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Our
intent is to stay abreast of the progress and potential of
the instrumentation industry to provide smart and reliable
solutions to dam owners performance monitoring needs.
Project-specific
assistance provided by the center
INSTRUMENTATION, DATA ACQUISITION, DATA MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE
ANALYSIS, DOCUMENTATION, REPORTING
The following services will be performed in CEMVS / Other Districts / ERDC / or contracted to an AE.
The mechanism will depend upon expertise required, workload, and schedule requirements required.
ADVISORY ASSISTANCE FOR
| • Management of resources:
programming, phasing and scheduling time, funds, expertise
to obtain a functional product
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| • Determining the extent
of automation
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| • Approach to data analysis
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| • Methods of procurement
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
| • System planning; configuration,
compatibility
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| • System design/specifications
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| • Review designs/specifications
by others
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| • Assess new or existing
instrumentation for proper functionality, location,
automatibility
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| • System installation
and integration
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| • Data management: software
integration, database development/conversion, training
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| • Maintenance: troubleshooting,
recalibration, repair, replacement
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Procedure
for Obtaining Center Services
| Contact |
Keith Thole |
| Phone |
314-331-8411 |
| Fax |
314-331-8244 |
| Mail |
1222 Spruce St., St. Louis, MO 63103 |
| Email |
Keith.M.Thole@usace.army.mil |
| Internet |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/engr/apmd/apmd.htm |
| • Identify the need and
desired result. |
| • Identify resource and
time availability and constraints.
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| • The center develops
alternatives and recommendations for: the technical
approach and the management approach to coincide with the constraints.
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| • The customer and the
center agree on best course of action and determines the
most effective method of accomplishing the task.
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| • Time and cost of the
center involvement is estimated and a review process is
established.
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| • Customer sends MIPR
with satisfactory completion date and scope of work based
on above discussions.
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| • The center schedules
and accomplishes work.
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Current
Efforts for Corps-wide application
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TECHNOLOGICAL
TRANSFER
An
ongoing task. The sharing of dam monitoring information
with the Corps of Engineer districts and industry elements.
To be accomplished in a variety of ways, including but
not limited to: conducting workshops, participation in
conferences, presentations at seminars, project visits,
remote communications, and publishing.
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WINIDP
The
conversion of the Corps of Engineer developed data management
software Instrumentation Database Package (IDP)
to Windows environment. WINIDP enables users to
customize all aspects of data processing for individual
dam monitoring systems to assist in analyzing dam performance.
Version 1.0 was in 1996. Workshops were
conducted in 1997. Version 5.0 d4 is now available.
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COMMUNICATIONS STUDY
This study will compile the performance characteristics
of all types of communications media and suggest appropriate
applications for various primary and secondary data transmission
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