We have your project.
5,000+ projects are already built across the nation. If yours is one of them, your crew can be working from a live station and offset on the next shift. If it is not, our engineering team will build it for you.
Log in and check. If you are new to OnStation, start your access period.
Every OnStation project built to date, placed on the map.
If we do not have your project, there are three ways in.
A project that lives in PDFs on somebody's laptop is a project your crew has to figure out, one job at a time. Getting it into OnStation does not always mean waiting on engineering. Two of these three paths are self serve and ready in minutes. Pick the one that fits the project in front of you.
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01 / CAD SUBMISSIONS
Send us your engineered files
Our team digitizes the alignment, displays the design layers, and locks in the survey coordinate system and scale factor. Two weeks standard, expedited when the job cannot wait.
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02 / APPROXIMATE STATIONING
No alignment files? Draw it
Draw the project bounds and centerlines on the map in the portal and set your own start and end stations. Built for resurfacing, sealcoat, and patching. Ready in minutes.
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03 / NO STATIONING
Some projects do not need it
Draw the bounds and work from the reference systems in your state: mile markers, LRS, or lat/long. Same flags, photos, notes, and forms as any other project.
Turnaround times, supported file formats, and how reference stationing compares to live stationing are all broken down here.
What your crew sees.
Finding the project is the easy part. What matters is what happens on the next shift, when somebody has to say exactly where they are and prove it later.
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Live stationing
Station and offset on any phone or tablet, in the field, without a lath to hunt for.
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A record that holds up
Flags, photos, notes, and forms tied to a station, with a date and time stamp on every one.
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The engineered design
Design layers displayed on the survey coordinate system and scale factor your project was built in.
Questions we get.
How do I find out whether my project is already built?
Log in and search. More than 5,000 projects are already built and waiting, so if your agency has released it there is a strong chance it is in there.
Which file formats give the fastest turnaround?
LandXML alignment files are the fastest path. ALG, DGN, DWG, DXF, and KML or KMZ are also supported. Plan sets, line items, and standard drawings can ride along with the submission.
How long does a CAD submission take?
Two weeks is standard. Urgent jobs can be expedited. Approximate stationing and defined area projects are self serve and ready in minutes.
Who is allowed to submit a project?
Anyone with an OnStation account can submit one.
What happens when the alignment changes mid project?
Send the revision. Project updates flow back in when alignment and design revisions are made partway through a job.
Is approximate stationing accurate enough to work from?
Reference stationing works the way physical stakes do. It is a marker, not a live computation tied to engineered alignment geometry. Crews have worked from stakes for a century, and this is the digital equivalent, with a time stamp and a record of every flag dropped from it.
Live stationing from an engineered submission is more accurate. Both are useful, and the right one depends on the project. The full breakdown is here.
Getting lost is margin loss.
Check whether your project is already built. If it is not, pick the path that fits it and put it in front of your crew.