Skip to main content
Challenge

Build a Coastal Seawall Maintenance Work Order Synthesizer

Audit coastal seawall asset conditions using STAC digital elevation models and surge records. Construct structured maintenance work orders and localized inspection dossiers for harbor engineering teams.

Data ScienceHosted by Vera
Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Audit coastal seawall asset conditions using STAC digital elevation models and surge records. Construct structured maintenance work orders and localized inspection dossiers for harbor engineering teams.

Harbor Asset Engineer

Ingest coastal defense structural manifests containing crest elevation, material type, and last inspection dates.

Query public STAC Item catalogs for post-surge high-resolution digital elevation models covering defense footprints.

Detect seawall crest elevation loss and shoreline toe scour exceeding maintenance tolerances.

Generate prioritized maintenance work orders with material estimates for municipal engineer review.

FastAPI web dashboard with an interactive map of coastal defense assets, elevation profiles, and work order dispatch queues.

Utilize STAC API endpoints queryable via PySTAC, with sample GeoJSON DEM STAC items staged in local test fixtures. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.

STAC specification Extracts STAC Item GeoJSON geometries, asset links, and spatiotemporal metadata according to the STAC 1.1.0 specification.

langgraph, pystac, shapely. Manages the multi-step cyclical state machine coordinating STAC asset fetching, elevation change analysis, and work order drafting. Local or hosted LLM with strong technical drafting and tabular JSON output capabilities.

Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.

Identifies elevation loss breaches along coastal barrier crest lines from STAC elevation assets.

Constructs repair work order manifests specifying structural station markers and estimated concrete volume.

Flags work orders for certified coastal engineering review prior to work ticket authorization.

```json [ { "input": { "_record_type": "simplified synthetic app record", "asset_id": "WALL-SECTOR-4B", "nominal_crest_m": 4.5, "survey_dem_elevation_m": 3.8, "length_affected_m": 60, "material": "reinforced_concrete" }, "expected_output": { "asset_id": "WALL-SECTOR-4B", "maintenance_required": true, "crest_deficit_m": 0.7, "work_order": { "urgency": "high", "action": "crown_elevation_remediation", "est_grout_volume_m3": 42, "review_status": "pending_pe_signoff" } } }, { "input": { "_record_type": "simplified synthetic app record", "asset_id": "WALL-SECTOR-12A", "nominal_crest_m": 5, "survey_dem_elevation_m": 5.1, "length_affected_m": 0, "material": "riprap" }, "expected_output": { "asset_id": "WALL-SECTOR-12A", "maintenance_required": false, "crest_deficit_m": 0, "work_order": null } } ] ```

Work orders are draft proposals for inspection and structural planning; no actual construction contracts or field repairs are initiated. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.

Rules

Participation guide

Work orders are draft proposals for inspection and structural planning; no actual construction contracts or field repairs are initiated. Use mock external writes and human review.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Identifies elevation loss breaches along coastal barrier crest lines from STAC elevation assets. Constructs repair work order manifests specifying structural station markers and estimated concrete volume. Flags work orders for certified coastal engineering review prior to work ticket authorization.

Submission format

Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
4 scoring checks
Binary
1 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
3 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

Complete workflow

Ingest coastal defense structural manifests containing crest elevation, material type, and last inspection dates. Query public STAC Item catalogs for post-surge high-resolution digital elevation models covering defense footprints. Detect seawall crest elevation loss and shoreline toe scour exceeding maintenance tolerances. Generate prioritized maintenance work orders with material estimates for municipal engineer review.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 2

Correctness and evidence

Identifies elevation loss breaches along coastal barrier crest lines from STAC elevation assets. Constructs repair work order manifests specifying structural station markers and estimated concrete volume. Flags work orders for certified coastal engineering review prior to work ticket authorization.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 3

Review interface

FastAPI web dashboard with an interactive map of coastal defense assets, elevation profiles, and work order dispatch queues.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 4

Safe execution

Work orders are draft proposals for inspection and structural planning; no actual construction contracts or field repairs are initiated.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Ingest coastal defense structural manifests containing crest elevation, material type, and last inspection dates.

  • Query public STAC Item catalogs for post-surge high-resolution digital elevation models covering defense footprints.

  • Detect seawall crest elevation loss and shoreline toe scour exceeding maintenance tolerances.

  • Generate prioritized maintenance work orders with material estimates for municipal engineer review.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Utilize STAC API endpoints queryable via PySTAC, with sample GeoJSON DEM STAC items staged in local test fixtures. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.

Challenge setup

Configuration summary for this challenge.

Challenge input

Input details are not configured.

LangGraph

Runtime for stateful agent workflows.

Evaluated output

No output checks are configured.

Evaluation checks
  • Ingest coastal defense structural manifests containing crest elevation, material type, and last inspection...
  • Identifies elevation loss breaches along coastal barrier crest lines from STAC elevation assets. Constructs...
  • FastAPI web dashboard with an interactive map of coastal defense assets, elevation profiles, and work order...
Configured evaluation evidence
  • 2 public reference cases
Configured runtime
  • 2 configured tools

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

View technical recipe

Configured tools

Action Space
  • LangGraph · Optional
Orchestration
  • LangGraph · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • Complete workflow · Weight 40
  • Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
  • Review interface · Weight 20
  • Safe execution · Weight 10

Reference cases

  • 2 public reference cases

Workflow tasks

No workflow tasks are configured.

Recipe freeze marker

No recipe freeze time is recorded.

Frequently Asked Questions about Build a Coastal Seawall Maintenance Work Order Synthesizer