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3, DiLoreto) across 16 categories in comparison to a D given in ASCE’s 2009 Report Card. Although an improvement, a D+ is nothing the current richest and most powerful country in the world should brag about. And yet with the consistent low grading of America’s infrastructure systems, owners are specifying old technologies in their Tunnel Inspection RFP’s including recent examples in Pennsylvania and Oregon. Like the personal computer so has infrastructure inspection technology advanced and yet these new technologies are not being specified by owners.
The software offers the ability to display the full colored digital tunnel model with real time cross section display and dimensions at various locations including statistical values such as volume. The final generated digital tunnel model is imported into the software for data manipulation and analysis in a 2D mode. The 2D viewer mode unfolds the tunnel image and displays it on a plane with an orthogonal viewing point. This allows for easier data analysis. Data reduction can be performed to filter or mask distorted and excessive data to ensure a quality digital tunnel model for further inspection and mapping.
Using 17 Copyright © 2014 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. All rights reserved. Electronic edition published 2014. North American Tunneling Conference Figure 5. 3D full plane measurement using LaserTracker instrument Figure 6. Full traceability of the entire production process 18 Copyright © 2014 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. All rights reserved. Electronic edition published 2014. 2014 Proceedings Figure 7. Traceability within the stock yard 19 Copyright © 2014 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc.