Digital Delivery Advancing Project Delivery for a More Connected NCDOT

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  • About Digital Delivery

    The rapid evolution of technology offers the opportunity for NCDOT to transition from traditional paper-based workflows in final design and construction to the use of digital tools and modeling. Digital Delivery will work to implement these tools and workflows on projects across the Department and state. Digital Delivery will also seek to connect disparate systems and/or applications to unlock value of data across the organization.

    The Digital Delivery Team consists of representatives from various NCDOT Units, the consultant industry, and the construction industry. Relevant links from the various NCDOT Units working together to advance Digital Delivery can be found below. These will be refined and updated in the coming months.

    Announcement​ - Request for Pilot Projects for Construction-Ready Electronic Files and 3D Review​

    Call to Action​​

    Current Digital Delivery Areas of Focus

  • Level of Development​
    NCDOT Level of Development (LOD) spreadsheet communicates the design intent behind the Level of Development for a given Model Element when the Model is submitted for Project Let. ​
  • CADD Manual (COMING SOON)
  • ​Model Submittal Guidelines (COMING SOON)
  • ​Standardize 3D modeling and digital deliverables across all disciplines​
  • Provide data-rich designs for planning, letting, construction, and maintenance  
  • Develop guidance and workflows to improve deliverable quality
  • Implement clash detection principles to identify spatial conflicts between design elements.​
  • Real-time analytics and dashboards
  • Real-time access to digital models and project data
  • Enhanced safety for jobsite personnel by minimizing on-site uncertainties, rework, and time required in high-impact situations.
  • Provides easy access to modeled assets and their associated attributes such as length of pipe, dimension of bridge components, etc.
  • Show visualizations to identify clashes or detect access restrictions related to site logistics. 
  • Show visualizations of phased construction against existing conditions as mapped by drone mapping on a regular basis.​
  • Digital permitting and compliance
  • AI-powered route planning
  • Single source of digital record of asset
  • Streamlined permitting, compliance, and reporting through automated systems,
  • Predictive analytics for maintenance schedules
  • Improved lifecycle cost management​


  • OpenX 2024 Workspace Release in early 2026
  • System Mapping
  • Process Workflow Mappin​g
  • Documentation and review of existing CADD processes
  • Identification of primary and supporting software involved in digital delivery
  • Refine system mapping for improved data handoffs related to CADD process and secondary software that support digital delivery
  • Enhance CADD model space and GIS environment to support automated workflows, standardization, and interoperability
  • Standardized open file formats for enterprise systems, fostering innovation through pilots of emerging technologies
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