Guidelines for Development of Smart Apps for Assessing, Coding, and Marking Highway Structures in Emergency Situations

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 223: Guidelines for Development of Smart Apps for Assessing, Coding, and Marking Highway Structures in Emergency Situations provides guidance for developing mobile devices-based smart applications for preliminary damage assessment responders to use in emergency scenes for assessing, coding, and marking transportation structures. The primary intent of this manual is to facilitate communication between structural engineers, responders, inspectors, and the IT professionals who will develop and manage the application and associated data. The report includes guidelines for developing interfaces, basic functions, and server or cloud-side services to support the smart functions.

The smart application automates the manual and paper-based assessing, coding, and marking procedures, which are described in detail in NCHRP Research Report 833: Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations, Volume 2: Assessment Process Manual and Volume 3 Coding and Marking Guidelines.