PPT Presentation of Planned Website Prepared for the Task Force 13 Meeting September 20, 2009 Rehoboth, Delaware

Development and Hosting of an Interactive Web Site For the Submittal, Approval and Publication of Standardized Task Force 13 Guides Wes Duffard Senior Lead Software Applications Developer Texas Transportation Institute (979) Roger Bligh Research Engineer Texas Transportation Institute (979) Network & Information Systems

TTI’s Systems Development Methodology Network & Information Systems Analysis Design Development Test/Q.A. Production Enhancement If done correctly, this is usually the most lengthy stage of a project.

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Planned Site for Online Guides A standardized, user friendly, dynamic presentation to the public of all of the existing online guides. Keep the best features of the current sites such as the status of a system being noted in the upper left hand corner of that system’s detail page, system listing layouts, etc. Retaining the search and keyword methodologies from the existing sites and supplementing with an advanced search tool. A user friendly administrative module allowing authorized TF13 members to perform all of the processes currently associated with the Gatekeeper with regard to submission, review and approval of systems. The need for a Gatekeeper will be eliminated. Simplification of processes through automation. Security of data and control of review forums through verifiable logon ids. Systems will be automatically “published” as soon as they are approved. Data will be maintained historically, including earlier versions of systems and related review comments. In addition, as much historic data from the current web sites as possible will be imported to the new site. Network & Information Systems

Planned Submission, Review and Approval Process for the All Online Guides (The Administrative Module) Simplification and standardization of the standard operating procedures through the automation at key points in the process of: –The setting of system statuses. – notifications. –The creation and archival of system forums. –The automatic “publication” of approved systems. Offering the Review Group Technical Representatives ease of tracking the progress and status of systems under review, and communicating to TF13 as systems become ready for a vote. Voting on ready systems may be done online and thus independently of TF13 meeting schedules. The processes for all of the online guides will be modeled after the Barrier Hardware Guide processes, with adjustments to take into account the individual characteristics of each guide. Network & Information Systems

Nomenclature and Rules for Designator Assignment Menu item: ROADSIDE: BARRIERS (Subdivided into Permanent and Temporary) Category FunctionType Sequence Number Option SystemCrash Cushion Independent W-beam Thrie-beam 01-99a-z End Treatment / Terminal Box Cable Thrie-beam W-beam Rigid 01-99a-z Guardrail Roadside barrier Median barrier 01-99a-z Work Zone Concrete Miscellaneous 01-99a-z Transitions Guardrail to Bridge Rail Guardrail to Guardrail 01-99a-z Bridge Rail Aluminum Box Concrete Shape WooD Thrie Beam W-beam 01-99a-z

AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee Subcommittee on New Highway Materials Task Force 13 Report Administration Login Site Administrator RGTR Administrator Reviewer Login Guides Barrier Hardware Systems Bridge Rail Systems Transition Systems Sign Support Systems Luminaire Support Systems Hardware Systems Components Links Search On-Line Guides Task Force 13 of the AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee maintains several on-line guides to a variety of highway products. The on-line guides that are available from the Task Force are listed at the left. The links at the left will take you to the particular guides where you can search for particular systems, view system details, download photographs and drawings, and see components. The "system" guides provide information about complete systems such as particular bridge rail systems, sign support systems and luminaire support systems. The component guide provides details about the parts used in the non-proprietary systems like botls, posts, brackets, guardrail sections, etc. Network & Information Systems Possible Web Site Layout Example

Network & Information Systems Development Sites are: Necessary to proving the concepts worked out on paper. Excellent for trying, correcting and reworking if necessary. Development Sites are NOT: Pretty. In fact they tend to be quite messy. Accurate with regards to data.