2019 SHOWCASE AWARDS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Software and > Studies, Special Services
Landslides: an Agent-Based Simulation (LABS) FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT / OWNER: Stantec Consulting Ltd. LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta LABS, a landslide simulation software application developed by Stantec, provides high-accuracy predictions to help mitigate risk to buildings, infrastructure, and human life. Using readily available digital elevation models and aggregate landslide data accumulated over 20 years, LABS predicts and displays travel paths, distance, and volumes of landslides without requiring specific data on geology, soils, or precipitation. A standalone program, it generates rapid and cost-efficient simulations; and exports files for advanced hazard and risk assessments. LABS is intended to reduce the overall impact to human safety and the built world.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS A very interesting project that will benefit less developed communities in the future with potential to minimize impact to people and infrastructure.
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