Construction & Excavation
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Whether its construction, rennovation, excavation or surveying, Leica Geosystems has the solution for you.
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The Bow, with construction costs at an estimated 1.5 billion Canadian dollars, is the largest office space in Calgary and the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto. During the construction of a skyscraper as complex as the Bow, the structure will temporarily lose its exact verticality and the building will tilt, contract, and expand. To ensure the functionality of such a complex and innovative design, MMM Geomatics, Ledcor Construction, and steel fabricators/erectors Supreme Walters Joint Venture, established an innovative “neutral” building control network that combined leading-edge technologies, advances in geomatics methodology, and rigorous quality control and quality assurance procedures to deliver precise real-time data. more
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Ten years ago, RTK surveys typically involved two GPS receivers (a base and a rover), a lot of batteries and cables, two radios, a tripod, a pole, and a backpack to carry it all. Today users can choose between a GPS or a GNSS receiver, and a radio or a mobile phone, and it all fits on the pole. With the establishment of RTK networks, they can also choose to work with an RTK rover within these networks instead of setting up their own base-station. Leica Geosystems SmartNet gives users easy access to precise Network RTK data, where they experience the best availability, reliability, and traceability using internationally recognized standards, combined with flexible and affordable subscription options that meet the needs of the local market. more
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The Panama Canal revolutionized sea transport from the outset: it linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the first time, permitting significant time-savings, as ships no longer had to go around South America and face the rough waters of Cape Horn. With a set of new locks it is currently being expanded to meet the needs of modern ship traffic. Leica Geosystems is supplying surveying instruments to the project awardee at one of the greatest civil engineering works ever undertaken. more
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A 3D excavator guidance system is helping earthmoving subcontractor Ebert Construction beat the schedule by 15 percent on a 9-million USD channel repair project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Topeka, Kansas. more
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Askham Bryan College is one of the country's foremost landbased colleges and provides education and training at all levels, from introductory courses for school leavers, right up to honours degrees. The beautiful residential campus at York, is only four miles from the historical city centre. In a competition the Leica Builder proved to be the perfect instrument for the gardeners. more
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How many surveyors are needed to stay ahead of 75 to 100 construction workers building a USD 100 million wastewater treatment and reclamation plant addition? Using traditional total stations and data collectors, such a project would normally require four or five people to handle the construction survey work. However, new-generation surveying equipment enabled field engineer John Simms to complete all of the work by himself. more
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Grading contractor Bernie Schmidtlein recently invested in an automated grader control system, and he’s glad he did. Last spring Schmidtlein used the system – a Leica PowerGrade 3D system – on its first project: a Home Depot warehouse in Topeka, Kansas. more
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One of Australia’s leading construction companies, Leighton Contractors, is realizing the benefits of using Leica GradeSmart and Leica DigSmart machine control technology during construction of Melbourne’s $331 million, 9.3 km Deer Park bypass. Leica Geosystems distributors CR Kennedy fitted several graders and excavators with the latest GNSS 3D technology to deliver higher productivity, machine utilization, and performance. more
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Clean water is a precious commodity – especially when there just isn’t enough. Unfortunately this is the case in the eastern parts of Australia which have been experiencing significant drought over the last two years. As part of an overall plan to forestall the effects of any future drought, and to buffer the effects of the current one, the Queensland Government’s Western Corridor Recycled Water Project was implemented. When it is constructed, it will be the largest recycled water scheme of its kind in the southern hemisphere – no small feat. more
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B-construct was founded by Danny Balloey in 1992 and built a strong re-pution for work made to measure in steel bridging, sluices, civil engineering, roof trusses and many other steel construc-tion works. more
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Hefilverk ehf. is a small Grading Company in Kópavogi south of Reykjavík in Iceland. The Company owns two active Graders: A Komatsu GD521AE year 2000 and a Caterpillar 140H year 2004 both mounted with Leica
GradeSmart machine automation systems with Cross Slope, SkiSonic and Laser detectors.
