January 27, 2009:
Natural Regrade Wins Intermat Silver Innovation Award
Carlson Software's Natural Regrade land reclamation software won a Silver Award in the Services Category of Intermat's Innovation Awards. The official awards ceremony will be held during the 2009 Intermat, April 20-25, in Paris, France. For Detailed Information.
January 7, 2009:
Carlson Hosts 2nd Annual User Conference, April 5-7
Held again in Lexington, Ky., the 2009 Carlson User Conference will feature all new classes to show how Carlson's comprehensive software solutions bring users from "Concept to Completion." In addition, hands-on labs will be held and many of the classes will be split into beginner and advanced. For Detailed Information.
December 3, 2008:
Carlson Business Suite Facilitates Informed Business Decisions
Built and customized for engineering and surveying businesses, the Carlson Business Suite is a complete business management software solution. For Detailed Information.
November 11, 2008:
Carlson Grade Supervisor v1.0: New Tool for Construction Grade Management
 Both simple to learn and to use, Carlson Grade Supervisor v1.0 is designed specifically for site supervisors, inspectors and grade checkers. It offers affordable and easy-to-use software for day-to-day surface and grade management tasks. For Detailed Information.
 
 

Carlson Natural Regrade software provides a natural, cost effective method to bring sustainability to disturbed lands, whether altered from mining or development.
Utilizing the GeoFluv
TM method for landform design, Carlson Natural Regrade minimizes material handling, erosion, and creates sustainable lands.

Carlson Natural Regrade with GeoFluv™ applies fluvial geomorphic principles to upland landform design. This unique Carlson 2009 module helps you to create a landscape design that mimics the functions of the natural landscape that would naturally evolve over time. The result is a stable hydrologic equilibrium ... naturally.  


The U. S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Reclamation and Enforcement has identified Carlson Natural Regrade as a 'TIPS Core Software'. See this news release for full details. For more detailed information about Natural Regrade and GeoFluv, call or email Nicholas Bugosh, 970-631-4190 or nbugosh@carlsonsw.com.

Carlson Natural Regrade will be awarded a Silver Award in the Services Category of their Innovation Awards. The official awards ceremony will be held during the 2009 Intermat April 20 to 25 in Paris, France. Intermat is one of the world’s largest trade shows for the construction industry.

NEW this year, in addition to Natural Regrade running on top of any AutoCAD® or Map® versions 2000, up to and including 2009, Natural Regrade also comes with built-in IntelliCAD® -- a robust, DWG-compatible CAD platform that every CAD developer can build upon) for no extra cost with every license of Carlson products.

There is something new happening in landform design. It’s the future. It’s natural. Be a part of it.

Features

Old method   Natural Regrade
software with GeoFluv™
 
   
Based on conveying a single extreme discharge event
Conveys only water discharge effectively at lower Q
Requires expensive off-site earth material, e.g., rip-rap
Expensive on steep slopes
Requires long-term maintenance
Requires maximum backfill to lower slopes
Provides minimal slope aspect diversity
Visual affront
Rigid design sideboards limit landscape alternatives
Regulatory agencies not satisfied
 
   
Based on all discharges
Natural channel morphology conveys water and sediment discharge; hydrologic balance
Built with on-site materials
Cost is significantly lower than gradient terraces and down drains on steep slopes
Self-maintaining
Can reclaim steep slopes in stable and suitable configurations, save money on material moving
Increased slope aspect diversity promotes vegetation success and animal habitat
Natural beauty
Landscape designs can vary and provide alternatives
Regulatory agencies embrace, GeoFluv™ approach is award-winning
   
Description
 
The essence of the GeoFluv™ approach is to identify the type of drainage network, i.e., stream channels and valleys, which would tend to form over a long time given the site’s earth materials, relief, and climate to achieve a stable landform, and to design and build that landform. The resulting slopes and stream channels are stable because they are in balance with these conditions. They are a reclamation alternative to uniform slopes with terraces and down-drains. Rather than fight the natural forces that shape the land, GeoFluv™ helps the user create a landscape that harmonizes with these forces.

Natural Regrade software replaces lengthy and tedious manual calculations with fast, efficient design
Natural Regrade frees the user’s creative design energies
View topographic maps and three-dimensional images of the resulting landscape design
One-button volumes and cut / fill material balance calculations for designs gives instant colored-coded feedback
Rapid evaluation of many landscape design alternatives allows the user to select the optimum landscape design for bond alternatives, construction costs, changing mine plans, land use, etc.
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One-button view of 3D triangle mesh model of design helps user see effect of design changes fast
One-button profile viewing and editing of channels and slopes allows user to see and change slope anywhere in the design.
   
   
The user may modify the draft landform, for example to reduce the fill volume by lowering a ridgeline, and the software can almost instantaneously recalculate the cut/fill balance to meet the user’s design.
Natural Regrade is ideal for integrating with Global Positioning System and laser machine control to simplify and speed construction and reduce costs. The need to survey and stake the designs in the field is eliminated using these technologies.
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Natural Regrade Module
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$5000.00

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