# 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.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/guardrail/
- Product: Neurobird Guardrail Installation Client Portal
- Niche: guardrail installation
- Buyer: highway safety contractors
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Guardrail Installation does

- 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
- Schedule damage repair work orders alongside new installation without a whiteboard

## How it works

1. **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.
2. **Install and evidence** Photographs, post spacing checks and component detail attach to the station range as the crew works.
3. **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.

## From the source material

> MGS is a non-proprietary steel or wood post W-beam guardrail system that meets MASH Test Level 3 criteria.

Source: kp.uky.edu, https://kp.uky.edu/knowledge-portal/articles/guardrail/

## Industry context

- **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. (source: FHWA roadside safety hardware, https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/policy-guidance/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. (source: FHWA, https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/policy-guidance/roadside-safety-hardware)
- **11B-41** North Carolina DOT publishes a numbered standard operating procedure specifically for guardrail installation and maintenance. (source: NCDOT SOP, https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/safety/sops/SOP%2011B-41%20Guardrail%20Installation-Maintenance.pdf)
- **3,143** US counties and equivalents, sitting under state DOT districts each with their own submission expectations. (source: US Census, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html)

## Pricing

- Single crew: $85 per crew, per month
- Contractor: $170 per crew, per month
- Multi district: $320 per crew, per month

## Questions

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Sources

- [FHWA roadside safety hardware policy](https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/policy-guidance/roadside-safety-hardware)
- [NCDOT SOP 11B-41, guardrail installation and maintenance](https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/safety/sops/SOP%2011B-41%20Guardrail%20Installation-Maintenance.pdf)
- [Arizona DOT barrier design](https://azdot.gov/business/engineering-and-construction/roadway-engineering)
- [Wisconsin DOT guardrail post sampling form](https://awpkb.dot.wi.gov/content/constr/PantryFiles/StatewideForms/GuardrailPostSamplingDataForm.xlsx)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/