Case Study
Saskatchewan Remote Control Weigh Station (RCWS)
Saskatchewan Remote Control Weigh Station (RCWS) Project Description: For this project IRD designed, developed, supplied and installed a Remote Control Weigh Station (RCWS)—the rst of its kind in Canada.The project was a coordinated e ort between IRD and the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The RCWS allows monitoring and weighing of vehicles from a remote location through an Internet link. The Macklin RCWS features an inspection station complete with static scale on Highway 14, along with four monitoring stations located on the four highways adjacent to the inspection station. The system tracks commercial vehicle tra c through the monitoring stations and displays information on each vehicle that shows if the vehicles are in violation of weight limits. When vehicles report to the in