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- [Narrator] The Texas
Department of Transportation

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receives information regarding
operation, construction,

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and testing records from
several independent systems.

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Working with the Center for
Transportation Research,

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TxDOT organized these technology databases

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to better understand the
impact of certain materials

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on the long-term performance of pavements.

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- TxDOT have been
collecting data on materials

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and construction projects

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and pavement performance
over several years.

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So they have all the data
in separate databases

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that do not communicate with each other.

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- And so before this project,

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we never really combined the two.

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You know, you go to a roadway

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and you say, "Man, that's
a really good roadway.

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What made it good, right?"

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You just assume it was

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you did everything right
during construction.

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So this project was to
combine those two databases

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so we can see the materials used,

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we can see the QC/QA, did
we do everything right?

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And then what did that lead to

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in terms of overall performance?

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- We created two separate applications,

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one for the state use and
one for the district use.

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And each application has nine
dashboards to track project

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and material performance
at different levels.

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And during the making of the application,

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we saw feedback from TxDOT

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asking how they intended to use
it and their specific needs.

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And we also created text
guide and a video guide

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to show them how to operate
and manage the application.

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- In the project, as we
would go to these projects,

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trying to combine them, right,
we combine them and we say,

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okay, let's go get some
real eyes on the pavement

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and let's see if the databases,

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you know, in agreeance
with what we're seeing.

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And what we would find
is we'd go to a project

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and it was already
covered with the sealcoat.

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And so what we found out

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was districts have these four-year plans

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and they're doing district-wide
sealcoat programs.

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And that is not being captured

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in either one of those databases.

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What the research team did
is they actually pulled in

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another database so they
can filter out those ones

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that have had TxDOT preventative
maintenance on there.

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Now we have this all encompassing database

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that has everything together.

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It's turned into a really
nice Tableau dashboard.

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So you can actually go in and say,

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hey, I wanna look in this
district with a given mix type,

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and you wanna see a performance
across the district.

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- So TxDOT can use this
application to track project

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or materials performance
in near real time.

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So on a geographical
map on the application,

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they can locate projects
on a given section

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and see how many projects
were constructed,

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what materials were put in those projects,

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and how much money was spent.

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They can also see

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if there was any maintenance
activity involved.

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They can also use this application
as an investigative tool,

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as in they can track the
historical performance

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of any projects and materials

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and flag any section

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with unsatisfactory performance.

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So by doing so,

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TxDOT can identify durable materials

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and they can promote
use of those materials

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more in future projects.

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And there will be less maintenance,

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there will be less traffic congestion

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due to maintenance and construction,

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and there will be less
delay in travel time

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with overall better driving experience

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for the people of Texas.

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- [Narrator] or more information

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and to find the publication
for this project,

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please visit the TxDOT research library

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at the link shown below.