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Silent InspectorICHDMG Report

Review – Technical and Business Operation

Update on Implementation status

Current Issues

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SI Review - FAQ

What does it do? How does it work? Who does what? What do you get?

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What Does it Do?

Reports dredge measured parameters that describe hopper dredge operations

Analyzes the data to guess what the dredge is doing – dredging, turning, sailing, dumping.

Stores, finds, reports, & plots data

Hopper SI Measurements

Hopper Level

PositionSpeedHeadingTide

DraftDrag Depth

PumpsProduction Meters

HopperOpen Status

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Implementation Principles

Partnership with Dredging Industry

Report the Contractor’s Data Performance based specification Rigorous Data Quality Assurance

Dredges? Hopper? Scows? Pipeline? Mechanical

Contractor

Specifications

District? Operations? Environmental? RE & QARs

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Database

Email Receive

Email Send

Internet Email / Flash disk

Email

Load/Daily Reports

Data Explorer – eGIS

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How does it work? On the dredge …

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Who Does What?

Corps provide a standard performance specification

Dredge owner designs system, operates, and provides all instrumentation and computers

Corps provides SI software for the ARCO computer

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Silent Inspector Business Plan

National Always-On automated dredge monitoring

National Operations Support team Evolve with 2012 Team of Teams Operations Improvements

Include smaller contracts & districts Transition support from R&D Decision Support eGIS integration

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What Do You Get?

Automatic State Determination

Dredging, Turning, Sailing, Dumping, etc.

Production Position

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Reports – Details

Reports - Summary

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Reports - Spatial

GIS Track Plot Review

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Using the Map Interface

Zoom To All Plotted Points

Track Plot Review

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Features of the National Plan

Expanded Project Monitoring Include Regulatory Expanded Dredge types Simplify Dredge SI Certification Centralized Support under

Operations Regional & National Stakeholders

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Expanded Plant

All Hoppers Include all Government Hoppers

All Scows Minimum of Tracking Profile Monitoring or TDS Profile specified by

ODMP Pipelines > 30”, + Goetz & Oregon Mechanical dredges TBD

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Schedule

FY 2006 2007 2008 2009

Hopper Always-on Always-on

Always-on

Always-on

Scow Always-on Always-on

Always-on

Always-on

Pipeline Goetz, Oregon

4 – > 30in

All > 30” All > 18”

Mechanical

TBD TBD TBD TBD

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SI Center - Services

Data QC and Operational Monitoring

Dredge Certifications Dredge Operator Support Corps User Support Training Database Maintenance Specifications Maintenance

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Stakeholder Issues

T&E – Turtles & Sturgeon Overdepth Open Water Disposal Monitoring Emergency Response Rentals Regionalization eGIS, eCoastal, RSM integration Decision Support

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National Team R&D

Demo the Pipeline SI – 4 dredges FY07

Field Review of Mechanical SI spec

Turtle Observer Form Entry Bin Measurement issue Provide hooks to GIS and other

systems

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Implementation Issues

Funding Mechanism Scope of Scow requirement; barges

for upland disposal Does always-on mean include the

yard? – No Certification and Recertification Issues Mass vs. Volume production measure.

TDS, Bin Measure

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Implementation Issues - 2

Regulatory implementation Enforcement standardization Contractor data upload Data Access

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http://si.usace.army.mil/

Gary Howell – 251-441-5732 James (Jay) Rosati – 251-441-

5535 Tim Welp – 601-634-2083 Rhonda Lenoir – 251-690-3011