Yesterday, USDOT’s Federal Transit Administration announced it has selected the University of Cincinnati to conduct an approximately $5.1 million project to “demonstrate advanced digital management system solutions aimed at improving the delivery of transit construction projects.” The university’s partners in the undertaking — part of USDOT’s IIJA-funded Accelerating Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems Program — are the Southwest Ohio Regional Transportation Authority, the Butler County Regional Transit Authority, and Akron Metro.
“Our goal is to help transit agencies deliver projects on time, on task, and on budget,” said FTA Deputy Administrator Veronica Vanterpool. “[The university project] will help us do that by improving efficiency and providing tools that reduce construction delays and costs and enable workers to perform tasks faster, more safely, smarter, and more accurately.”
The University of Cincinnati’s proposal was selected through a competitive process.