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Stantec is a multi-disciplinary organization that has been
providing innovative engineering and data gathering services
to the planning, surveying, geomatics, and engineering communities,
for well over 50 years. With locations throughout North America,
Stantec offers knowledge-based solutions to clients in both
the public and private sector. Utilizing an extensive array
of state-modern equipment and technology, the company is recognized
throughout the industry for its ability to deliver sustainable,
practical, and cost-effective solutions in response to the
diverse needs of its clients.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently selected
the Infrastructure Management and Pavement Engineering group
from Stantec to undertake an extensive data-gathering project
covering more than 17,000 miles of non-Federal Aid routes.
The scale of the project would take the Stantec team across
the state, generating pavement condition survey information,
together with simultaneously captured high-resolution digital
video imaging. Both pavement and imaging data would need to
be accurately georeferenced with no GPS outages allowed.
Asset Management
"Being able to utilize the POS LV system's
continuous positioning ability is a real plus
in areas like this. Even collecting data in urban
areas presented the POS LV with little problem,
where buildings often have an effect on a GPS
solution."
Rob Huber
Operations Manager
Infrastructure Management and Pavement Engineering Stantec Inc.
"Stantec's custom-designed RT3000 mobile mapping/data
capture system uses various sensors engineered to generate
a variety of information," Rob Huber, Operations Manager,
Infrastructure Management and Pavement Engineering at Stantec,
explained. "We generally drive a route once and generate
multiple georeferenced sets of data, which can then be analyzed
by our technicians at the office. This technique works very
well, particularly when using a single georeferencing source,
such as the POS LV."
Capturing the pavement data and digital videolog imagery
took less than 18 months to complete. "Known as the Garden
State, tree cover is extensive, particularly throughout the
south, said Rob Huber. "Being able to utilize the POS
LV system's continuous positioning ability is a real plus
in areas like this. Even collecting data in urban areas presented
the POS LV with little problem, where buildings often have
an effect on a GPS solution." With the project complete,
Stantec were able to deliver the road roughness, rutting,
and pavement distress data together with a set of videolog
imagery all georeferenced to the states coordinate system.
By using multiple sensors the company is able to provide
value added options such as geometrics data for crossfall
and radius curvature, and georeferenced asset data should
their clients require it. This infrastructure management and
pavement engineering methodology, has allowed Stantec to deliver
reliable, and repeatable data collection solutions to its
customers, every time.
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