In April, we brought you the news that Topcon would be releasing a new range of Machine Control solutions which included a faster, responsive MC-i4 GNSS receiver and an updated Control box, the GX-55. As with all Topcon products, the new solutions are compatible for all makes and models of machine offering the ultimate flexibility for either aftermarket, retrofit option or a change to a factory-fitted solution. Building on the success of its predecessor, the GX-60, the new GX-55 control box offers a range of new features to make getting to grade faster and easier. The new control box includes integrated grade indicator LED light bars for a quick visual grade reference. Plus the customisable grade tones provide
Australia’s civil construction industry is sophisticated and world-leading, with high adoption rates of the latest technology compared with other developed nations. That’s not to say that adoption is high, far from it, as construction remains a serial productivity underperformer and spends less than half the global manufacturing industry on automation. That said, technology including machine control and state-of-the-art surveying tools such as GNSS, robotic total stations, 3D laser scanning and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) are commonplace on most major civil projects in this country. The Australian market is unique in that it aligns more in accuracy requirements to European standards, yet sources the vast majority of its machinery from the United States. This throws up some anomalies
Victorian-based Sure Constructions is a road and civil construction company servicing the greater Gippsland Area with locations in the west, south and far east. Businesses Gippsland Pipelines (Sewer and Water infrastructure) and Stable Roads (Road Stabilisation) are both owned by Sure Constructions and are an integral part of the dynamic Sure group. Associate Director and Director of Gippsland Pipelines Mark Steggall loves to explore the use of the latest technology to improve productivity, safety and efficiency. Topcon GPS technology has been in the business for nine years with machine control being utilised for the last seven. Recently, Mr Steggall and his colleagues used Topcon GPS technology to excavate two deep shafts over 6.5m in depth using a combination
Topcon Positioning Group announces increased integration in the Autodesk and Topcon reality data workflow that is designed to increase project efficiency. Raw scan data from the Topcon GLS-2000 laser scanner can now be taken directly into Autodesk® ReCap 360® and ReCap 360 Pro® with no intermediate software conversion steps necessary. This integration is designed to streamline point cloud analysis to quickly identify conflicts, measure variations and make adjustments at various stages of a construction project. “With the Topcon and Autodesk BIM solution, users can speed up the process by now directly importing their scan data into ReCap 360 and 360 Pro for every step of the point cloud process — registration (Pro only), cleanup, indexing, segmentation and more,”
Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems announce a new level of direct communication between Bentley’s design applications and Topcon mobile work force products with the upcoming MAGNET® 4.0 release. With the direct communication from MAGNET Enterprise to Bentley’s ProjectWise, users of Topcon’s industry-leading family of MAGNET and 3D-MC software solutions can now, while working in the field, access or receive i-models created by Bentley’s OpenRoads design modelling technology. Furthermore, the survey data and as-built conditions captured by Topcon’s field devices can be brought back into Bentley’s design applications using the same MAGNET to ProjectWise direct connection. “The direct connection to Bentley’s ProjectWise in MAGNET Enterprise allows project managers to distribute i-models directly to their Topcon field devices,” said
