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... B-1 SURVEYING TECHNOLOGY (PRE-CONSTRUCTION) Satellite Systems (e.g., GPS, GNSS)
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... B-2 Bhat, C
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... B-3 the new contractor. Of particular concern is leadership for GPS acquisition, as GAO and other studies have found the lack of a single point of authority for space programs and frequent turnover in program managers have hampered requirements setting, funding stability, and resource allocation.
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... B-4 utilized. Network RTK installations supporting multiple GNSS on all reference stations need significant investment on the service provider side for exchanging all receivers.
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... B-5 moves straight ahead conventional GNSS systems with only one antenna show good performance. However, the system reaches its limits when the machine turns on its own axis, such as an excavator does.
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... B-6 including survey with low error levels (<1 cm)
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... B-7 tracking tachymeters (total stations) are still used for precise real-time 3D trajectories.
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... B-8 Roberts, G
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... B-9 GPS/GNSS fields. Titles of new books and conference proceedings that include a significant number of chapters and/or articles dealing with GPS/GNSS are also listed in italics in this bibliography.
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... B-10 procedures not covered or not conforming to these specifications will not be used without prior approval of the Photogrammetry & Surveys Engineer. Stationary Laser Scanning Coşarcă, C., C
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... B-11 is built up by a tiltable rotating arm driven by a rotary direct drive. The rotating arm is supplemented by a further rotary direct drive mounted on a movable tripod.
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... B-12 Mettenleiter, M., N Obertreiber, F
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... B-13 are acknowledged on the preceding page. This synthesis is an immediately useful document that records the practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation.
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... B-14 Inter-drain, g.
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... B-15 hand, the global spatial data model (GSDM) is based upon the 3-D geocentric Earth-centered Earth-fixed (ECEF)
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... B-16 state of Iowa. If your firm is interested in providing the described services, please submit a proposal stating your ability and availability to complete this work.
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... B-17 promoting better coordination and use of spatial databases among the disparate GIS user communities. Ultimately the goal is to improve decision-making.
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... B-18 Gibson, T
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... B-19 Neal, H
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... B-20 uses the terms Resident Engineer (RE) and Surveys.
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... B-21 used to describe the work flow. Following the presentation of the flow chart, each step is shown in logical order.
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... B-22 virtual model of a building is digitally constructed. This model, known as a building information model, can be used for planning, design, construction, and operation of the facility.
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... B-23 Cho, Y-K., C
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... B-24 Hampton, T
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... B-25 records the practices that were acceptable within the limitations of the knowledge available at the time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now at hand.
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... B-26 Automated construction technologies have been developed and introduced in the Japanese construction industries since the 1980s. However, the construction industry remains a craftoriented and labor-intensive industry with minimal automation of tasks.
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... B-27 help in the maintenance of exterior closures of walls in a building. It allows the visual and interactive transmission of information related to the physical behavior of the elements.
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... B-28 autonomously acquire mobile three-dimensional (3D) mapping data.
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... B-29 into a simulation model for automatic model updating. This adaptive capability allows a predefined simulation model to be constantly updated to reflect the changing project environment for more accurate look-ahead scheduling.
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... B-30 existing real-time simulation frameworks are not capable of distinguishing the transient environmental changes, with minimal long-term impacts on the productivity, from the influential changes that will greatly impact an operation. In addition, existing simulation tools are devoid of location awareness, resulting in the inability to consider safety threats in their representation of the project.
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... B-31 the-art review of mainstream studies undertaken between 2005 and 2011 within the normative literature. We found that a total of 120 articles were published in the normative built environment literature within this period.
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... B-32 "Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators Career Profile, Video, Earnings, Education, Prospects - Careers.org." from http://occupations.careers.org/47-2073.00/operating-engineersand-other-construction-equipment-operators.
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... B-33 Alsobrooks, B Introduction of 3D Technology & Machine Control Systems, edited.
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... B-34 Clarke-Hackston, N., M Messing and E
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... B-35 Geosystems, L
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... B-36 dynamic effect on the model truck at higher velocities; however, the accuracy is very small due to some practical working limitations of tachymeter (such as low scanning rate and dead time) as kinematic position sensor at higher velocities.
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... B-37 industy population. Findings and conclusions arising from the research work which include the ranking schemes produced for four key ares of, the construction attributes on level of usage; barrier variables; differing levels of usage between countries; and future trends, have established a number of potential areas that could impact the level of implementation both globally and for individual countries.
