ProStar continues to strive to be the innovative leader in providing SaaS solutions that improve the current management systems of location based utility data and to prevent the damages to buried infrastructures due to construction activities. Our newest development includes excavation guidance and monitoring systems. At the heart of any effective damage prevention program is the timely communication of asset information between all the involved parties on a construction project site. The display and timeliness of buried utility location to excavators is the most critical component to effective damage prevention. In order to create an effective damage prevention solution a system that provides all existing current project site data and that supports the real time data distribution and display of the buried utilities relevant to equipment operator position is required.

 

ProStar EGS™ - Excavation Guidance System

ProStar EGS or “excavation guidance system” runs on a mobile app and describes the business rules and functionality required to track the movement and digging activity of heavy equipment while operating in and around utility assets during construction. The system is designed to display location asset data including buried and surface features as well as all the available project site data, including mapped reference data and the equipment’s position. The system provides awareness information to the operator, including the visuals of the maps, ground features, dig zones, One Call ticket boundaries, site mark outs and any other pertinent project site information that has been captured, stored and available for display.

Situational awareness as to where conflicts may occur relative to equipment movements provides safety and efficiencies in digging operations and related procedures. The system can also be configured to provide distance measurements and tolerances buffer zones, predestinated violation parameters and other actionable items to the operator, field crews or any client viewing the data from the portal.