Development of the Selection Assistant for Utility Locating Technologies

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R01-RW-2: Development of the Selection Assistant for Utility Locating Technologies documents the development of the Selection Assistant for Utility Locating Technologies (SAULT) web-based software tool that provides decision-support software and supporting information databases for the selection of utility-locating approaches for transportation projects.

The contents of the SAULT software decision logic and information database are included in Selection Assistant for Utility Locating Technologies (SAULT): Web Tool Report. This project also produced Visio and AutoCAD files of the decision support flow charts embedded in the report.

This report is the second one prepared as a part of the SHRP 2 Renewal Project R01. The first report, SHRP 2 Report S2-R01-RW: Encouraging Innovation in Locating and Characterizing Underground Utilities, examines how to encourage innovation in developing technologies and procedures that may help reduce the time and cost risk on transportation projects due to utility issues.