■ NovoGov by Novo Solutions · Established 1999

SIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Map, inspect, and replace every street and traffic sign from one system, with condition, install date, and MUTCD reflectivity tracked on each one.

Trusted by communities in 37 U.S. states, from Rockland, ME to Capitola, CA.

1999
Established

37
U.S. states served

130+
Communities served

14
Customer stories

Trusted by the people who keep things running
Putnam, CT Keith County, NE Rockland, ME Dover, MA West Point, VA Oxford, NC Edgewood, FL Whitehouse, OH Pequannock Township, NJ Stafford Township, NJ Perry Township, OH Violet Township, OH Walnut Township, OH City of Otsego, MN

■ Sound familiar

Why sign compliance is so hard to prove

Keeping street and traffic signs visible, compliant, and well-maintained is essential to public safety. Tracking them manually is what makes it difficult to stay organized.

Nobody can say how many signs you have

Storm damage, fading, and outright theft all change the inventory, and none of it gets recorded anywhere, so the number in the file has been wrong for years.

The sign map is a spreadsheet

Locations live in a spreadsheet and in the crew leader’s memory, so finding one sign means reading a list rather than looking at a map.

Retroreflectivity compliance is a guess

You are meant to be able to show how each sign meets MUTCD standards, and the honest position is that the records would not survive being asked for.

Inspections happen when somebody notices

With no schedule and no condition history, a sign gets inspected when a driver complains about it rather than when it is due.

The spare sign is not on the shelf

Spare signs, posts, and materials leave the shop without being tracked, so the replacement job stops while somebody drives back for the part.

Field notes never make it back to the record

A sign gets replaced, the crew writes it on a sheet, and the asset record still shows the old install date six months later.

NovoGov Sign Management Software

NovoGov Sign Management Software is a system municipalities use to map every street and traffic sign, record its condition, install date, and last maintenance, inspect it on a schedule or by condition, and generate the work orders that replace it. Some governments call this street sign software or traffic sign management software; the job is the same either way.

It is part of our Public Works Operations Management system, so signs sit alongside the roads they stand on and the crews who maintain them. Whether you manage hundreds or thousands of signs, it is the same record your other departments already work in.

■ See it running

Watch the demo

A demo of managing signs in NovoGov on the ShareNet Platform: mapping a sign, recording its condition, and turning an inspection into a replacement work order.

■ Sign inventory

Every sign, and the parts to replace it

Signs fade, get damaged, or disappear after storms, and a sign inventory management system has to keep up with all three. Maintain a live inventory of spare signs, posts, and materials, deduct parts automatically when a work order is created, and link replacements directly to each sign record. When a replacement is completed, staff update the sign’s attributes on the map, so the inventory and the asset records stay accurate.

  • Live inventory of signs, posts, materials
  • Parts deducted when a work order is created
  • Replacements linked to the sign record
  • Attributes updated on the map
Sign record form for adding and updating sign details in NovoGov
Signs and their maintenance history on an Esri GIS map in NovoGov

■ Conditions and compliance

MUTCD compliance you can actually prove

Each sign is mapped with details like condition, install date, and last maintenance date, giving supervisors instant insight into asset health. Record and monitor reflectivity compliance with MUTCD standards, track inspections and replacements based on condition or schedule, and generate reports to ensure federal and local compliance. Whether you use a retroreflectometer or follow a rotation schedule, the documentation comes out of the same system.

  • Condition, install date, last maintenance
  • MUTCD reflectivity compliance
  • Inspections by condition or by schedule
  • Federal and local compliance reports

■ Work orders and the field

Assign it, track it, close it from the truck

Assign and track sign-related work orders from one dashboard: schedule replacements and inspections, monitor in-progress and completed jobs in real time, and update sign condition data directly from the field using mobile access. That is what reduces the paperwork, prevents the missed inspection, and keeps the streets safer.

  • Schedule replacements and inspections
  • In-progress and completed, in real time
  • Condition updated from the field
  • Add and update on a phone or tablet
Adding and updating a sign work order on a phone in NovoGov

■ What switching looks like

Going live without losing a sign

Crews keep working the whole time. Nothing gets turned off until the new system is running.

1. Scope it

We map the sign types you actually maintain and who owns the inspection schedule.

2. Configure it

Your sign attributes, MUTCD classifications, inspection intervals, and work order forms are set up around how you already work.

3. Train the team

An assigned implementer walks your office and field staff through the parts each of them will use.

