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65 Survey Results A P P E N D I X B Use Cases: The following tables show the distribution of DOT responses for each use case in the survey. Grade Work Count DOT Never 2 Rhode Island, Minnesota Rarely 4 South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Indiana Sometimes 8 Oregon, Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Connecticut, Maine, New Mexico Often 17 Utah, Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Missouri, Delaware, Colorado, Kentucky Always 6 New Hampshire, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Wyoming, Washington, Mississippi Quantity Measurements Count DOT Never 2 Rhode Island, Minnesota Rarely 8 Utah, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, Michigan, Texas, Kentucky Sometimes 14 Wisconsin, Illinois, Montana, Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado Often 9 Oregon, New Hampshire, Virginia, Arkansas, Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, West Virginia, Mississippi Always 3 Wyoming, Washington, Delaware

66 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Field Stacking Count DOT Never 4 Rhode Island, Ohio, Connecticut, Minnesota Rarely 8 Utah, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, Idaho, Maine, New Mexico, Indiana Sometimes 10 Virginia, Illinois, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, Nevada, Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Kentucky Often 10 Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, Washington, West Virginia, Delaware Always 4 New Hampshire, New Jersey, Wyoming, Mississippi Automated Machine Guidance Count DOT Never 5 Rhode Island, Arkansas, Connecticut, Texas, Minnesota Rarely 5 Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Idaho, Indiana Sometimes 7 Oregon, Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado Often 17 Utah, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Wyoming, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Delaware, Kentucky Always 3 New Hampshire, Wisconsin, New Jersey Survey Verification Count DOT Never 3 Rhode Island, Utah, Minnesota Rarely 7 New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Montana, Nebraska, Alabama, Texas, Kentucky Sometimes 9 Wisconsin, Illinois, South Carolina, Wyoming, North Carolina, Maine, Missouri, Indiana, Colorado Often 16 Oregon, Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Delaware, New Mexico Always 3 Florida, New Jersey, Mississippi

Survey Results 67 Cost Analysis for Initial Construction Bid Count DOT Never 9 Rhode Island, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Minnesota, Kentucky Rarely 8 Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Florida, Michigan, Connecticut, Mississippi, Indiana Sometimes 10 Virginia, Illinois, Montana, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Nevada, Maine, West Virginia, Colorado Often 6 Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Ohio, Missouri, New Mexico Always 4 Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Delaware QA/QC, Clash Detection, or Reducing Plan Discrepancies Count DOT Never 10 Rhode Island, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, Minnesota Rarely 10 Oregon, New Hampshire, Alabama, Michigan, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia, Mississippi, Delaware, Kentucky Sometimes 13 Utah, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Montana, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alaska, Iowa, Nevada, Connecticut, Washington, Colorado Often 4 Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri Progress Checks Count DOT Never 5 Rhode Island, North Carolina, Idaho, New Mexico, Minnesota Rarely 12 Utah, Illinois, Arkansas, New Jersey, Nebraska, Alabama, North Dakota, Nevada, Maine, Texas, Indiana, Kentucky Sometimes 11 New Hampshire, Virginia, Montana, Florida, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alaska, Michigan, Washington, Missouri, Colorado Often 7 Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Connecticut, West Virginia, Delaware Always 1 Mississippi

68 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Work Planning Productivity, or Efficiency Count DOT Never 18 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Rarely 7 Illinois, North Dakota, Nevada, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Colorado Sometimes 5 Wisconsin, Virginia, Arkansas, Washington, Delaware Often 4 Florida, Alaska, Mississippi, New Mexico Always 1 Wyoming Cost Analysis for Future Maintenance Count DOT Never 24 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Rarely 9 Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, Mississippi, Colorado Sometimes 2 Alaska, Delaware Pavement Thickness Checks Count DOT Never 11 Rhode Island, Utah, Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, North Carolina, Connecticut, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota Rarely 10 Oregon, Virginia, Montana, Nebraska, Alabama, North Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, New Mexico Sometimes 9 Wisconsin, Illinois, Alaska, Ohio, Idaho, Maine, Delaware, Colorado, Kentucky Often 5 New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada, Washington, Mississippi Always 1 New Jersey

Survey Results 69 Field-Based Training on Hardware and Software Count DOT Not selected 17 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, Idaho, West Virginia, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 20 Oregon, Utah, Illinois, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, North Carolina, Alaska, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky Classroom-Based Training on Hardware and Software Count DOT Not selected 21 Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Montana, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Idaho, West Virginia, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 16 Oregon, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, Alaska, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Colorado DTM Training Provided to Construction Inspection Staff: The following tables show the distribution of DOT responses for each type of training offered to construction inspection staff. Informal, Peer Training Count DOT Not selected 11 Rhode Island, Utah, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Nevada, Maine, Missouri, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Minnesota Selected 26 Oregon, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Kentucky

70 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models No Training Provided Count DOT Selected 5 Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Delaware, New Mexico, Minnesota DTM Barriers: The following tables show the distribution of DOT responses for each barrier in the survey. Insufficient Knowledge or Training for Inspectors (DOT or CEI) Count DOT Not selected 11 Utah, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Iowa, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, Missouri, Mississippi, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 26 Oregon, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Nevada, Michigan, Maine, West Virginia, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Kentucky Insufficient Knowledge or Training for Office Staff Count DOT Not selected 13 Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 24 Oregon, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Kentucky Only Provided Reference Materials (hard copy or electronic) Count DOT Not selected 27 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Montana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, West Virginia, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 10 Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Idaho, Washington, Maine, Mississippi, Kentucky