The owner of the company, Hilmar Gumundsson, has been driving Graders for several years and is known to be one of the best in the business in Iceland. more
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Grantham based McMullan Plant Hire and Construction hired their DC5 Dozer to Geraghty Construction Ltd to carry out site preparation work on the Mastercare site at New Link Business Park, Newark. The machine has been fitted with a Leica MC1200 GPS Machine Navigation Sensor supplied by Sleaford based AA Lasers Ltd. more
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The feature article "Performing Classic As-builts with Laser Scanning," from the March issue of the Professional Surveyor Magazine was written by Chris Gray and was taken from a presentation at the Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference in November 2005. The article talks about how the Mollenhauer Group utilizes 3D laser scanning to create classic as-builts for a revitalization project in Orange County. more
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"Uses of Scanning in Construction and Fabrication" details the applications and benefits of using high-definition surveys during these phases of a construction project. Specific user examples and project examples are given for civil, architectural, and plant construction projects. The article, by Geoff Jacobs, is the first in a set of three articles and appears in the February 2006 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. more
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Geoff Jacobs wrote this informative article about the uses of 3D laser scanning in building and architectural suveys for the June 2005 issue of the Professional Surveyor Magazine. more
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"As-Built Advances," by Thomas O. Service and William T. White was published in the December 2004 issue of Point of Beginning magazine. The teaser for the article reads, "Old and new technology keep an airport expansion project running smoothly." The article covers David Evans & Associates' use of High-Definition Surveying tools on the airport project. more
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"Sites & Structures: Part 1," by Geoff Jacobs was published in the July 2004 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. It covers the type of sites and structures that generally benefit most from High-Definition Surveys. In August of 2004 an article on the types of projects that benefit most from HDS will follow. more
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"Acting on Advancements," by Tom Service and Sean Douthett was published in the online version of Point of Beginning magazine on August 26, 2003. The article is available in the archive on the POB website. more
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Winvic Construction(Winvic), a specialist in the field of large distribution warehousing, is constructing a 350.000 square feet distribution warehouse for Barwood Developements. For checking the levels of the original ground under the effect of the loads Winvic uses the LEICA SPRINTER. more
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Network Rail has approved the DIGISYSTEM from Leica Geosystems for use on
Network Rail’s infrastructure. DIGISYSTEM comprises DIGICAT™ cable locator and its companion DIGITEX™ transmitter.
This latest approval enables companies not only to use DIGISYSTEM on railway maintenance contracts, but also provides
the opportunity to directly specify DIGISYSTEM in similar projects. more
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JCK Limited is striving to become one of
the Isle of Man’s leading Civil Engineering
Contractors with activities spanning the
complete building life cycle from quarrying
to demolition and everything in between.
The company is now using a Leica Geosystems
TCR 407power to carry out a wide
range of surveying operations quickly and
easily using only one operator. more
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(Reporter 50, April 2004) Laing Contractors Christchurch, New Zealand, have invested in a GradeStar 3D
machine control from Leica Geosystems to deliver engineering value and provide
greater job site accuracy. The GradeStar machine control system, based on the
robotic TPS1100 Total Stations series, was installed on a Cat 12G grader over an
existing Sonicmaster system. This 3D machine control system enables grader
operators to complete grading work in a shorter amount of time, more efficiently
and with greater accuracy. more
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Staying a step ahead on the construction site with
the new DISTO hand-held laser distance meter. more
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The “Big Dig” in Boston is the single largest, most complex and technologically challenging highway construction project ever undertaken in the United States. more
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Customers around the world are finding out firsthand how the RUGBY 100 is setting the standard for general construction lasers. more
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Without a doubt, Laser Alignment pipe lasers are the most rugged I have ever used. more
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U-Mole Chose the Digicat 100 Underground Service Locator. more
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RMD (Rhein-Main Deponie GmbH) operates the Floersheim-Wicker landfill. With a total surface area of more than 80ha., it is one of the largest landfills in Germany. more
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In December 2000 the first Machine Control System for Graders from Leica Geosystems was installed in Spain. more
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Stephansdom – Prater ferriswheel – Gasometer: these three man-made landmarks of Vienna have, for the past four decades, been prominently visible from afar. The UN City and the Millennium Tower have transported the Danube metropolis' skyline into modern times. The four gigantic Gasometers in the eastern section called Simmering, are being turned into living quarters and commercial centers. more
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Another prestige assignment for the DISTO hand-held laser meter: The
mason’s lodge of St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna has purchased the
"DISTO". St. Stephan’s is home to a biological diversity, as a recent
programme on Austrian television demonstrated. more
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Millions of people have seen it in books and on postcards; millions more have seen it at first hand during a visit to Australia. Survey engineer Steve Denning also knows it from above and below: a quartercentury after the Opera House was inaugurated, his know-how was needed to assess the effects of weather and sea-water on the structure, and fix the wear and tear. The initial task was to restore the granite promenade surrounds and sea wall of the Opera House. more
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With its 300 metre height, the distinctive feature of the new Commerzbank
high-rise office block in Frankfurt, which towers over all other buildings in this world famous banking city, is not just its imposing height. The London firm of architects, Sir Norman Foster and Partner, chose for the giant building, a triangular form, each side of which has a length of 60 metres. more
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Schönbrunn zoo old style meets new measuring technology. more
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"Bergen Industries, in cooperation with Cyra Technologies, Inc. provided laser scanning and 3D modeling services for the interior of an Intel semiconductor facility in Santa Clara, CA." To read more of the Case Study "As-built Survey for Planned Expansion of Semiconductor Facility," click on the PDF below: more
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Rieger Organs have been building and renovating organs for hundreds
of years. They are true masters of their art, but how can they be sure
that an organ they design will fit into the church, cathedral or concert
hall? more
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Measuring ceiling heights and across open spaces was always a problem for us before, now we can carry out this work really easily and safely. more
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The Vienna State Opera House is an imposing piece of architecture
and, along with St Stephen's Cathedral, is one of the most prominent
landmarks in the Austrian capital. It has achieved legendary status, and
rates as a leading place of pilgrimage for music lovers from all over the
world. more
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