Topcon and DynaRoad announce major upgrade to software

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands, 17th April, 2013– Topcon Positioning Group and DynaRoad Oy of Helsinki, Finland, announce the release of DynaRoad 5.3 construction planning and control software.

Juuso Makinen, CEO of DynaRoad Oy, said, “One of the largest project management challenges is collecting real time as built information from large sites and comparing it to plans. We’re excited to be the first ones offering a solution to this”

DynaRoad is the first software in the world to automatically monitor, update, and report schedule progress of earthworks sites. DynaRoad links to Topcon Sitelink3D for as-built information and maps this to schedule tasks. The completion degree of plans updates automatically through the internet as material is hauled on the site. Every load and dump event & haul route can be tracked, compared to plan and used to forecast future trouble spots.

DynaRoad has been a part of the Topcon family since 2011 and this is the first major release. Contractors and designers have used DynaRoad products and services to optimize and control earthworks projects. Now this project management aspect is embedded to Topcon Machine Control products via Sitelink3D to add value to our customers.

Other features in the latest DynaRoad release include 

• Export to Oracle Primavera P6, making it compatible with existing planning systems;
• A New license management system with floating licenses;
• Improved interactive planning tutorials and language support;

Version 5.3 has improved planning tools with a map view for visualizing planned project progress week by week. The software also has industry specific tools.  For example, for earthmoving, the new version allows the importing of quantity data from a Microsoft® Excel spread sheets and automatic haul calculation tools so within minutes the user has developed a mass haul plan.” 

Makinen said that the new version also provides an improved “look and feel in graphical views and has additional interactive planning tutorials, helps and sample projects. Software ease of use is very important in our industry and we are taking it very seriously.”