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CIVIL permit applications, transfer permit applications, replacement permit applications, and new vegetation applications. The ODAS application would streamline these workﬂows and manage data in a single database, as well as transfer data residing in existing databases without losing information. The Outdoor Advertising Ofﬁce can track permit actions from initial application to ﬁnal approval. Active permits are held in inventory, and the ofﬁce can generate billing invoices for yearly permit renewals. The Outdoor 24/7 access to information Advertising Ofﬁce is curThe initial phase of ODAS was delivered in rently testing e-commerce late 2002. Over the next ﬁve years, Bentley functionality that will worked with the Outdoor Advertising Ofﬁce allow sign owners to pay to enhance the application and deliver a permitting fees online nearly paperless permitting process. When using credit cards. This the ﬁnal e-commerce phase is complete, v Active permits are held in inventory and billing invoices feature is expected to be the outdoor advertising ofﬁce will have a for yearly permit renewals are automatically generated operational by early 2008. robust client-server based application with “Bentley’s commitment to the success of Outdoor advertising coordinators across online payment capabilities. ODAS had made the adoption of this projthe state have remote ect a smooth transition from an out-of-date access to the centralized process to a more updated and managepermitting system, elimable operation,” Melvin said. Although inating the need to monetary beneﬁts of the ODAS are minimail permit applications. mal, the system has enhanced productivity, When data is entered into efﬁciency, and customer service in the Outthe system, it is immedidoor Advertising Ofﬁce. If all of the appliately available to all who cation information is correct, a process that have authorized access. A typically took a week to 10 days or more mapping interface allows now takes as little as two days. coordinators to locate As a result of SCDOT’s commitment to sites online, and site review notes and realprocess improvement, this workﬂow-driven time digital images of solution is now available to other DOTs signage can be downchallenged to comply with HBA. The more loaded for immediate efﬁcient and effective the state-by-state comv In the event of a corporate buyout, hundreds of permits review, virtually eliminatpliance, the more beautiful the nation’s highcan be transferred simultaneously ing headquarters staff ways. According to the Federal Highway trips to the ﬁeld to resolve issues. All Sign owners can now print applications Administration, the HBA has eliminated actions on an application are tracked in the online at the SCDOT Web site and, once subnearly 875,000 unsightly signs along the permit history to create an audit trail. nation’s highways since its inception. mitted, track the status of their applications. CIVIL NEWS FROM BENTLEY AAMHatch Wins 2007 BE Award >>more MARTA Reports Major Time Savings From Use of Bentley Optram >>more MicroStation V8 XM Wins Cadalyst All-Star Award >>more BE Conference 2007 and BE Conference Europe Focus on Learning and Innovation >>more Bentley Announces the ProjectWise Passport >>more Architecture, Engineering, and Construction CIOs Focus on Strategies To Improve Economic Productivity >>more Bentley Acquires TDV GmbH, Leader in Analysis and Design Software for Bridges >>more Volume 4, Issue 3 | BE MAGAZINE 43 http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/AAMHatch+BE.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/Marta.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+2/BE+Conference+2007+and+Europe.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/MicroStation+V8+XM.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+2/AEC+CIOs.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+2/TDV+GmbH.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+2/ProjectWise+Passport.htm

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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