Welcome To Pillar Consulting

Pillar Consulting, Inc. is built on the premise that the best way to win and keep clients is through determined service, integrity, and expertise. While we are experts in Intelligent Transportation Systems and skilled in systems engineering, project management, and product development, it is the value we place on our client's individual needs, communication, teamwork and working systems that keeps us in business.

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What We Do

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Pillar leverages its broad engineering and management capabilities to provide innovative solutions for the transportation industry. We assists agencies and private companies in the specification, training, planning, deployment, and testing of ITS equipment and systems. Pillar provides project management, systems engineering and subject matter expertise for the ATC Standards and NTCIP Standards programs.

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Engineering & Management

Pillar provides management and engineering consulting services to help your organization achieve its goals. We provide integrity centered leadership with techniques and strategies to improve core competencies, repeat successes, cut time to market, and improve product quality.

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News

September 9, 2019
Ralph W. Boaz presents “ATC Cabinets - A Smart Decision for ITS Infrastructure” at the ITS California 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles, CA. An introduction to the ATC Cabinet is provided. Advantages over other field cabinet systems are discussed. Guidance given for planning and procurements.
September 9, 2019
Pillar Consulting launches new website.
August 21, 2019
Ralph W. Boaz presents a half-day workshop “ATC Equipment for Your ITS Needs Today and for Your Future” at the IMSA Forum and Expo 2019 in New Orleans, LA. In-depth training on all Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) standards. Demonstrations of multiple applications running concurrently on a single ATC unit using the ATC Application Programming Interface (API) software. Demonstration of the new ATC Cabinet system.
July 10, 2019
Ralph W. Boaz presents “ITS Standards for the Coachella Valley Association of Governments” at the CVAG TSM&O meeting in Palm Desert, CA. Discussed creation of a modern and sustainable transportation infrastructure using Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) and National Transportation Communications ITS Protocol (NTCIP) standards.
June 20, 2019
ATC 5401 Application Programming Interface Standard v02A is accepted by ATC Joint Committee as a Recommended Standard. The standard is to be distributed to AASHTO, ITE and NEMA formal balloting and approval in September 2019. The primary purpose of this development is to make updates based on the API Working Group decisions and software development during the API Reference Implementation (APIRI) project completed in 2016.
June 20, 2019
ATC 5201 Advanced Transportation Controller Standard v06A is accepted by ATC Joint Committee as a Recommended Standard. The standard is to be distributed to AASHTO, ITE and NEMA formal balloting and approval in September 2019. The primary purpose of this standard development is to make corrections and additions to the ATC Standard that remove ambiguities and barriers to software portability and hardware compatibility.
March 18, 2019
ATC 5301 ATC Cabinet Standard v02 is Jointly Approved by AASHTO, ITE and NEMA. The standard defines a transportation field cabinet system that doubles the I/O in the same space, provides touch safe design for technician safety, has low voltage option for public safety, increased signal monitoring capabilities, and most assemblies are replaceable while an intersection is in flash.
January 13, 2019
Ralph W. Boaz presents “ITS Standards Update 2019” at the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Presentation was part of the Technology and Standards Subcommittee Meeting, AHB25(4). Discussed status and developments on all Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) standards and selected National Transportation Communications ITS Protocol (NTCIP) standards.
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Articles, Papers and Presentations

ATC Cabinets - A Smart Decision for ITS Infrastructure
Presentation by Ralph W. Boaz given at the ITS California 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles, CA, on the new Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Cabinet Standard.
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The Advanced Transportation Controller Application Programming Interface – Closing the Technology Gap
There has never been more demand for technological power for on-street transportation equipment. Unfortunately, the majority of the fundamental equipment in use today is grossly underpowered for many ITS applications creating a technology gap that must be remedied.
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NTCIP Center-To-Field Step By Step
Paper presented at the ITS America 2009 Annual Meeting and the 2009 ITE District 6 Annual Meeting providing easy to follow method to select NTCIP Communication Profiles.
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Consensus Standards Development, Adoption and Implementation in the United States
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards in Trade Workshop on Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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A Concurrent Development Process
How can I leverage new technologies? How can I have more control over projects? How can I decrease time-to-market?
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Software Development Issues for the University of La Verne
What is Software Development? Debugging The Process. Tricks of the Trade. What is it like out there?
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Some Of Our Clients

United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
National Electronics Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG)
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Advantec Consulting Engineers
DKS Associates
Econolite Control Products
E-ViEWS Safety Systems
Intelight ITS/Q-Free
International Road Dynamics (IRD)
Iteris
McCain
Miovision
Reno A&E
Schneider Electric
Siemens ITS
Traffic ITS
Kingfish Group
Graham Partners
Omni Healthcare Group
Phoenix Highway Products
Product Development Systems
Samost Group
University of La Verne
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