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September 23, 2008 :
Reclamation: Do It Right the First Time with Carlson Natural Regrade
Carlson Natural Regrade gives mining companies – actually, anyone faced with disturbed lands – an affordable and natural way to achieve sustainability when doing reclamation. Those in the future will thank you. For Detailed Information.
September 22, 2008 :
New From Carlson Software: Carlson Mine Financials
Get the total picture to improve mine efficiency and lower costs with Carlson Mine Financials from Carlson Software. For Detailed Information.
September 22, 2008 :
Winners of Carlson Mine Design Competition Announced
Seniors (all now graduated) from Virginia Tech, the University of Nevada-Reno, and the University of Kentucky took the top three places in the 11th Annual Carlson Software National Senior Mine Design Competition. For Detailed Information.
September 2, 2008 :
It's time to trade up to the Carlson Surveyor+
 Carlson Software is making it easier for surveyors to get the speed they want with the reliability they need by offering a trade-in program to help introduce their all new Carlson Surveyor+ data collector. For Detailed Information.
July 17 , 2008 :
Carlson Software Introduces All-New Simplicity 'Sight' Survey 2009
Get well orchestrated harmony of COGO and CAD with this new release from Simplicty/Carlson, perfect for DOTs and for firms working with DOTs. 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.

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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Pricing
 
Product Price
Natural Regrade Module
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$5000.00

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