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T DOT official previews 3D design rollout, pilot project and contractor outreach
Summary
Jennifer Lloyd, T DOT design director, told the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners the department is migrating from 2D Bentley tools to 3D Open Roads Designer, launching a 10‑year roadmap, ProjectWise migration and a pilot project on SR‑52 to test contractor handoffs and utility conflict checks.
Jennifer Lloyd, identified as T DOT’s design director and head of technical training and production support, told the board on April 2 that Tennessee is moving toward 3D design as the standard for producing plan sets and coordinating utilities and grading. “We’ve always used a Bentley product…we had been using a 2D product. So we really didn’t have that ability to go in and look at those graphics,” Lloyd said, describing the department’s shift to Open Roads Designer and the benefits of three‑dimensional modeling.
Lloyd walked members through a multi‑pronged rollout: training modules for internal and external users, a ProjectWise migration so staff and consultants can find shared project files, and a 10‑year road map that prioritizes data…
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