Recently, WSB worked with the City of Shorewood on reconstruction of the intersection at County State Aid Highway 19, Smithtown Road and Country Club Road, using the OneOffice Software.  The City of Shorewood had identified a need to improve the existing four-way intersection, as it had been rated as one of the top ten most dangerous non-signal intersections within Hennepin County.  WSB provided complete engineering services from start to finish, including a feasibility report, materials list and bid proposal form; all of which are created and distributed within the OneOffice software.  In addition, inspection quantities, ten different funding sources and plan holder tracking was also created and managed for this project, with the help of OneOffice.
 
Among the benefits OneOffice provides, WSB’s Jeff Stewart names the “huge time and cost savings, and elimination of possible errors” at the top of the list.  During the reconstruction of the CSAH 19 and Smithtown intersection, WSB was able to inspect quantities and upload inspection data to their home office through eGram™ without having to leave the construction site.  For this particular project, the construction site was roughly 18 miles or 30 minutes from the home office.  By using OneOffice each day, WSB was able to save time and fuel expenses with this feature alone. 

During the reconstruction of the intersection, RTVISION’s OneOffice eGram™ gave WSB the ability to quickly update their construction project page.  WSB’s project update page has a link within their website, and it allows the general public to view projects that are open for bid, projects in construction and projects in preliminary planning.  With eGram™, WSB has the ability to show real-time plan holders’ lists, contact lists and bid summaries with no re-entry; with only a click of the mouse.  WSB reported that this is a great time savings for the office support, “because the information was accessible via our website, it greatly reduced the number of mail and fax requests.”

Another positive feature Stewart noted is the elimination of possible errors.  With RTVISION’s OneOffice, pay requests from the material quantities inspected are automatically created, thus eliminating the possibility of additional information being added to the payments and preventing costly payment errors.  During the City of Shorewood project, OneOffice was also very beneficial from a project management standpoint, noted Stewart, “It (OneOffice) helps, or even forces, inspectors to keep their Item Record Accounts current.”

With the help of RTVISION’s OneOffice technology, and WSB’s expertise, ingenuity, and technological savvy team, the reconstruction of the City of Shorewood intersection was completed quickly and professionally.  This project was nominated for the Engineering Excellence Award at the ACEC/MN (American Consulting Engineering Council) annual awards ceremony.