DynaRoad explained

DynaRoad
Operating System:Microsoft Windows
Genre:Project management software
License:Proprietary
Website:www.dynaroad.com
Developer:Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.[1]

DynaRoad is a project management software for heavy civil engineering projects.[2] It is used for planning the mass hauls of an earthworks project, creating a construction schedule, and monitoring the progress of the project.[3] [4]

The program's development started in 1999, when Finnish earthworks contractors, the Construction Economics Lab of Helsinki University of Technology and the DynaRoad company started developing a new project management and earthmoving software.[5] The program has been used in road projects between 3 and 60 km in length,[6] such as the E18 Muurla-Lohja motorway[7] in Finland and the E4 road[8] in Hudiksvall, Sweden.

Features

The software has a Windows graphical user interface and it includes views such as the Gantt chart, resource graph, mass haul diagram, map view, time distance chart and text reports.[9] [2] The time-location method has strengths compared to Gantt charts and traditional scheduling.[10] The map view indicates live tasks at any moment using different colors.[11] [12] For cut and fill operations, a haul plan based on quantities, bulking factors, possible haul routes and production rates can be calculated automatically.[2]

Competition

LinearPlus and TILOS are examples of other software for linear scheduling.

Scetauroute Masster is a software used in France for mass haul optimization.

Microsoft Project and Primavera are popular project management software in the construction industry.

See also

References

  1. http://www.constructionequipment.com/topcon-acquires-dynaroad Topcon Acquires DynaRoad
  2. Mike Woof. Get smart. World Highways, June 2009.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041620/http://www.worldhighways.com/Features/article.cfm?recordID=855 A method for cutting mass haul costs
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041727/http://www.worldhighways.com/Features/article.cfm?recordID=4295 Dealing with data
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-12-02 . 2011-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041635/http://www.worldhighways.com/Features/article.cfm?recordID=2573%7Cdate%3D2011-10-02%7D%7D . bot: unknown . . World Highways Software Supplement, October 2006.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041643/http://www.worldhighways.com/Features/article.cfm?recordID=3059 Science - and an art
  7. Web site: One million cubic metres moved E18 Muurla–Lohja motorway project on schedule – 995 days until road opening . 23 February 2006 . 8 October 2010 . Tieyhtiö Ykköstie Oy.
  8. Web site: Framtidens infrastruktur . 8 November 2010 . NCC Infra . sv . Future's Infrastructure . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100902120730/http://www.ncc.se/PageFiles/11491/89-0811%20broschyr%20infra.pdf . 2 September 2010 .
  9. Book: Kenley . Russell . Seppänen . Olli . 2010 . Location-Based Management for Construction . London . Spon Press . 467–490 . 978-0-415-37050-9 . Chapter 14: Planning and control of linear projects . 2009011124.
  10. Söderström . Patrick . Olofsson . Thomas . 2007 . Virtual Road Construction - A Conceptual Model . W78 Conference . http://www.w78.uni-mb.si/ . 24th W78 Conference : Bringing ITC knowledge to work . Maribor, Slovenia . 255–261 . Maribor University Library . 978-961-248-033-2 . 2010-10-08.
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041720/http://www.worldhighways.com/Features/article.cfm?recordID=4106 Software in brief
  12. http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/ropl/itsi/softwareRI1112/ Finnish expertise

External links

Topcon blog on earthworks project management

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