{"id":1328,"date":"2022-10-11T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/insights\/the-evolution-of-vegetation-management-technologies\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:11:48","slug":"the-evolution-of-vegetation-management-technologies","status":"publish","type":"news-and-insights","link":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/fr\/insights\/the-evolution-of-vegetation-management-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Vegetation Management Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-white\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        \n        <div class=\"row\">\n                            <div class=\"col-lg-8 columns js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                                        <div class=\"wysiwyg__columns-text-top\">\n                        <div class=\"option-links\">\n                            <ul>\n                                                                                                        <li>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/services\/field-services-inspection\/utility-vegetation-management\/\" \n                                        target=\"_self\">\n                                        Utility Vegetation Management                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/li>\n                                                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                        <p>Increasingly, utility companies are using technology to transform how they plan and manage their vegetation programs. Five years ago, most vegetation management (VM) programs primarily utilized LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to determine vegetation proximity to utility assets. But today, they can perform hazard assessments and identify vegetation by species, growth patterns, health, density, proximity, and how likely vegetation is to infringe on utility infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>From production forecasting to process and system modeling and optimization, identifying and implementing appropriate VM technology is now crucial to ensuring the successful outcome of VM projects. VM technology has gone through a series of transformations in the recent past, allowing utilities and contractors to utilize large data sets to better understand and evaluate risk factors in their VM programs. While old data sets might be able to tell simple readings for elevation and general classifications, such as identifying a tree and a car, modern technology and advancements in deployable artificial intelligence have allowed for more definable and specific classifications. Utilizing satellite technology, operators can now identify specific vegetation by species, and capture images on a continuous basis in order to model and predict growth patterns, climate impacts on vegetation, as well as disease, pests, and invasive species. This insight helps inform the utility of where vegetation might spread in and around their lands and assets.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite imaging technologies have begun to take precedence over LiDAR. While Lidar informs where vegetation is in proximity to electrical assets and requires more human involvement and specialty equipment on which to deploy the system such as a vehicle, drone, helicopter, or fixed-wing aircraft and driven by or flown over assets, satellite imaging technologies can capture and identify a multitude of variables within vegetation. Additionally, some satellites are geostationary, allowing for imaging captures and surveys to be conducted instantaneously. Market trends demonstrate that the VM industry is embracing the actualized benefits that instant, constant scans provide in tracking vegetation changes and corresponding impacts resulting from various types of major weather events, climate change impacts, wildfires, or invasive insects and diseases.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-lg-4 columns js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                                        <div class=\"wysiwyg__links js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                        <div class=\"wysiwyg__links__top \">\n                                                        <h4>Related Services<\/h4>\n                                                                                    <ul class=\"js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/markets\/power-and-utilities\/\" target=\"_self\">Power and Utilities<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <\/ul>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"wysiwyg__links__bottom\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/services\" target=\"_self\">View All Services<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- End Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n\n<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-light-gradient\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                    <div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper\">\n        \n        <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n                                                                                \n                                                <\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"col-lg-12 js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                    <h2>Adapting Approach<\/h2>\n<p>Utilities are utilizing this new technology and information to change the way they approach their VM programs. While cyclical maintenance work is still crucial, operators are looking at how to optimize current budgets based on advancements in modeling data and ensuring every dollar allocated provides the maximum return on spend. Advancements in technology allow utilities to utilize survey data and identify hotspots within their systems with higher tree densities and known reliability impacts. When utilities possess the ability to identify which species of vegetation grow faster in proximity to, or pose an increased hazard risk to their assets, they can strategize to get ahead of the problem areas. This can allow utilities to extend cyclical maintenance periods, by identifying and mitigating risk factors and optimizing VM program operations by addressing areas with elevated needs. Performing this work also helps to improve reliability performance and metrics, ultimately leading to less frequent outages. When outages do occur, they are shorter in duration and are able to be addressed in a timely manner, reducing overall impacts to reliability.