Development of Apps at KLD
KLD has experience across most of the areas listed and actively monitors emerging trends and opportunities within them. Through internal research and development (IR&D), workforce training and retraining, and strategic hiring, KLD will continue to strengthen and expand its capabilities where appropriate. KLD maintains a long-standing commitment to investing in IR&D and to exploring new areas of opportunity that align with our mission and expertise.
A few of the results are shown below.
The purpose is to gather data measuring durations of certain time-intensive tasks in an enough detail to understand inefficiencies:
- Apply a data driven approach to making data collection more efficient
- Collect data directly from Crash Technicians as tasks are performed
The purpose is to evaluate each of 5 Basic Training Sessions. This application is designed so that:
- Trainees can give their opinion about the effectiveness of Crash Technician training
- Feedback can be used to improve all aspects of the training
This application was designed to collect data within a DOT approved secure application using cellular data connection.
- Researchers used the app to while collecting field data, being stored online.
- Data was collected at the inspection site(s) so speed and efficiency while collecting data was crucial.
