The DOT Federal Highway Administration is requesting grant applications for Advanced Digital Construction Management System (ADCMS) as provided by Section 13006(a) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Donor Name: DOT Federal Highway Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The program is intended to promote, implement, deploy, demonstrate, showcase, support, and document the application of ADCMS, practices, performance, and benefits.
The goals of the ADCMS Program, as defined include:
- Accelerated State adoption of ADCMS applied throughout the construction lifecycle (including through the design and engineering, construction, and operations phases) that maximize interoperability with other systems, products, tools or applications; boost productivity; manage complexity; reduce project delays and cost overruns; and enhance safety and quality;
- More timely and productive information sharing among stakeholders through reduced reliance on paper to manage construction processes and deliverables such as blueprints, design drawings, procurement and supply-chain orders, equipment logs, daily progress reports, and punch lists;
- Deployment of digital management systems that enable and leverage the use of digital technologies on construction sites by contractors, such as state-of-the-art automated and connected machinery and optimized routing software that allows construction workers to perform tasks faster, safer, more accurately, and with minimal supervision;
- The development and deployment of the best practices for the use in digital construction management;
- Increased technology adoption and deployment by States and units of local government that enables project sponsors to integrate the adoption of digital management systems and technologies in contracts and to weigh the cost of digitization and technology in setting project budgets; Technology training and workforce development to build the capabilities of project managers and sponsors that enables States and units of local government to better manage projects using advanced construction management technologies and to properly measure and reward technology adoption across projects of the State or unit of local government;
- Development of guidance to assist States in updating regulations of the State to allow project sponsors and contractors to report data relating to the project in digital formats and to fully capture the efficiencies and benefits of ADCMS and related technologies;
- Reduction in the environmental footprint of construction projects using ADCMS resulting from elimination of congestion through more efficient projects; and
- Enhance worker and pedestrian safety resulting from increased transparency.
The FHWA seeks to fund projects under this NOFO that advance one or more of the following Administration goals, where applicable:
- Safety
- DOT is committed to advancing safe, efficient transportation, including in the ADCMS Program. The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), issued January 27, 2022, commits DOT to respond to the current crisis in roadway fatalities by “taking substantial, comprehensive action to significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries on the Nation’s roadways,” in pursuit of the goal of achieving zero roadway deaths through a Safe System Approach. The outcomes that are anticipated from the projects funded by the ADCMS Program should align with the NRSS.
- Climate Change and Sustainability
- DOT seeks to fund projects under the ADCMS Program that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector, incorporate evidence-based climate resilience measures and features, reduce the lifecycle GHG emissions from the project materials, and avoid adverse environmental impacts to air or water quality, wetlands, and endangered species, and address the disproportionate negative environmental impacts of transportation on disadvantaged communities, consistent with Executive Order (EO) 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad .
- Workforce Development, Job Quality, and Wealth Creation
- DOT intends to use the ADCMS Program to support the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and training and placement programs, especially registered apprenticeships, in project planning stages, consistent with EO 14025, Worker Organizing and Empowerment, and EO 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act . DOT also intends to use the ADCMS Program to support wealth creation, consistent with DOT’s Equity Action Plan through the inclusion of local inclusive economic development and entrepreneurship such as the use of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Minority-owned Businesses, Womenowned Businesses, or 8(a) firms.
- Equity
- DOT seeks to award projects under the ADCMS Program that will create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation-related disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits, consistent with EO 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Funding Information
For each of the 2022-2026, the FHWA has set the minimum ADCMS Program Federal share per grant award at $1,000,000 and the maximum Federal share per award at $5,000,000. The FHWA anticipates awarding 5 to 10 ADCMS Program grants for each of 2022 to 2026, subject to the availability of funds. The 2022 and2023 funding is combined in the first round of awards and, therefore, FHWA anticipates awarding 10 to 20 ADCMS grants in that round. Eligible Applicants may apply each year and receive awards for multiple independent projects.
Project Period
The period of performance for the award is anticipated to be 1 to 4 years from the effective date of the grant award.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible to apply for an ADCMS Program grant are State DOTs, including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. While State DOTs are the only eligible Applicants to receive funds, they are encouraged to work in partnership with other State DOTs, local governments, Tribes, and private industry in designing their proposed projects. For projects involving partnerships, the FHWA expects one State DOT to serve as the lead entity and to be the grant recipient.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
