"Providing Suggestions to the Mississippi River for Bank Stabilization,
Channel Navigation, and Flood Control"
| In 1992, Beacon personnel developed, and continue to support to this day, the Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based software used on-board the Revetment construction plants used to place articulated concrete mattress Revetments on the banks of Mississippi River for purposes of erosion control to protect the main-line levees. This work involved system integration and coordination of numerous real-time sensors including GPS, laser range-finders, multiple computers, digital display signs, and several types of echosounders. Innovative navigational techniques and interfaces were required for clearly presenting where construction equipment is located and where it needs to be in order to achieve site construction objectives for bank protection. |