BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3 - (Page 41)

CIVIL “This tool is applicable to a wide variety of range types, including armor, small arms, convoy training, urban assault, and aerial gunnery,” Uribe said. “It provides stakeholders a unique opportunity to test drive and approve the design prior to construction. Specifically, stakeholders can actively view and test different training strategies and quickly modify ﬁring positions and target placements based on visualization.” During site development and construction, TrueViz OnTarget is used to verify training requirements and ensure that all expected training outcomes can be achieved or exceeded on the range. Once a range is operational, master gunners and range control personnel can use the software to assess facility performance and improve training and maintenance scheduling to minimize downtime. From the target availability database and GIS layer output, trainers can review range geometry and camera locations to design exercises such as an urban assault course. TrueViz OnTarget has been used on 10 range design projects to date, with construction costs ranging from $15 million to $40 million per project. The software has saved an estimated $2 million to $4 million in cost avoidance per range by reducing unnecessary earthwork and unexploded ordnance/environmental impact mitigation. Over the past four years, HNTB has enhanced the software to incorporate the latest training tasks in Army ﬁeld manuals, which are routinely updated to address real-world lessons learned. The software automates the process of laying out ranges to ﬁt new training task requirements. In the future, the USACE will use TrueViz OnTarget to modernize existing facilities, which become outdated due to changing weaponry and training requirements. Live training in these technologically advanced facilities translates into better preparedness on the battleﬁeld. By providing training ranges where soldiers can practice the skills they need to prevail, the USACE is contributing to the readiness of about 1 million active and reserve troops. Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time SCDOT automates statewide management of billboard permits and vegetation maintenance I n the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Outdoor Advertising Ofﬁce, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, it is easy to imagine being overwhelmed by numbers. Until recently, the department used three different permitting systems to track signage in seven districts encompassing 46 counties, states display a permit from the state DOT. The intent is to eliminate unsightly signage and advertisements for illegitimate businesses. When President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed the act as part of his “America the Beautiful” initiative in January 1965, he said he wanted to “make sure that the v SCDOT’s Outdoor Advertising System delivers a database that allows easy access to data, timely retrieval of information, and a Web-based interface 844 miles of interstate highway, and 2,666 miles of National Highway System (NHS) roads with 6,500 active outdoor advertising permits. The permits are required under the Highway Beautiﬁcation Act (HBA) of 1965, which mandates that outdoor advertisements visible from highways and inter- America we see from these major highways is a beautiful America.” The HBA now controls outdoor advertising along 306,000 miles of federal-aid primary, interstate, and NHS roads. The penalty for a state’s failure to comply with the HBA’s exacting provisions—controlling sign content, size, height, and location— Volume 4, Issue 3 | BE MAGAZINE 41

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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