EARTHWORK OPTIMIZATION

Explore alignments, cut earthwork expenses, and streamline your road design process efficiently

Optimize your road design process with tools like Softree Optimal's Path Explorer AI and Vertical Optimization to quickly identify low-cost corridor options and minimize earthwork, resulting in faster delivery and 10-30% savings on subgrade construction. This intelligent approach empowers efficient, cost-effective infrastructure development.

Earthwork Optimization Features and Functions

Path Explorer AI
Path Explorer AI is a quick & easy, preliminary road locating tool inside of the Terrain module. It is built to find optimized routes between two points, A & B, and does so in minutes!
You can include constraints like max grade, min cut / max fill, no-go zones, high-cost zones, and crossing costs.

Optimize Your Road Alignment: Vertically and Horizontally
Consistently find the lowest-cost vertical alignment design that satisfies your design constraints & standards. Vertical optimization on its own typically brings down construction costs by 10-30% or more, depending on the project. Horizontally optimization works within a defined range of IP movement. Resulting improvements over 50% cost reduction are not uncommon.

Design Time Costing
Built-in costing models allow you to calculate your alignment's subgrade construction costs as you design. Quantitively compare multiple alignments and design variables based on construction cost. Know your cost & reduce it.

Optimized Material Movement Schedule
Our Opti-Haul graphic is a detailed plan for visually analyzing optimal material movement. Similar to a mass haul, but with more detail, it includes movement by material and by direction. Opti-Haul graphic (and data export) gives users a prescriptive plan to reduce their haulage costs and make construction jobs more efficient.

Check Feasibility
Define your design standards and constraints ensure your alignment automatically meets your criteria. Check the feasibility of proposed designs and constraints. View your constraints through the visual feedback of the profile window (including display of the vertical band).

Automatically Balance Mass Haul with Smart Pits
Softree Optimal will look to internally balance your corridor. If not possible, Softree Optimal with leverage Smart Pits. Define available pit locations capacities, distance from the alignment, and preparation cost and Optimal will select the most appropriate ones.