GIS APPLICATIONS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Bureau of Geotechnical Engineering currently maintains a large database of boring location plans and corresponding test boring logs. These plans and logs are in hard copy format and are stored in boxes, file cabinets and plan drawers. Locating specific location plans and logs can be a very time consuming process that also relies on the memory of the personnel that are responsible for maintaining the database. This report presents the results of a successful pilot study to investigate the development of a geographic information system (GIS) to better manage and disseminate soils information as developed from test boring results. The Rutgers Soil Series is used in designing roadways and performing preliminary assessments of soil conditions at a bridge or structure. Since the original soil series maps were developed in the 1950s, the base maps used then are not representative of the transportation system as it is today. As such, it is sometimes very difficult to locate a roadway or bridge project using the soil series maps alone. By placing the scanned soil series maps on the NJDOT base map and digitizing the areas of the soil types, the pilot study presented here has resulted in a GIS system that makes it easier to obtain information regarding soil types at a specific project location.

• Record URL:
  http://cait.rutgers.edu/files/FHWA-NJ-2002-006.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2002-006.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2002-006-TB.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  URS Corporation

  201 Willowbrook Boulevard
  Wayne, NJ  United States  07470

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Williams, T
  • Szary, Patrick
  • Thomann, T
  • Konnerth, C
  • Nemeth, E
• Publication Date: 2002-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Geographic information systems; Geotechnical engineering; Highway planning; Information dissemination; Information, data, and knowledge; Location; Pilot studies; Soil mapping; Soil series
• Identifier Terms: New Jersey Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941195
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA NJ 2002-06,, Final Report
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 18 2003 12:00AM