Entries by IT Support

Using SCS900 software for surface grade checking

 On any civil construction project where grading is being carried out, it’s important to know the accuracy of the surfaces you’re leaving behind. The technical specs of your grade control system tell you the horizontal and vertical accuracy you can achieve under ideal conditions, but things like machine geometry and hydraulic responses can have an […]

Sandpiper Dredging helps replenish Sorrento Beach

Popular Sorrento beach had been losing its sand! As summer approached, Sandpiper Dredging utilised hydrographic survey technology to replenish the beach. Shifting sands in Port Phillip have left the front beach at Victoria’s popular destination of Sorrento beach lacking sand. As summer approached, the Mornington Peninsula Shire and Australian Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) […]

Trimble Site Controller Software – measure and set-out

Last week we introduced Trimble Site Controller software and gave an overview of what the latest version, 3.4, can do for civil and construction applications. This week Shaun Gray, Construction Systems Support, is back to show us just how simple the system is to use, with examples from the measure and stake (set-out) mode. If […]

Innovate, Excavate, Repeat: The QGC Pipeline Project

Murphy Pipe and Civil is no stranger to creative problem solving. The company’s work for QGC to install upstream gathering pipelines for the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project in south-west Queensland has required innovative solutions to unique problems, including the adaption of marine guidance software to ensure its fleet of Spiderploughs could accurately install pipelines […]

Trimble ProjectSight

One Tool. Total Control. When it comes to project management, control is everything.  Projectshight unifies the field and the office with a single-source of collaboration and the latest plan sets and documentation.  So everybone is working from the same playbook. Visit Trimble ProjectSight for more information.