2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14111.

14111. (a) (1) The department shall develop an implementation plan for the use and integration of digital construction management technologies for use on a transportation infrastructure project. The implementation guide shall include a timeline of the development of guidance, policies, and procedures to use digital construction management technologies from preconstruction to asset life cycle and a description of any metrics or data necessary to quantify the benefits of using this technology.
(2) The department shall post the implementation plan on its internet website by January 1, 2024.
(b) (1) The goal of the implementation plan is to begin using digital construction management technologies on transportation infrastructure projects, when deemed appropriate by the department, by July 1, 2029.
(2) The implementation plan shall include the following milestone goals:
(A) Development and posting on the department’s internet website of guidance, policies, and procedures to use digital construction management technologies by January 1, 2025.
(B) Begin using digital construction management technologies during the predevelopment stage of project development by July 1, 2026.
(C) Begin using digital construction management technologies through final design of project development by January 1, 2028.
(D) Begin using digital construction management technologies through construction by July 1, 2029.
(c) This section shall only apply to transportation infrastructure projects planned, programmed, designed, built, or managed by the department.
(d) By December 1, 2029, the department shall submit a report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795, which shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The status of the implementation of digital construction management technologies.
(2) Relevant details of any projects using or planning to use digital construction management technologies.
(3) Expected or actual quantifiable benefits from the use of digital construction management technologies as identified by the department pursuant to its implementation plan.
(4) Any challenges or barriers to the implementation of the use of digital construction management technologies.
(e) For purposes of this section, “digital construction management technologies” means cloud-based mobile platforms used on construction sites by owners and contractors for the collection and organization of and managed accessibility to, accurate data and information related to a construction project, including for project site preparation, field execution, construction project management, document management, coordination and collaboration among stakeholders, inspection, and commissioning and handover to owner.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 493, Sec. 2. (AB 1037) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.)