Guardrail installation software that lets as built records leave the field complete
Guardrail installation is the placement and repair of roadside barrier systems to crash tested standards, documented by route and station range. Hardware must meet MASH crash testing criteria at the specified test level, and state DOTs publish standard operating procedures governing installation and maintenance. Neurobird records each run with its system type and station range, and attaches inspection evidence to the run rather than a phone gallery.
Neurobird Guardrail Installation in short
- Record each run by route, station range and installed system type
- Attach crash test rating and component detail to the run so an inspector can verify it
- Capture as built photographs against the station they document, not a phone gallery
- 2016 The year MASH implementation deadlines began phasing in. The Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware sets crash testing criteria that barrier and terminal hardware must meet before use on public roads. FHWA roadside safety hardware
- 100 km/h Impact speed behind test level 3, a common rating for guardrail on higher speed roadways, defining the impact conditions the system was proven against. FHWA
- Pricing runs 85 to 320 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What highway safety contractors actually deal with
Why it stays broken
Highway work is documented in the field and reviewed in an office months later. The paperwork was designed for a clipboard, and the phone camera made it worse rather than better because photos have no station number attached to them.
An as built that cannot be matched to a station range is an invoice line the agency will question.
MGS is a non-proprietary steel or wood post W-beam guardrail system that meets MASH Test Level 3 criteria.
Neurobird Guardrail Installation Client Portal
Capture the run where the work happens, with station, system type and evidence bound together, so the office receives a record rather than a reconstruction.
- 1Record each run by route, station range and installed system type
- 2Attach crash test rating and component detail to the run so an inspector can verify it
- 3Capture as built photographs against the station they document, not a phone gallery
- 4Schedule damage repair work orders alongside new installation without a whiteboard
What changes with Neurobird Guardrail Installation?
The same work, read left to right: how it runs today, and how it runs once the record is in one place.
| Today | With Neurobird Guardrail Installation |
|---|---|
| As built documentation is photographs on a phone and a station number written on a form in a truck | Record each run by route, station range and installed system type |
| Different systems have different crash test ratings, and installing the wrong terminal fails inspection | Attach crash test rating and component detail to the run so an inspector can verify it |
| Damage repair work orders arrive by email and get scheduled on a whiteboard | Capture as built photographs against the station they document, not a phone gallery |
Who is this for?
Same barrier, three different contract shapes.
You run one or two crews
Your as builts decide whether you get paid on time. You need them complete when the crew leaves site.
New install plus damage repair
Repair work arrives unpredictably. You need it scheduled beside planned work rather than on a separate whiteboard.
Different DOTs, different specs
Each district specifies differently. You need the spec to travel with the work order so crews are not guessing.
What the roadside safety standards require
Useful if you install or inspect barrier. Each source links out.
The year MASH implementation deadlines began phasing in. The Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware sets crash testing criteria that barrier and terminal hardware must meet before use on public roads.
FHWA roadside safety hardwareImpact speed behind test level 3, a common rating for guardrail on higher speed roadways, defining the impact conditions the system was proven against.
FHWANorth Carolina DOT publishes a numbered standard operating procedure specifically for guardrail installation and maintenance.
NCDOT SOPUS counties and equivalents, sitting under state DOT districts each with their own submission expectations.
US CensusThe job board, as your foreman would run it
A working preview. Drag a run onto a crew to assign it.
- Run installedpending
- Work order issuedpending
- Inspectedpending
- As built filedpending
Advance a step to see what the client sees.
How does Neurobird Guardrail Installation work?
Issue the run
Route, station range, specified system and test level go to the crew as the work order, so the spec travels with the job.
Install and evidence
Photographs, post spacing checks and component detail attach to the station range as the crew works.
File the as built
The record leaves the field complete, in the format the agency reviews, rather than being assembled from a phone weeks later.
Guardrail installation software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is MASH and why does it matter?
- MASH is the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, the crash testing criteria roadside barriers and terminals must meet. Systems are tested to test levels such as TL-2 or TL-3, and installing hardware that does not match the specified test level fails inspection.
- What is an end terminal?
- The treated end of a guardrail run, engineered to absorb energy rather than spear a vehicle. Terminals are the most safety critical and most specified component, and substituting one is not a field decision.
Why does as built documentation matter so much?
Because the state pays against it and reviews it after a crash. The station range, the system installed, the post spacing and the terminal type all need to be verifiable years later, not just at the time of work.
Does this replace the state inspection?
No. It produces the record the inspector is checking. The inspection stays with the agency, but the evidence arrives complete rather than being reassembled afterwards.
Why we are building this
Roadside barrier is engineered, crash tested hardware installed to a specification, and then documented with a phone camera and a paper form in a truck.
The state pays against that documentation and reviews it after an incident. The gap between how carefully the hardware is specified and how loosely the install is recorded is the whole opportunity.
We would rather build this with contractors than guess. Tell us how your as builts get produced, and where we have got it wrong.
Where the requirement comes from
Federal and state standards governing barrier installation.
- FHWA roadside safety hardware policy Federal policy on crash tested hardware eligibility and MASH implementation.
- NCDOT SOP 11B-41, guardrail installation and maintenance A state standard operating procedure showing exactly what an agency expects of installation and repair.
- Arizona DOT barrier design State roadway design guidance covering barrier selection and placement.
- Wisconsin DOT guardrail post sampling form An example of the material sampling documentation agencies require during construction.
How much does Neurobird Guardrail Installation cost?
Priced per crew because that is what produces runs. Work orders and office users are unlimited.
- Run records by station
- System type capture
- Photo evidence binding
- As built export
- Email support
- Everything in Single crew
- Damage repair scheduling
- MASH component library
- Agency submission formats
- Named contact
- Everything in Contractor
- Per district specification sets
- Contract quantity tracking
- Long term as built retention
- Onboarding included
Get free early access
If you install barrier, tell us how as builts get produced today and where the agency pushes back.
Straight answer on where this is: In development. Early access gets the working preview, a say in what ships first, and early access pricing. It does not get you a login today.
Prefer email? Write to office@neurobird.com and a person will reply. No autoresponder.