<\/p>\n<p>One example of a project where VM technology proved crucial was a case where a utility needed help with wildfire mitigation. In order to inventory trees that put the client\u2019s power infrastructure at risk, TRC assisted with the development and implementation of a digital program that utility and contractor crews used for data collection. Field workers were able to capture photo documentation of a tree and its environment with their iPhone or Android handheld device, upload it to a form, and have the resulting information roll into a centralized database where it was joined with all other data points to form a wholistic programmatic model. The VM team would then review the field data and categorize the trees and relevant constraints based on work type and location.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- End Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n\n<!-- Start Block: acf\/innerpage-half-text-half-image -->\n\n<section class=\"half-and-half flex-row section-padding image-block-left bg-white text-column-one image-size-cover\">\n    <div class=\"half-and-half-image\">\n        <div class=\"half-and-half-image__wrap\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"object-fit\" alt=\"GettyImages-1171953460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1171953460-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"half-and-half-text\">\n        <div class=\"half-and-half-text__wrapper js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                                        <h2>How can TRC help?<\/h2>\n<p>As an industry leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/services\/field-services-inspection\/utility-vegetation-management\/\">Vegetation Management<\/a>, TRC assists clients in all aspects of VM technology. To solve a client\u2019s problem, we do not simply pull existing technology off the shelf \u2013 we excel in both extending technologies and working with our clients to identify and develop new solutions to fit our client\u2019s needs. TRC has a unique blend of disciplines that is rare in this industry \u2013 while other consultants typically focus on one or two areas, TRC has biologists, archeologists, permitting specialists, project managers, accountants, and more that are ready to help you with any aspect of VM that you need without the complications and potential conflicts that come from being a subsidiary or affiliate of a tree company.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- End Block: acf\/innerpage-half-text-half-image -->\n\n<!-- Start Block: acf\/innerpage-cta-bar -->\n<section class=\"global-cta innerpage-cta cta-purple\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"global-cta-wrapper  \">\n                                            <h2>Embrassez le changement<\/h2>\n                                <div class=\"global-cta-image\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" width=\"316.566\" height=\"369\" viewBox=\"0 0 316.566 369\">\n                        <defs>\n                            <pattern id=\"pattern\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" viewBox=\"117.006 0 316.566 369\">\n                                <image preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid slice\" width=\"655.35\" height=\"369\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/39d0937c-tsdos.webp\"><\/image>\n                            <\/pattern>\n                        <\/defs>\n                        <path id=\"Union_8\" data-name=\"Union 8\" d=\"M72.087,369,206.869,190.294h109.7L182.891,369ZM0,195.818H68.4l28.66,44.507L68.4,286.43Zm0-10.747L68.4,94.466l28.66,46.1L68.4,185.071Zm205.769-6.365L72.087,0h109.7L316.566,178.706Z\" fill=\"url(#pattern)\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"global-cta-content\">\n                    <p>Collaborez avec les praticiens test\u00e9s de TRC<\/p>\n                    <p>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/contact-us\/\" title=\"Contact Us\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" >Contact Us<\/a>                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                        \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- End Block: acf\/innerpage-cta-bar -->\n\n<!-- Start Block: acf\/innerpage-news-and-insights -->\n<section class=\"image-cards image-cards--news-and-insights section-margins image-cards--with-slider image-cards--innerpage\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"image-cards__wrap\">\n            <div class=\"image-cards__left\">\n                <div>\n                    <h2>Partager nos perspectives<\/h2>\n<p>Nos praticiens partagent leurs id\u00e9es et leurs points de vue sur les tendances et les d\u00e9fis qui fa\u00e7onnent le march\u00e9.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"image-cards__btn\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/insights\/\" title=\"View More\" class=\"btn btn-tertiary\" >View More<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"image-cards__right\">\n                    <div class=\"js-image-cards-slider fx-slider\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- End Block: acf\/innerpage-news-and-insights -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilities are transforming the way they approach vegetation management programs, thanks to new advancements in technology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13557,"template":"","tags":[189,280],"news-and-insights-category":[363],"services-category":[1005,1000],"custom_category":[1010],"class_list":["post-1328","news-and-insights","type-news-and-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-electric-utilities","tag-power-and-utilities","news-and-insights-category-insights","services-category-electrical-and-power","services-category-field-services-inspection","custom_category-power-utilities-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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