LEVERAGING YOUR LIDAR: Rethinking Forest Road Design Matt tthew - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LEVERAGING YOUR LIDAR: Rethinking Forest Road Design Matt tthew hew Dickie Softree ee Technical hnical Systems ems

In Introductions oductions Forest st Engineer ineering ing Softw tware are Matt t Dicki kie Roads, culverts, bridge sites, cable logging Training Manager

ROAD D DES ESIG IGN N BE BENEF EFIT ITS • Road Des esign gn Softwar tware e Make ke it t Easi sier er to Consi sider er: • Geom ometr try • Draina nage ge • Earthw thwor orks ks • Inte terference rence are reas as • Distu turban rbance ce are reas as • Desig sign n standar andards ds

ROAD D DES ESIG IGN N BE BENEF EFIT ITS • Wh Whic ich h le leads ds to: • Reduced ed Uncertainty inty, • Reduced ed Indeci ecisi siveness, veness, • Improve oved Safety ty, • Improve oved Esti timati ating, ng, • Improve oved Communi unicatio cation, n, • Improve oved document entati ation, on,

Ho How w Do Does es it it Work? k? Works with Survey Data to Create a Terrain Surface

Ho How w Do Does es it it Work? k? Works with Survey Data to Create a Terrain Surface

Ho How w Do Does es it it Work? k? Geometric Road Design

Ho How w Do Does es it it Work? k? Visualize Cuts / Fills

HOW HOW DO DOES S IT IT WOR ORK? K?

• Red educes uces Un Unce certainty ainty – avoid under or overestimating material requirements • Red educes uces Inde decis cisive ivenes ness s – See the road’s geometry and the expected construction cost • Make ke Be Better er Dec ecis isio ions: s: • where should I put my cross drains • does ditching drainage ahead a bit further make more sense • will I have enough relief to get the water away from the road prism?

ESTIMA TIMATING TING • Road ad co constru tructi ction on is is often en vie iewed ed as a qu qualit litative ative pr proces cess. s. • Diffic icul ult, t, Norm rmal, l, Easy sy, , etc tc. • So Software are le lets us mo move e awa way y from m that t and d use e a mo more e qu quantif ntifia iable ble app pproac oach. h. • How much? – Materi rial al is s being g handle led • How Far? r? – How far r is i s it t being g move oved

ESTIMA TIMATING TING • From om ther ere e yo you ca can de develop elop unit it rates es: • In In-hous house e histori ric c data, or • Base sed on t tabulat ated ed cycl ycle ti times s and re rental l rates. s. • We ca e can use e that t to es estim imat ate e co costs, s, construct co truction ion du duration, ation, im impr prove ve sched eduling, uling, and d set pr production duction targe gets ts wit ith h yo your r cr crew ews. s.

COS OSTING TING FU FUNCTION NCTIONALIT ALITY • In Inpu put you your unit rates s for: • Exca xcavat vation ion • placemen ment t and compacti tion on • move ovement ent • So Softwar tware continu inuou ously sly upd pdates s you your exp xpect cted ed costs. ts.

OPT OPTIMIZA IMIZATION TION B Optimized • Mixed xed int nteger er line near ar Alignment pr prog ograming aming • Turns ns roa oad design gn proc ocess ss int nto o a a semi i au autom omat ated ed one one. • Suitabl able e for or ne new builds, s, once on ce a p a prelimi limina nary y horizon ho ontal al al alignm nment ent has has be been n cl clicked ked in, n, it will mini nimize mize co cons nstruc uction tion co costs. A

OU OUTPUT PUTS • Highl hly y flexi xible: le: • Digit ital al – LandXML ndXML, , .shp, , .dwg, g, .dxf xf, .csv, , clip ipbo boar ard, d, etc. • Output tput sheets ts – Pre- forma matt tted ed workbook kbooks s and d chapt apter ers so yo you can gener erat ate e a f final al design sign in minut nutes. es. Content ent is highl hly custom omizab zable. e. • Not ot just suitab able le for or ne new roa oads an and co complex ex terrai ain. n.

• Desig signin ning g Forest t Roads ds Ha Has Many y Be Benefits its For Your Ope perations tions (geometry, costs, documentation, and confidence). SUM UMMARY ARY • A f A full l de design gn with h RoadE dEng is Quic ick k and Ea d Easy. • Keep p it as simp mple le or ma make ke it as comp mple lex x as you you wa want.

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