4. Go live

Crews log inspections and replacements in the new system and the sign record becomes the system of record.

What our clients say

Thomas Wilbur, Highway Superintendent

“With NovoGov, it’s easy to collect and view the data in a way that actually makes sense. What used to take 45 minutes now takes less than 2—and it’s accurate, searchable, and right at our fingertips. The only thing limiting us now is time and imagination.”

Thomas Wilbur, Highway Superintendent, Keith County, Nebraska

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Keith County, Nebraska

Travis Sirrine, Highway Superintendent

“The Board of Selectmen was blown away the first time I showed them what we could now report on.  They had no idea how many tasks we handled. Now they have data—charts, work orders, asset histories. It changed the conversation.”

Travis Sirrine, Highway Superintendent

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Town of Putnam, CT

David Seugling, Public Works Director

“Switching to NovoGov has been a game changer for our department. It’s streamlined communication, eliminated paperwork, and made it easy for our field crews to update work orders in real time. The system is incredibly flexible and user-friendly — I’d make the switch to NovoGov again in a heartbeat.”

David Seugling  – Public Works Director

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Pequannock Township, NJ

Todd Philbrook, Public Works Director

“NovoGov works REALLY well for us. It’s easy to enter data, easy to look up complaints, and flexible enough that it can be tailored to match exactly how we operate. The support has been phenomenal, and it’s saving us time across the board.”

Todd Philbrook, Public Works Director

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Rockland, Maine

■ Taking it to the board

What this looks like in a council packet

Documentation in real time

The Street Foreman in Robinson, IL put it this way: “The ability to easily document work, locate assets, and manage preventative maintenance of assets on one system is everything to our department. The NovoGov application has saved us a lot of time. Now we have access to documentation in real time vs. lost on a massive worksheet on the office computer.”

Routine instead of reactive

Inspections and replacements tracked on a schedule rather than triggered by a complaint turn sign upkeep into routine work, saving time and money with every job.

Compliance you can hand over

Reports generated to ensure federal and local compliance mean the MUTCD documentation already exists on the day somebody asks for it, rather than being assembled after the question.

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■ Built for government

What your procurement team will ask

A U.S. company since 1999

Novo Solutions was established in 1999 and is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Secure by design

Secure, Microsoft Azure infrastructure with encrypted data transfer.

Works with your GIS

Integrates with Esri ArcGIS, so requests sit on the same map your other departments already use.

Set up around your workflow

Configured to how your departments already work. As Dover, MA put it: “We weren’t nickel-and-dimed for every form or module.”

■ Questions we get

Sign Management Software FAQ

What does sign management software track?

Every street and traffic sign as its own asset record, mapped, with its condition, install date, and last maintenance date, plus the inspections, replacements, and work orders performed on it.

Yes. Reflectivity compliance with MUTCD standards is recorded and monitored on the sign record, and reports can be generated to ensure federal and local compliance. Whether you use a retroreflectometer or follow a rotation schedule, the same sign records produce the report.

Yes. Signs and work orders can be added and updated on a smart phone or tablet, and sign condition data can be updated directly from the field, so the asset record matches what is actually on the street.

Yes. You can integrate Esri layers or use the built-in GIS capabilities to see signs and their maintenance history on a map, and MUTCD icons and classifications are available for the sign types you carry.

Yes. Maintain a live inventory of spare signs, posts, and materials, and parts are deducted automatically when a work order is created, with replacements linked directly to the sign record.

Inspections and replacements can be tracked based on condition or on a schedule, assigned and monitored from one dashboard, with in-progress and completed jobs visible in real time.

Yes. It is built for small and mid-sized cities and counties, and it handles hundreds or thousands of signs on the same record your other public works departments already use.

Pricing depends on which departments are involved. Ask for a quote using the form below and we will put together options for your size of community.

Works with the rest of NovoGov

Work Order Software

Sign replacements and inspections as scheduled work orders with parts and labor attached.

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Road Maintenance System

The road segments your signs stand on, mapped and color-coded by pavement condition.

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Public Works Software

The wider Operations Management system this page sits inside, for every public works crew.

See details →

Asset Management Software

The parent system: every municipal asset, signs included, on the same Esri map.

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■ Next step

Request a demo

A working session on your own sign inventory, not a slide deck. We will show you a sign on the map with its condition and install date, how an inspection becomes a replacement work order, and what the compliance report looks like when somebody asks for it.

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