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... B-38 Purpose: The aim of this study is to suggest configuration methodologies of active building information model (BIM) functions that enable to practically control limitations by optimizing schedule overlapping linked to its space models after analyzing workspace conflict analysis for a bridge model.
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... B-39 Pilcher, G
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... B-40 achieve further improvements of performance. Attention is focused on the earthmoving and road construction areas.
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... B-41 An excavator unintentionally hits a buried utility every 60 seconds in the United States, causing several fatalities and injuries, and billions of dollars in damage each year. Most of these accidents occur either because excavator operators do not know where utilities are buried, or because they cannot perceive where the utilities are relative to the digging excavator.
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... B-42 Trimble (2002) , BladePro 3D Automatic Grade Control SystemRep., 8 pp.
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... B-43 the planning and construction phases. A prototype is developed to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
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... B-44 The S600 features a double telescopic tractor frame, access walkway, and hose hinge system for a nominal working range of 8'to 22' (2.44 m to 6.71 m) the widest range in the industry.
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... B-46 Replacing static tachymetric surveys on the road itself, kinematic methods are more and more applied for construction projects. The technology is used for rapid airfield monitoring as well as an increasing number of highway construction projects or high-precision railway tunnel surveys.
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... B-47 A presentation introducing some of the concepts of stringless paving technologies. Kaufmann, K
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... B-48 on the slip-form paver were moved from string line to a global positioning system (GPS)
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... B-49 Rasmussen, R
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... B-50 Söderström, P
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... B-51 others)
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... B-52 search, and deliberations of the advisory group led to an outline for the specification. This served as the basis for a stakeholder workshop at which specification details were developed.
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... B-53 A brief overview of some of the benefits GPS provides include: 1. Accurate Grade:If all machines on site are GPS enabled, they simply run all day long, ACCURATELY, even with rookie drivers in the cockpit.
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... B-54 innovative ways that the basic guidance system has been adapted to cater for the TBM's that are currently in use used on the Gotthard tunnel where the traditional line of sight throughout the backup gear is continuously obstructed due to the use of a sprayed concrete support facility to the use. The guidance system utilizes features from the well proven system for distance and curved pipejacking applications where the main reference is attached to the moving pipe (tunnel lining)
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... B-55 different steps for data preparation and digital terrain models DTM generation are described. Additionally several applications of high accuracy DTM's in (precision)
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... B-56 time of its preparation. As progress in research and practice continues, new knowledge will be added to that now at hand.
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... B-57 relative accuracy indoors. This paper should be regarded as an overview of the current and near future positioning capabilities for indoor and outdoor environments.
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... B-58 and change the environment for plant and animal production. Hence, appropriate information on current and preceding states of this environment and the knowledge about actions taken in the past is important for decision making and planning future operations in order to maximize yield while minimising the ecological impact.
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... B-59 robotics, this platform is based on a robotic framework which is available for several OS and which is publicly accessible. This framework, called The ViViVerse (the vivid universe)
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... B-60 markets for new machine automation applications, which will lead to the development of a range of new products in the tunnelling, construction, mining and agricultural industries. The use of machine automation in these applications will alter the workflow of data collection, data processing, creating designs, uploading and transforming data, controlling machines without stringlines, checking the as-constructed output of the operation and documenting these results.
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... B-61 compaction. The trend of Sakai Compaction Control Value (CCV)
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... B-62 through recognition of the significance of spatially-referenced information to their operations, have identified the need for comprehensive management of location referencing. What is lacking is a clear set of functional requirements for a comprehensive location referencing system.
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... B-63 Barnes, J., C Rizos, M
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... B-64 Machine Control technology, available systems and the future applications for the system. The second phase of the project consisted of gathering input from stakeholders through the preparation and administration of a survey and in-person interviews.
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... B-65 Dwayne McAninch, Iowa's largest earthmoving contractor, risked millions on digital controls and pushed an industry into the future Heikkilä, R
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... B-66 Different geodetic techniques can be integrated in construction processes to have effective, time saving and cost minimizing construction through geometric control and guidance of the construction machines on the designed alignment. This can be achieved by integrating a tachymeter as kinematic positioning sensor.
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... B-67 Li, Y., D Dusha, W
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... B-68 independent samples for hypothesis testing and inferring the research sample to the construction industry population. Findings and conclusions arising from the research work which include the ranking schemes produced for four key areas of, the construction attributes on level of usage; barrier variables; differing levels of usage between countries; and future trends, have established a number of potential areas that could impact the level of implementation both globally and for individual countries.
