Augmented Reality for Utilities — Use Cases and Benefits

CONFIRM TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ​LINE DESIGN
Get the design right the first time and avoid delays, repeat visits and rework. 

Superimpose transmission and distribution line designs against the backdrop of the real world. Visualize and validate designs prior to construction. Includes:
  • Line clearance and transmission blowouts
  • Tower or pole height and placement with +/- 2 inch accuracy
  • Clash detection and overlap before construction crews arrive on site
  • Get faster customer sign off

Click on the video below and watch Trimble SiteVision for Utilities bring your PLS-CADD designs to life!

OPTIMIZE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Reduce or eliminate fines due to vegetation encroachment.

Decrease the time and effort to lay out crew routes.

​Optimize where to trim and how much.

Equip utility foresters and contracted vegetation management crews with SiteVision for Utilities:  
  • View tree canopy and brush while overlaying visual cues to help them understand what and where to trim
  • Identify risk from tree fall-in and remediate on the spot with precision

VISUALIZE STREET LIGHTING
Get the design right the first time and avoid repeat visits and rework.

Review lighting designs superimposed on future sites with your crew and customers to validate prior to construction. Visualizations include:
  • Light pole configuration and placement 
  • Manufacturer photometric 
  • Pole location 
  • Street light height and tilt

​Click on the video below and watch Trimble SiteVision for Utilities bring your street light designs to life!

Other Popular Augmented Reality Utility Use Cases

Electric and Natural Gas utilities can bring utility-centric designs in true-to-life scale, in the context of their existing surroundings — from any angle or position — to improve operations.
Prevent damage before excavation work​
View rich, intelligent Utility-centric data in 3D
Improve customer engagement and crew plans
Visualize utility industry specific design formats​
Confirm property boundaries and right-of-way
Find buried infrastructure without digging​
Verify substation design and placement
View transmission overhead designs before construction​
SiteVision for Utilities also enables our customers to 
  • Accelerate corridor planning and design cycles
  • Eliminate the need for physical stakes       
  • Quickly and accurately assess damage to infrastructure
  • Visualize pole and line data to inform design decisions
  • Support solar panel and solar farm design placement