DynaRoad

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]

DynaRoad
Developer(s)Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.[1]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeProject management software
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.dynaroad.com

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][11] The map view indicates live tasks at any moment using different colors.[12][13] 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.[11]

Scetauroute Masster is a software used in France for mass haul optimization.[14]

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

See also

References
  1. Topcon Acquires DynaRoad. Construction Equipment, November 2013.
  2. Mike Woof. Get smart. World Highways, June 2009.
  3. A method for cutting mass haul costs. World Highways, January/February 2004.
  4. Dealing with data. World Highways, July 2010.
  5. Finnish program helps reduce earthmoving costs Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback MachineArchived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. World Highways Software Supplement, October 2006.
  6. Science - and an art. World Highways Software Supplement, December 2007.
  7. "One million cubic metres moved E18 Muurla–Lohja motorway project on schedule – 995 days until road opening". Tieyhtiö Ykköstie Oy. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  8. "Framtidens infrastruktur" [Future's Infrastructure] (PDF) (in Swedish). NCC Infra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  9. Kenley, Russell; Seppänen, Olli (2010). "Chapter 14: Planning and control of linear projects". Location-Based Management for Construction. London: Spon Press. pp. 467–490. ISBN 978-0-415-37050-9. LCCN 2009011124.
  10. Söderström, Patrick; Olofsson, Thomas (2007). "Virtual Road Construction - A Conceptual Model". 24th W78 Conference : Bringing ITC knowledge to work. W78 Conference. Maribor, Slovenia: Maribor University Library. pp. 255–261. ISBN 978-961-248-033-2. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  11. Srdić, Aleksander; Šelih, Jana (October 2010), Metode in tehnike operativnega planiranja gradnje longitudinalnih objektov (PDF) (in Slovenian), archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2012, retrieved November 8, 2010
  12. Software in brief. World Highways, November/December 2009 GIS & Software.
  13. Finnish expertise Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine. Software for Road Infrastructure, Supplement to World Highways & ITS International, December 2011.
  14. Aimé, Claude; Auriol, Jean-Claude; et al. (March 2007), Section 1: Design and execution of work (PDF), Design and execution of earthworks, Sétra, pp. 57–62, ISRN: EQ-SETRA--07-ED44--FR+ENG, retrieved 2010-11-11

Official website

Topcon blog on earthworks project management

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