The Silent Inspector System

Category:

Claims Resolution

Operating Procedures

Production Monitoring

Description:

The Silent Inspector (SI) is a data-acquisition, communication, analysis, and reporting system

developed by the USACE to assist in the inspection of contract dredging operations. The SI has

successfully served as an inspection and management tool for numerous USACE contract

dredging projects. Project management, environmental surveillance, claims reduction, and

standardized contractor requirements are all addressed by the SI. The SI is fully developed for

hopper dredging operations, with a system for hydraulic pipeline dredges under development.

The SI system can successfully be applied to more Corps dredging projects.

To ensure that the SI is widely adopted within the Corps and its contract dredging industry

partners, a Process Action Team with both Corps and industry participation has been formed.

This team will recommend standards (data acquisition, data transfer, and quality assurance) that

comprise the functional aspects of the SI for approval by Corps policymakers.

Reviewer:

C. Woolley

Company / Organization(s):

Projects Completed:

Location:

Numerous Corps dredging projects on all coasts

Information Sources:

Literature:

Title:

"The Silent Inspector System"

Author:

James Rosati III

Month:

Year:

1998

LitType:

Report/Proceedings

Publisher:

WODCON XV, Las Vegas

Page:

103

Chapter 5 Other Technologies Reviewed