Denver to use Dayton firm’s RFID technology

The city and county of Denver has licensed a Dayton company’s technology to track and manage street repairs, according to a media release.

Denver Public Works has purchased rugged Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags from Dayton-based CDO Technologies to better track street cut data.

The CDO RoadTags can be programmed with specific information about a street cut — such as contractor name and permit number — and placed beneath the final layer of pavement.

When a cut defect occurs, engineers using an off-the-shelf, handheld device running CDO Roadtag software can access the road cut information and take immediate action, officials said.

“We expect that our use of this state-of-the-art technology will result in new operational efficiencies for our staff and faster response times,” said James Barwick, Denver Public Works engineering manager, in a statement.

In March 2012, this newspaper reported that the city of Dayton planned to use CDO road tags to track its street repairs. CDO officials said Dayton saved $60,000 in labor that was repurposed due to efficiencies in the first year of implementation, and engineering efficiencies are now being recognized.

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