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Commissioners hear RoadAI presentation, table sole-source purchase and reject seal-coating bids
Summary
Vaisala representative demonstrated a smartphone-based pavement-assessment system to Jim Wells County commissioners. Commissioners questioned procurement, sought a sole-source letter, and tabled approval; the court also rejected two sealed seal-coating bids and approved purchase of a used motor grader.
Jim Wells County commissioners heard a presentation on Aug. 11 about a pavement-assessment product called RoadAI from Vaisala and took several follow-up procurement actions.
Glenn Hutchinson, an enterprise sales executive with Vaisala, told the court the company’s RoadAI system uses a smartphone mounted in a vehicle to record video that is uploaded and processed by computer-vision algorithms to produce a pavement-condition index, distresses maps, sign inventories and pothole lists. “You simply mount the smartphone next to your rear view mirror … anyone with a valid driver’s license can collect data,” Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson said the platform can assess the county’s full network — he cited roughly 573 centerline miles — and produce exports in GeoJSON, shapefile, PDF and Excel formats. He noted the data could be used for FEMA grant applications…
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