WORK ORDER
The work order form opens first
Start with the work order details. The form is already open.
TCP Platform
TCP Platform — Planner Guide
Three short videos. One page. Everything a planner needs to take a work order to a field-ready TCP.
TCP PLATFORM · TCP Input
1Create a job
Work order in, job submitted. About a minute.
Step by step
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WORK ORDER
WO #, address or coordinates, client, day/night, type
Work order number, address, or coordinates if that is what you have, client, day or night, construction type, then save.
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MAP
Find the work zone
Now find the work zone on the map.
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SEGMENT
Click the start. Click the end.
Click the start, click the end. The TCP platform measures the segment for you.
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WORK TYPE
Pick the work type
Pick the work type.
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WORK TYPE
Lane closure asks: direction of travel, and which lane
A lane closure asks two more things, direction of travel, and which lane.
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SUBMIT
Checklist clears. Submit.
The checklist clears. Submit.
The job goes to the queue, and the TCP Reviewer opens with your plan.
TCP PLATFORM · TCP Portal → TCP Reviewer
2Find and review the plan
Find the job on the board, claim it, check the plan, release it.
Step by step
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BOARD
Every job, one board
Your jobs live in the TCP Portal. Every job, one board. Collapse the stats. The board is what you work from.
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COLUMNS
Jobs move left to right
Jobs move left to right. Pending Review. Claimed. Errors. Completed. Closed.
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PENDING REVIEW
Your work starts here
Yours start in Pending Review.
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ERRORS
A snag parks in Errors and waits for a person
If a job hits a snag, it parks in Errors and waits for a person. Nothing gets lost.
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FILTER
Filter by state, company, or work order
Too many cards? Filter by state or company, or search the work order number.
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CARD
Name, plan type, how long it has waited, work type, location
Each card is one job, the name, the plan type, and how long it has waited, the work type, and the exact location.
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OPEN
One click to the plan
Open in Review App takes you straight to the plan.
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CLAIM
Claiming locks the job to you for 90 minutes
Claim it. Claiming locks the job to you for ninety minutes, so two planners never work the same one.
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PLAN
It arrives already drawn
The plan is already drawn, approach taper, buffer, departure taper, measured to the foot.
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RULE
It picked your jurisdiction's standard
And it used your jurisdiction's standard, not a generic one. T-A thirty R. Maricopa County, forty miles an hour.
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MATERIALS
Counted for you, with MUTCD codes and distances
The bill of materials is already counted, every sign with its MUTCD code, and how far out it goes.
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PALETTE
General sign sets, plus one section for your state
Most of the palette is the general sign sets, the same for everyone, one section is named for the state you are working in.
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FINISH
Adjust it, or send it to a person
Adjust what needs adjusting, if it needs a person, send it to manual.
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FINISH
Release the claim and it returns to the pool
Then release the claim, and it goes back to the pool.
Find it, claim it, check it, release it. Next: exporting the plan.
TCP PLATFORM · TCP Reviewer
3Export the plan
Lay out the sheets, preview the PDF, approve it.
Step by step
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MAP
Satellite shows you the real road
Switch the map to satellite, now you are looking at the real road.
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EXPORT
Lay the pages out first
Generate PDF, the plan is longer than one sheet, so you lay the pages out first.
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EXPORT
The platform lays the pages out; scale adjusts them
The platform lays the pages out for you, to adjust, change the scale. It decides how much road fits on a sheet.
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LAYOUT
Drag to move, handle to turn, cross to remove
Each box is one sheet, drag it to move it, the handle to turn it, the cross to remove it.
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LAYOUT
Add a sheet where you need more detail
Add a sheet where you need more detail, the reference diagram and the bill of materials ride along.
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PDF
Cover, location, and county
Preview it, a cover sheet, the location, and the county.
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PDF
Match lines, key maps, signs dimensioned
Then the plan itself, match lines, key maps, and every sign dimensioned with its code.
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PDF
Materials counted for you
And the materials, counted, every cone, sign, and device.
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APPROVE
Approve it
Then approve it.
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APPROVE
Say what you changed, and it goes to the field
Say what you changed, and it is ready for the field.
Find the job, create it, review it, export it. That is the TCP platform.
Practice
Try it yourself
Interactive walkthroughs. Press Next and each step happens in front of you, then you do it.
Quick reference
Where things are
Job board columns
Pending Review → Claimed → Errors → Completed → Closed. Jobs move left to right. Yours start in Pending Review.
Errors
A job that hits a snag parks in Errors and waits for a person. Nothing is lost.
Claim
Claiming locks the job to you for 90 minutes. Two planners never work the same job. Release it when you are done.
Filter
Filter the board by state or company, or search the work order number.
Location
Enter an address, or coordinates if that is what you have.
Segment
Click the start, click the end. Length and direction are measured for you.
Lane closure
Asks two more things: direction of travel, and which lane.
Rule
The plan uses your jurisdiction's standard, not a generic one. The rule name and speed show on the plan.
Materials
Counted for you. Every sign carries its MUTCD code and its distance out.
Palette
General sign sets are the same for everyone. One section is named for your state.
Send to manual
If the plan needs a person, send it to manual instead of fighting it.
Sheets
Generate PDF lays the pages out. Change the scale to change how much road fits on a sheet. Drag to move, handle to turn, cross to remove, Add Tile for more detail.
Approve
Preview, then Approve. If you changed anything, say what, and the PDF goes to the field.