2024 Top 10 RADBUG Enhancements
December 11, 2024The AASHTOWare Bridge Design and Rating (BrDR) Task Force reviewed the voting results and directed ProMiles to add the top 10 enhancements for each product to the BrDR Task Force Planning Board for task planning and cost estimation. The Planning Board is a new tool employed by the Task Force to evaluate, prioritize, and ultimately select the planning tasks for near-term and long-term plan development.
Some of the criteria considered in the selection process include are:
- How well does it fit into the AASHTOWare Strategic Initiatives?
- Does it align with the BrDR Strategic Goals?
- Will it benefit multiple agencies or stakeholders?
- Is it actively being championed for service unit work?
- A Value vs. Effort assessment
- A Cost vs. Available budget assessment
AASHTOWare Bridge Design (BrD) – 15 state agencies returned the ballot
| Rank | Points | Key | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3792.4 | BSSD-4015 | Steel Design Tool (SDT) – Construction staging loading and design checks |
| 2 | 2259.0 | FBSSD-1605 | Provide additional PS strand configuration options and limit checks5 |
| 3 | 1732.8 | BSSD-4009 | SDT – Allow variability for different girder spacing and deck overhang |
| 4 | 1723.6 | BSSD-4022 | SDT – Add field splice design |
| 5 | 1504.8 | BSSD-4580 | Modeling and analysis of circular concrete piles in pile bent piers |
| 6 | 1208.8 | BSSD-4287 | Finding/sorting/selecting bridge models in Bridge Explorer based on the structure types and default analysis type |
| 7 | 1148.6 | BSSD-4342 | Specify separate Default analysis setting template for BrR and BrD |
| 8 | 1012.0 | BSSD-4012 | SDT – Provide steel weight of each girder design option and review option |
| 9 | 920.2 | BSSD-4326 | SDT – Enter exact section configuration in Beam Parameters |
| 10 | 837.2 | BSSD-3388 | Improve LLDF calculations report by adding additional indicators and information |
AASHTOWare Bridge Rating (BrR) – 25 state agencies returned the ballot
| Rank | Points | Key | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5083.4 | BSSD-3618 | Allow adding girder(s) to either left or right side of girder system model |
| 2 | 3619.8 | BSSD-4287 | Finding/sorting/selecting bridge models in Bridge Explorer based on the structure types and default analysis type |
| 3 | 2914.0 | BSSD-4736 | Default Tabular Report display format to Single Rating Level Per Row |
| 4 | 2505.0 | BSSD-4730 | Add a Rating Factor plot feature and include in Report Tool 2.0 |
| 5 | 2444.0 | BSSD-1833 | Analyze local web yielding and web crippling for steel beam ends |
| 6 | 2267.8 | BSSD-1668 | Add timber deck and generic deck types for truss superstructures |
| 7 | 1736.8 | BSSD-1718 | Vehicle option to load rate interior girder only |
| 8 | 1654.6 | BSSD-1757 | Provide additional culvert haunch configuration options |
| 9 | 1518.0 | BSSD-3805 | Analysis Results Comparison (ARC) Tool: Report bridges that failed to analyze |
| 10 | 1349.8 | BSSD-3610 | LFR shear evaluation per MBE 6A.5.8 |