PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 24 -- Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation (AMEX:BKR) , announced today the award of a contract from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), to conduct Statewide Data Warehouse and Maintenance for the Bureau of Transportation Data Development.
The three-year, $1.24 million contract directs Baker to provide services including database management of several programs, data updates, field inventory and/or attribute data collection, Geographic Information System (GIS) updates, interagency coordination, documentation, and quality assurance/quality control.
"NJDOT is responsible for maintaining traffic and feature information on approximately 38,000 miles of public roadways," commented James R. Carl, manager, Bureau of Transportation Data Development. "This information is an integral element for developing funding scenarios and performing congestion and safety analyses. In addition to NJDOT staff, our roadway data is distributed to a wide spectrum of customers ranging from the lone interested citizen to the many transportation agencies such as the Turnpike Authority and Metropolitan Planning Organizations."
Rick Robyak, Baker assistant vice president, added, "We are extremely pleased to extend our technology and management expertise to this important task for NJDOT. It is vital to ensure that all roadway data is kept current and useful to NJDOT's established customer base."
Michael Baker Corporation (http://www.mbakercorp.com/) provides engineering and operations and maintenance services for its clients' most complex challenges worldwide. The firm's primary practice areas are aviation, environmental, facilities, geospatial information technologies, linear utilities, transportation, water/wastewater, and oil & gas. With more than 4,500 employees in over 40 offices across the United States and internationally, Baker is focused on providing services that span the complete life cycle of infrastructure and managed asset projects.