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... B-69 Carlson Machine Control, in cooperation with Atlas Copco, has installed the first factory 3D drilling system integrating Atlas Copco's new 3rd party protocol running on a FlexiROC™ drill with the HEC3 system. Integration and testing was completed at the Atlas Copco factory in Örebro Sweden in January 2013.
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... B-70 This Technical Brief provides an overview of 3D modeling, including technology applications during design and construction, benefits to stakeholders, resource requirements, current state-ofthe practice, and advanced applications such as adding 4D and 5D components.
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... B-71 location awareness, resulting in the inability to consider safety threats in their representation of the project. To address these issues, this research proposes a framework based on the integration of new tracking technologies used in Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)
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... B-72 mile or per linear mile?
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... B-73 finally introduces the prototype Software KoSimu (Kollisionsprüfungs- Simulator) developed at the Chair of Geodesy in course of a diploma thesis.
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... B-74 If you're involved in machine control, tune in to this. It's the biggest news of the decade, in our view.
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... B-75 Administration, M
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... B-76 Melas, P
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... B-77 another during the design phases of the project, and is then published in paper format as part of the contract documents. Contractors then have to regenerate the electronic data for use in construction.
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... B-78 Standards." Caltrans GPS survey specifications are to be used for all Caltrans involved transportation improvement projects, including special-funded projects. GPS surveying is an evolving technology.
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... B-79 Standards." Caltrans GPS1 survey specifications are to be used for all Caltrans-involved transportation improvement projects, including special-funded projects. GPS surveying is an evolving technology.
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... B-80 Transportation, I
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... B-81 Transportation, N
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... B-82 Transportation, N
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... B-83 Under the Construction Staking Subgrade bid item the contractor may substitute global positioning system (GPS) machine guidance for conventional subgrade staking on all or part of the work.
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... B-84 refinements led to a version that was piloted on two projects during the 2007 construction season. Lessons learned from the initial pilot projects resulted in a second version used on four additional pilot projects during 2008.
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... B-85 such as a total station, rod and level, GPS rover unit or vertical (looking down) sonic units that double as profile measuring devices.
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... B-86 principles of close-range photogrammetry to evaluate the progress of construction project and to develop the actual progress bar chart. The fundamental task of photogrammetry is to rigorouslyestablish the geometric relationship between the image and the object, as it existed at the time ofimaging event.
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... B-87 This manual provides a written account of how certain activities are performed and is designed to guide and assist staff members in performing their functions. When appropriate, there may be deviations from these written procedures due to changes in personnel, policies, interpretation, law, experimentation with different systems, or simply evolution of the process itself.
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... B-88 Ciccone Constructions uses Topcon's Hiper+ rover units to increase production and cut costs on its subdivision projects.
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... B-89 This paper presents an initial step in seeking to understand just how the adoption of advanced machine guidance technology, especially global positioning systems, leads to improvements in performance by the earthwork contractor. Two grading scenarios and one dozing scenario are examined based upon site observations and interviews with field personnel.
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... B-90 Building information modeling (BIM) is one of the most promising recent developments in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
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... B-91 guidance system as a whole for agricultural applications. It is hoped that the conceptual designs for the hands-free guidance interface will be used to develop a working prototype and be tested with the guidance system in the near future.
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... B-92 Streett, D
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... B-93 Simulation of the placement of arches for the new West Seventh Street signature bridge in Fort Worth, TX (http://fortworthtexas.gov/SeventhStre...)
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... B-94 Carlson Machine Control, in cooperation with Atlas Copco, has installed the first factory 3D drilling system integrating Atlas Copco's new 3rd party protocol running on a FlexiROC™ drill with the HEC3 system. Integration and testing was completed at the Atlas Copco factory in Örebro Sweden in January 2013.
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... B-95 Sundt (2013) , Sellwood Bridge Project, Portland, Oregon edited.
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... B-96 Jahren, C
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... B-97 Group of visual materials used in a highway construction project; where 3D Modeling techniques were implemented.
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... B-98 LeMay, J
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... B-99 www.carlsonmachinecontrol.com or email machine control@carlson.com. More links in the video for Septentrio and MGB Tech.
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... B-100 Sundt (2013) , Innovative Technology Will Improve Accuracy and Efficiency of Phoenix Light Rail Project.

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