Cameron Waters, Business Manager – Geospatial Systems at Aptella New businesses and those wanting to operate smarter, need the latest technologies to optimise efficiencies and workflows. Let me talk you through how you can increase your return on investment (RoI) and kit out your business with the latest equipment and software that surveying has to offer while reducing the risk involved in a large capital layout. In an ideal world, your fleet will include the highest spec robotic total stations, GPS, field controllers and software, as well as survey and engineering software. But the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the asset lifecycle needs to be factored in when setting rates and responding to tenders. Knowing what your business cost per hour to run can support
TBT EARTHWORKS LTD is a family owned and operated contracting company that had plans to increase the efficiency and productivity on site as they moved into more large scale, fine tolerance work. Trent O’Neill, one half of the father and son due that run TBT EARTHWORKS, saw a sponsored post on Facebook for the iDig Touch 2D excavator system from Aptella and thought it looked like it would fit their needs. “I got in touch and Troy from the Aptella Christchurch branch came out the following day for a demonstration. We put our name down for the system that day,” said O’Neill. “We are starting to get into a lot more large scale, fine tolerance work, being a
From left to right: Noburu Katsu (Chairman & CEO, Mitsui & Co (Australia)), Ian Petherbridge (Chairman, Aptella), Martin Nix (CEO, Aptella), Nobuaki Kitamori (Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co), Hiroshi Kubo (General Manager, Construction and Industrial Machinery Division, Mitsui & Co). The Mitsui representatives learnt about Tokara Link telematics and remote support technology, developed by Aptella to streamline the design file transfer and technical support capabilities on site by eliminating the need to visit machines in person. Global company becomes a corporate shareholder in intelligent positioning technology provider Aptella to amplify innovation across its core markets. Mitsui & Co. (Mitsui) is a Japanese organisation with operations in 66 countries worldwide. Specialising in identifying and realising innovation
Adam Burke, Aptella’ Geospatial Manager NSW It’s now a matter of rethinking the structure of survey practices or being left stranded, short staffed and priced out of the market. Stating the obvious – there’s a shortage of qualified surveyors A 2018 BIS Shrapnel study quantified what we’ve all been experiencing in recent years, and what is about to worsen dramatically. Nationally, globally in fact, there’s a dire shortage of qualified surveyors. In NSW alone, there is a current shortfall of 530. This is tipped to reach 680 by 2024. The impact is being felt across a number of industries – construction, mining and general spatial sectors – and there’s a delay and cost knock on effect to our
Stanwell Park – January 2019 by Gavin Docherty Between 1890 and 1900, in the sleepy seaside town of Stanwell Park, Lawrence Hargrave tirelessly experimented with his flying contraptions. He was one of only a small handful of aeronautical pioneers around the globe attempting to make manned flight a reality. As he sat on the dunes of Stanwell Park beach he studied the flying seagulls and realised that there was no magic to flight, just engineering. Although he was focussed on recreating the flapping motion of the wings for many years using a rotary engine, it was only when he realised it was possible to soar the updraft with a fixed wing that he made major progress. After several
