Analysis of E-Ticketing Technology for Inspection Performance and Practicality on Asphalt Paving Operations

Abstract

E-construction is becoming increasingly attractive in the highway construction industry as the industry faces reductions in staffing and resources. Specifically, the addition of e-construction methods can offer a boost in efficiency and safety in resurfacing projects. Electronic ticketing (e-ticketing), paver-mounted thermal profiling, and intelligent compaction were recently incorporated into a study coordinated by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, United States, to assess these e-construction technologies on two resurfacing projects. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of the data collected and the time savings that come with the incorporation of technology in construction. This manuscript focuses explicitly on the performance of e-ticketing, since it showed the most promising results during the study. An analysis of the data shows that e-ticketing offers the same data typically collected from traditional tickets. E-ticketing reduced the amount of time needed to retrieve material tickets and facilitated comparisons of theoretical tonnages to actual tonnages, in the same manner as traditional approaches. Inspectors also reduced their exposure to hazardous jobsite conditions through the use of e-ticketing, while contractors strengthened their operational efficiency. It is crucial that all stakeholders involved in e-ticketing projects practice partnering and collaboration to take advantage of the benefits of this emerging technology. This paper’s primary contribution is to document lessons learned and to evaluate the performance of e-ticketing technology in relation to safety, time savings, remote inspections, and accuracy compared with traditional practices on an asphalt paving project.

An assessment of the impacts of electronic ticketing on inspections and material procurement for highway construction

“…E-Ticketing makes data management more efficient by allowing electronic capture, transmission, and preservation of data; eliminates the possibility of lost or damaged tickets; prevents handovers of paper tickets; and automatically generates, transfers, and stores Frontiers in Built Environment frontiersin.org data in a way that is reliable, efficient, and consistent. Electronic data gathering for load deliveries allows safer and more productive inspections, quicker project completion, regular payments, less effort for ticket management, and real-time comparisons between actual and theoretical tonnage Tripathi et al, 2022). Importantly, the likelihood of inspectors being exposed to dangerous working conditions may be greatly reduced, while the likelihood that operating efficiency is enhanced may be greatly increased (Nipa et al, 2019).…”

“…State DOTs have been pilot testing e-Ticketing since 2015 (Sadasivam and Sturgill, 2021;Tripathi et al, 2022); however, few states have adopted the technology. Numerous researchers have investigated its benefits, but they have not quantified the enhanced efficiency that results from its application.…”

Solving Complexity Dataset in e-Ticketing using Machine Learning to Determine Optimum Feature

“…With the help of the e-ticketing, it is easy for management to monitor the resolution time of the issue (Al-Hawari et al, 2021), keep the maintenance and appropriate scheduling for the staff (Stojanov et al, 2011), help the support team to point out all possible issue in the industry (Aglibar et al, 2022;Hojski et al, 2022) and it will serve as a reference if that issue comes again on the next cycle (Robles, 2018). Also, e-ticketing ticketing system can enhance worker safety, improving productivity, increasing project efficiency and cause the good impact on the performance of the business in terms of profitability (Utama et al, 2021;Robertson et al, 2022;Tripathi et al, 2022).…”