Abstract

Road Contamination Screening Application (RCSA)
Track: Environmental Management
Authors: Eudel Cepero, José Rodriguez, Amit Hazra

The RCSA is a custom web-based application that allows users to screen project corridors and drainage designs to determine whether contamination sites impact road projects, delineate any contaminated risk areas located within project limits, identify any proposed drainage structure(s) located within a contaminated risk area and identify and list the contaminated site(s) that will potentially need an environmental assessment. The RCSA provides an early awareness of any potential contamination concerns on a road project. Saves time to research the current environmental status of each property that is listed as potential impacts and avoids project delays to designers and construction activities due to contamination concerns. The RCSA use a combination of dynamic segmentation, proximity, overlay, extract and data conversion on a Silverlight-based ArcGIS Server application. The RCSA has been in use for over a year with excellent results and could be a valuable tool for any type of linear project.