New Topcon technology improves efficiency for McAuliffe Group

摘要

Despite the construction sites being located in Telford, Wrexham and Manchester, for the most part, he has not had to leave his office in Wolverhampton. The contracts are diverse in nature, miles apart geographically and programmes are tight, but Dean, taking the role of engineer and project manager, is able to accurately measure progress on all three sites remotely through the use of specialist construction equipment supplier Topcon's "Sitelink" site management system. The Telford project involves removing 12,000m3 of rock material from the site to predetermined minimum depths to allow roads, foundations and an underground sewer network to be installed for a new housing development. Sitelink is being used on the project to relay excavation progress to head office. Topcon's 3D GPS instrumentation on two of McAuliffe's machines measure the line and level of the excavation while a Topcon base station on site ensures GPS readings are accurate to approx 20mm.