Introduction

This document is the fourth part in a series of documents covering data communication involving earth-moving machinery, as defined in ISO 6165, on construction worksites.

ISO 15143-1 defines the architecture of a worksite information system used to transfer information from the earth-moving machinery (EMM) to various users via the worksite information system.

ISO 15143-2 defines the individual data elements in a data dictionary.

This document is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15143-1 and ISO 15143-2.

ISO/TS 15143-3 defines a set of data elements common to the status and health of EMM that is collected by multiple OEMs or third-party telematics suppliers and distributed over the internet to application software used to manage machine operation.

ISO/TS 15143-3 focuses on data for management of a fleet of machines, independent of worksite, while this document focuses on data for management of a worksite and the assets specific to that worksite.

Construction worksites vary greatly in size, tasks, complexity, and scope of work. Some worksites have more design models, stakeholders, tasks and local regulations than others. In addition, most worksites have different construction contractor companies involved in various phases of the construction process. Each company can use different technologies for executing tasks. Grade control is a common technology used for earth moving to enhance operator productivity by augmenting control of a machine’s working tool using a 3D design model of the worksite. The main high-level elements of a grade control solution are on-machine hardware, local job correction, field measurement equipment, design models, and offboard software tools. This document takes into account the current state of the art in machine guidance technology (grade control, compaction, etc.).

Stakeholders on the worksite must be able to interact effectively in order to complete a construction project as efficiently as possible. ISO 15143-1 defines protocols enabling different vendors of various grade control systems to efficiently interoperate on the same worksite. This document defines specifications relating to solutions both on and off the worksite.

This document focuses on the earth-moving phase of a construction worksite. Earth-moving activities are needed for many applications, such as water runoff management, stripping and reclamation, sanitary landfills, worksite development and roadbuilding.

Conformance to this document means that the relevant solutions have the specified capabilities. However, this document does not imply designing solutions that require the end-users to use these features. Since there are so many variations in job sites, tasks, and business relationships between stakeholders on a project, possibly not all of the capabilities provided on specific sites will be used. While it is possible that the end-user will not use all of the capabilities provided, conformance to this document means that the solutions include the required capabilities. Some examples include the following:

— The ability to provide information on RTK data sources to the vendor integration system (VIS) is a required capability of the site management system (SMS); however, the end-user of a particular SMS on a specific site can choose to not provide information on RTK data sources to the VIS on that site.
— A VIS can provide information about asset operators; however, this document does not require the VIS end-user to enter this information.

It is the responsibility of the user of this document to determine the applicability of legal and regulatory requirements prior to use.

Certain nouns in this document are programmatic and key elements of implementation, such as types, enumerations, and URL elements. For clarity, these programmatic nouns are italicized and use a different font from the rest of the document.