What do the DQM Contract Specifications Include?

In general, DQM contract specifications include details related to the following topics:

• Certification requirements
• Contractor-provided sensor and data requirements
  • Type, number, and locations
  • Quality control criteria
  • Minimum data performance requirements
  • Data reporting and format
  • Reference datum(s)
• Contractor-provided computer equipment
• Data-reporting interface requirements
• Quality assurance check descriptions and requirements (pre-dredging and during dredging)
• Table of contractor-specific deliverables
• Data format examples and related definitions

The Current Version of the Guide Specifications

Hoppers: https://sam.usace.afpims.mil/Missions/Spatial-Data-Branch/Dredging-Quality-Management/Specifications/Hopper/

Scows: https://sam.usace.afpims.mil/Missions/Spatial-Data-Branch/Dredging-Quality-Management/Specifications/Scow/

• Monitoring Profile
• Ullage Profile

Pipeline: https://sam.usace.afpims.mil/Missions/Spatial-Data-Branch/Dredging-Quality-Management/Specifications/Pipeline/

How do the New Guide Specifications Differ from the Old Ones?

The latest version of the Guide Specifications:

• Include the requirement for DQM Certification
• Contain a punch-list of DPIP requirements
• Are totally performance-based
• Standardize reporting across Districts (Lat/Long & UTC)
• Contain updated computer requirements
• Contain Internet access requirements
• Contain updated performance requirements

How do I use the New Guide Specifications?

The DQM Guide Specifications are to be included as an additional section in the dredging specification. 

How do I Determine which Scow Profile I Need?

Monitoring

Want to track changes in draft/displacement and heading (gives indication of leakage); for example, fate models

Ullage

Have slurry material that will seek its own level, so an accurate measure of bin volume is obtained