Environmental visualization
With the introduction of the Contaminants Extension, Leapfrog has stepped its “chemical interpolation and visualization game” up to the level of and even surpassing the specialty leader in this area, C-Tech’s Earth Volumetric Studio (EVS) software.
#Environmental visualization software license
The features are provided in an extension to the main software license called the Contaminants Extension. This deal is also a big recognition of and investment in Leapfrog and Seequent, which indicates that this tool won’t be going anywhere for a long time, that new exciting and differentiating features will continue to be added, and that the investment Environmental Standards has made in this tool in particular and in environmental 3D data visualization in general has been a sound one.Ī new suite of features for working with chemical concentrations inside of Leapfrog was introduced last year by Seequent. This acquisition is evidence of the arrival of a synthesized aboveground ( e.g., BIM, 3D CAD) and belowground (Leapfrog) visualization paradigm that has long been promised within the industry. Seequent, the software company that develops the flagship 3D visualization software (Leapfrog) we use at Environmental Standards, is being acquired by Bentley Geosystems, one of the world’s leading infrastructure engineering software companies. An Environmental Standards 3DVA-focused project abstract was accepted for a poster presentation at the 2021 Battelle Chlorinated Conference (the conference was recently cancelled due to COVID, but we hope to present there in 2022!).We began training and mentoring additional staff to support 3DVA projects by processing data, creating input files, and increasing proficiency in core 3DVA skills like Geographic Information System (GIS) and database management, thus increasing our 3DVA bench strength.We supported a strategic client with 3DVMs for multiple generation sites used in a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) capacity to identify data gaps, visually present the results of database analyses, and communicate complex site processes with multiple stakeholders and contractors.But with today’s much lower levels of effort and lower costs to create 3DVMs, these smaller clients are now able to benefit from the differentiating capabilities offered by 3DVA tools. Quick-turnaround 3DVMs were developed for several small sites with chlorinated volatile organic compound (CVOC) impacts that would traditionally not have the budget to support 3D visualizations.Animations of changing subsurface condition contours over multiple time periods were created. Complex 3D visualizations of natural gas field wells and geology in Pennsylvania were developed for confidential clients to support forensic field investigations.
#Environmental visualization update
The company has used 3DVA to support many exciting projects out of the Charlottesville, Virginia office. This past year we have seen the demand for our 3DVA services increase substantially.