LIVE DIG RADAR® TECHNOLOGY
Real-time, On-site Insights.
Enhancing efficiency and safety in excavation work.
real-time, on-site alerts for the prevention of damage to underground utility infrastructure during excavation.
The Live Dig Radar® is the only solution that can prevent utility strikes, protect your crew, and save downtime.
Automatic, real-time alerts
Any soil, any utility
High resolution data
Empowering the operator,
the contractor, and the
entire construction ecosystem
Embedded in the digging bucket, LDR technology overcomes existing GPR limitations, detecting underground utilities during excavation at any depth including shallow ones. On the surface and during trenching, LDR Excavate creates a new scan with each pass, consistently identifying targets only in proximity to the bucket.
Stop Digging Blind, Dig with Confidence.
FAQ
What is the purpose of the Live Dig Radar® (LDR) system?
The Live Dig Radar® (LDR) system is aimed for utility strike avoidance during excavation. It enhances excavation safety and productivity by automatically detecting any type of buried utilities, alerting the operators in real-time, on-site, delivering both position and depth.
What does an LDR system include?
The LDR system includes the following components:
- LDR Excavate™ digging Bucket – Integrated with a unique GPR sensor.
- LDR Platform Kit – including a junction box, cabling harnesses, and power supply.
- LDR Visualize™ Tablet and Software – enabling easy operation, providing real-time automatic alerts.
- Applications: LDR Insight™ – A cloud-based portal displaying the collective data review and analysis; LDR Capture™ – a mobile application allowing field team access to scan results and enrich information with jobsite data and images.
Does the LDR replace existing processes and regulations? Is it a mapping and surveying tool?
The LDR does not replace existing processes or regulations. The LDR is a job-aid system designed to complement and enhance existing processes, helping operators avoid utility strikes while digging. Although providing real-time actionable alerts of buried utilities, it is not intended for pre-project mapping or surveying purposes.
What are the key benefits of using LDR technology?
The LDR enables the excavator operator to avoid hitting utilities while digging, enhancing excavation safety and productivity, avoiding the down time, costs and other implications associated with utility strikes. The LDR scan results are displayed in real time, providing visual and audible alerts to the operator of suspected utilities including position and depth, requiring no off-site or offline expert analysis.
How does LDR technology compare to traditional GPR?
Unlike traditional GPRs and other locating and surveying systems which are used pre-project, the LDR is aimed at avoiding utilities during excavation itself. The LDR implements a proprietary Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)-based technology, integrated in an excavator digging bucket which can be added to any existing or new platform. The LDR sensor antennas are embedded in the bottom of the bucket and the processing electronics on its top.