Survey Results 71 Insufficient Knowledge or Training for Field Survey Staff Count DOT Not selected 14 Utah, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arkansas, Wyoming, Alabama, Iowa, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 23 Oregon, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Kentucky DTMs Are Often Incomplete and Inconsistent with Contract Plans Count DOT Not selected 19 Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Idaho, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 18 Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Mississippi, Delaware, New Mexico, Colorado Designer Fear of Problems with DTM/ Lack of Confidence Count DOT Not selected 22 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 15 Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Nevada, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, Indiana

72 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Insufficient Knowledge or Training for Equipment Operators Count DOT Not selected 23 Oregon, Utah, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 14 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska, Nevada, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico High Cost for Owner to Stay Current with Field Technology Using DTMs Count DOT Not selected 25 Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Delaware, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 12 Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Illinois, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, North Dakota, Nevada, Connecticut, Texas, Indiana Fear of Contractor Changing Terrain Model or Introducing Error into Electronic Plan Files Count DOT Not selected 26 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 11 Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico

Survey Results 73 High Cost for Owner for Initial Software and Hardware Count DOT Not selected 26 Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Delaware, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 11 Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Illinois, Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, Ohio, Texas, Indiana Inadequacy of Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Count DOT Not selected 29 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 8 Virginia, Illinois, Montana, Florida, South Carolina, Alaska, Idaho, Indiana Incompatibility of Existing Software Count DOT Not selected 29 Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 8 Oregon, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Michigan, Maine, Delaware, Indiana

74 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Incompatibility of Existing Hardware Count DOT Not selected 35 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 2 Virginia, South Carolina Benefits of Using DTMs Are Unknown. The Return on Investment (ROI) Is Unproven. Count DOT Not selected 32 Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Selected 5 Rhode Island, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Kentucky Written Language in Contracts: The following tables show the distribution of DOT responses for the contractual language. To My Knowledge, No Policy Manual Documents DTM Practices. Count DOT Not selected 31 Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, Colorado, Kentucky Selected 5 Rhode Island, Montana, New Mexico, Indiana, Minnesota

Survey Results 75 DTM (or XML) Provided as “For Information Only” for Contractor to Use at His/Her Own Risk Count DOT Not selected 7 Rhode Island, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, New Mexico, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 29 Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, Indiana, Colorado Extent of DOT’s Liability for the Accuracy of the DTM Count DOT Not selected 19 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Delaware, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 17 Oregon, Utah, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Dakota, Iowa, Nevada, Washington, West Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado Survey Practices Count DOT Not selected 21 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Dakota, Nevada, Connecticut, Washington, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 15 Oregon, Utah, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, Wyoming, Alabama, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Mississippi

76 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Extent of DOT’s Liability for Use of DTM in the Field Count DOT Not selected 22 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, Michigan, Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 14 Oregon, Utah, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Washington, West Virginia, Mississippi, New Mexico, Colorado Model Handover Policy from Designer to Contractor Count DOT Not selected 26 Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 10 Oregon, Wisconsin, Florida, New Jersey, Wyoming, Alabama, North Dakota, Nevada, Michigan, West Virginia Plan Production Methods Count DOT Not selected 32 Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wyoming, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, Connecticut, Idaho, Washington, West Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky Selected 4 Illinois, Florida, North Dakota, Michigan

Survey Results 77 As for using DTM as a legal document, the following DOTs either did not reply or did not use DTM as a legal document. Using DTM as a Legal Document DOT No reply Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas DOTs that do not use DTM as a legal document Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Connecticut, Maine, West Virginia, Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota DOTs that do not use DTM as a legal document but are planning to Oregon, Wisconsin, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas, Nevada, Washington, Mississippi, Delaware, New Mexico, Indiana, Kentucky DOTs that use DTM as a legal document Utah, Florida, Wyoming, Alabama, North Dakota, Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, Idaho The following table shows more details on DOTs that do not use DTM as a legal document, but are planning to in the future (NA means the DOT did not provide details). DOTs That Do Not Use DTM as a Legal Document but Are Planning To Oregon Note sure, model is included but may be as reference only at this time Wisconsin Under consideration Virginia Currently looking for the appropriate project to initiate Illinois NA Pennsylvania Department Initiative of Digital Delivery in 2025 Montana maybe in a year or two Arkansas I assume we are moving in that direction, but I don’t have knowledge of changes. Nevada New Microstation OpenRoads ultimate goal is to hand off 3D design surfaces to bid/build. Washington plan to include terrain models in next engineering software platform

78 Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models Mississippi NA Delaware We are working on giving model to contractor as a supplement to the plans. Targeting May 2020. New Mexico NA Indiana We are wanting to move to this in the future as we can implement,but we are probably talking 3 to 5 years from now. Kentucky Unsure if this has been discussed As for DOTs that used DTM as a legal document, they ranked it in precedence to written specifications and 2D drawings in case of a legal dispute. Results are shown in the table below (NA means the DOT did not provide a ranking). DOTs That Use DTM as a Legal Document, and Their Corresponding Ranking of Documents That Take Precedence Utah Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 3D model Rank 3: 2D drawings Florida Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 2D drawings Rank 3: 3D model Wyoming NA Alabama Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 3D model Rank 3: 2D drawings North Dakota Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 2D drawings Rank 3: 3D model Alaska Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 2D drawings Rank 3: 3D model

Survey Results 79 Iowa Rank 1: 2D drawings Rank 2: Written specifications Rank 3: 3D model Michigan Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 3D model Rank 3: 2D drawings Idaho Rank 1: Written specifications Rank 2: 2D drawings Rank 3: 3D model

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