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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has implemented the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' (AASHTO's) Pontis Bridge Management System in its Bridge Management Section, where the AASHTO product serves a number of important roles in managing the state's structures. At the same time, KDOT has implemented Exor Corportation's Highways product, which provides a Structures Manager module for bridge information, where data created and managed within the Pontis system must also be stored and changed. KDOT business practices mandate that new structures be set up initially within the Exor Highways software and be transmitted to the Bridge Management Section for incorporation in the Pontis database. In attempting to maintain data consistency and high levels of availability across disparate software systems, KDOT faces challenges very similar to those of other transportation agencies. To facilitate the transmission process and eliminate significant staff intervention wherever possible, a suite of automated data synchronization brokerage routines has been created by KDOT that periodically synchronizes all changes for shared data items between the two software systems. A combination of Oracle database procedures effects this synchronization nightly and generates automatic reports with database log tables and e-mail notification to track data exchange activities. The organization of the synchronization system is described within the context of KDOT business rules, the data organization of the separate software packages, and user requirements. The results of a period of active service for the brokerage software were reviewed to identify benefits realized or anticipated, difficulties encountered, and potential improvements to the system that KDOT may undertake in the future, including application of extensible markup language technology to enhance and strengthen the brokerage mechanism.

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E-C049,
IBMC03-036
IBMC03-041

English

p. 102-111

2003-4

Transportation Research Circular

9th International Bridge Management Conference

Figures (2) ; References (3)

Bridge management systems

Exor Corporation Highways (Software); Kansas Department of Transportation; Pontis (Computer program)

Automated data synchronization; Data integration

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Apr 17 2003 12:00AM

• ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTIES IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT WITH INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS
• ASSESSING THE SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY OF EXISTING HIGHWAY STRUCTURES
• ASSET NEEDS FROM THE BOTTOM UP
• BRIDGE EXPERT ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
• BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CITY OF MOSCOW
• BRIDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE INTERNET WITH DANBROWEB
• BRIDGE TESTING TO ENHANCE BRIDGE MANAGEMENT IN DELAWARE
• CONDITION-BASED BRIDGE ASSET VALUATION
• CUSTOMIZATION OF THE PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A TRANSIT AGENCY
• DETERMINATION OF BRIDGE DETERIORATION MATRICES WITH STATE NATIONAL BRIDGE INVENTORY DATA
• ECONOMETRIC MODEL FOR PREDICTING DETERIORATION OF BRIDGE DECK EXPANSION JOINTS
• FLORIDA PROJECT-LEVEL MODELS FOR PONTIS
• FORECASTING LIFETIME SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF A NETWORK OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN COLORADO
• IMPLEMENTATION OF ONTARIO BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• INTEGRATION OF AASHTO'S BRIDGEWARE PRODUCTS
• LIFE-CYCLE COST APPROACH TO BRIDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS
• LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY
• MAINTENANCE STRATEGY TO MINIMIZE BRIDGE LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
• METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTION OF CONDITION OF CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS AT NETWORK LEVEL
• MONITORING AND PLANS FOR ACTION FOR BRIDGE SCOUR: INSTRUMENTS AND STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCES
• NEW BRIDGE PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR PRIORITIZING BRIDGES
• PERFORMANCE-BASED PROGRAMMING OF BRIDGES IN NEW JERSEY
• PHYSICAL MODELING OF SCOUR IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
• PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: STATE OF THE PRACTICE IN IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
• PONTIS-BASED HEALTH INDEXES FOR BRIDGE PRIORITY EVALUATION
• PREDICTION OF DETERIORATION: START APPLICATION OF DEICING AGENT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
• STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS PART OF INTEGRATED ASSET MANAGEMENT IN KENTUCKY
• STRUCTURAL PATCH REPAIR OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES: TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK-BASED IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE
• SUPPLY AND DEMAND SYSTEM APPROACH TO DEVELOPING BRIDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: COMPARISON WITH TWO EXISTING APPROACHES
• SYNTHESIS OF ELEMENT CONDITION DATA FOR AGGREGATE ANALYSES IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• SYSTEM RELIABILITY MODELING IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
• TISBO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: INTEGRATING INSPECTION REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• UPDATING TIME-DEPENDENT RELIABILITY OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES WITH PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INSPECTION RESULTS
• WEB-BASED BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM