Issue
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Efficient dredging project management is critical for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains navigation on 25,000 miles of waterways that serve 400 major ports in the United States. Engineers and scientists at the ERDC perform research and develop technologies to support the Corps' Districts in effectively managing dredging projects. As technologies become available to the field, technology transfer in a meaningful, useful, and effective manner impacts adoption of new and innovative management tools in the field.
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Research/Objectives
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Currently, ERDC staff is developing integrated software for dredging project management based on a Geographic Information System (GIS) customized for dredged material management. The name of the software system is the Dredged Material Spatial Management Record Tool (DMSMART).
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Results/Products
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Dredging Project management encompasses a wide variety of areas. High priority capabilities for DMSMART as indicated from District input include:
- Estimating fate and transport in the far field
- Track Contract status
- Track Environmental Compliance status
- View and analyze bathymetric surveys of dredged channels and disposal sites
- Store, access, and display environmental monitoring data
- View and analyze dredging history for dredge cuts
Technical Note DOER-N2: DMSMART - Dredged Material Spatial Management, Analysis, and Record Tool
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Research Team
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James Clausner, Paul Schroeder, Ph.D., and Jay Rosati
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Waterways Experiment Center
3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
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