data collection process, the organization of the collected data, the maintenance of the data after initial collection, the prioritization, and the development of the finalized guiderail data map.
We will also have a small presentation by the ASHE SNJ’s Highway Excellence Award winners Collingswood Middle School for their success at Philadelphia’s Future City competition. For more information see our website for an article about our winners and www.futurecityphilly.org.
Krishna Tripathi is a Project Manager at NJDOT. Krishna has completed her BS CE and has over 14 years of professional experience at NJDOT. She has a wide range of experience managing and performing design for Roadway Resurfacing projects as well as Safety and Betterment projects at the Bureau of Maintenance Engineering & Operations and currently managing various capital projects in the Division of Project Management from cradle-to-grave.
Nick DiPaolo has more than 20 years of experience working on Technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) projects. He has managed multiple transportation GIS application development and data projects, provided QA/QC, performed SQL administrative tasks, and conducted training seminars and workshops for both GIS and non-GIS users. Mr. DiPaolo is a member of the NENA Next Generation 911 (NG911) GIS Data Model Working Group and is assisting with the review of the next GIS model release for NG911, which includes street addressing, road centerlines, and numerous other administrative GIS layers. Additionally, he is a volunteer firefighter and was recently awarded the 2022 NG911 Institute Outstanding Public Safety Professional Award recognizing extraordinary individuals that have dedicated their lives to aiding those in need, putting the safety of others above all else.
Christopher Watts, PE has 6 years of experience in engineering design. Mr. Watts current role with JMT includes serving as lead engineer for both NJDOT and NJTA Guide Rail Inspection Contracts. Mr. Watts experience includes design and on-site inspection of traffic signals, and the analysis and engineering design of MPT for PANYNJ (JFK & LGA) Airports and Philadelphia International Airport.
Attendees will be eligible to receive 1 PDH (NJ, PA, and DE; check for eligibility in other states).
4:00 PM – Virtual Networking using Remo 4:50 PM – Meeting Sponsor Presentations 5:00 PM – Virtual Presentation 6:00 PM – Closing Remarks and Upcoming Event Announcements
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