Equipment
The instruments decide what can be promised
A practice can only commit to what its instruments can measure. Here are ours, and what they make possible.
3D capture
- Trimble SX10
3D laser scanner
since 2019Dense capture of structures and buildings, with an integrated robotic total station. It sets the reference everything else is registered to.
- Robotic total station built into the scanner
- One set-up for both scanning and surveying
- Complete capture of architectural detail
- Supplied with a Trimble T1 field tablet
- NavVis VLX 2
Wearable SLAM scanner
since 2024Mobile mapping of complex interiors and large volumes, captured on the move. Georeferenced onto control points surveyed with the SX10.
- Two 16-layer LiDAR sensors and four 20 MP cameras
- 360° capture without the operator in frame
- Georeferencing via total station and GNSS
- Up to 10× faster than a static scanner (manufacturer figure)
Airborne
- senseFly eBee X
Fixed-wing drone
since 2019Photogrammetric coverage of large extents, where a multirotor would not have the endurance.
- Fixed wing: long endurance, wide coverage per flight
- Programmed flight along a mission plan
- Orthophotos and digital surface models
- Estates, golf courses, developments, long corridors
- DJI Phantom 4 RTK
RTK multirotor drone
since 2019Small sites, constrained locations and close-range capture, with onboard RTK positioning.
- Vertical take-off and landing on constrained sites
- RTK positioning: fewer ground control points required
- Slow, low flight for fine detail
- Construction monitoring and structure inspection
Ground survey
- 2 × Trimble M3
Robotic total stations
since 2018Detail survey and setting out by a single operator, the robotic instrument tracking the prism.
- Detail survey and setting out
- Geometric control of structures
- Single-operator operation
- Tied to the national coordinate system
- 7 × Sokkia SET 510
Optical total stations
since 2000The baseline capacity: seven instruments mean several crews can be deployed on separate sites the same day.
- Seven instruments deployable simultaneously
- Routine surveys and setting out
- Redundancy when an instrument is out of service
- Crew training on a straightforward instrument
GNSS positioning
- Trimble R8S, R12, R2
RTK GNSS receivers
since 2021Centimetre positioning and tying surveys into the national system. Five bases and several rovers allow parallel work across sites.
- 5 base and 2 rover Trimble R8S units
- Trimble R12 and R2 for RTX/RTK and static work
- Trimble TSC and TDC field controllers
- Registration of drone missions and SLAM captures
Processing and output
- Trimble Business Center, NavVis SiteMaker
Processing pipeline
since 2024Capture is only half the work. Point clouds and survey data are processed in house, through to A0 plotted drawings.
- Trimble Business Center Advanced Survey
- NavVis Desktop SiteMaker for SLAM data
- AutoCAD and COVADIS for drawing production
- A0 plotters and large-format scanner in house
Deployment capacity
- 6 vehicles
Field fleet
since 2018Not a detail: the lead time we quote depends on how many crews can leave the same morning.
- 5 Renault Kangoo for survey crews
- 1 Skoda Kodiaq for long-distance travel
- Several sites covered simultaneously
- Deployment across the whole country
Photographs of the equipment and extracts from real deliverables — point clouds, orthophotos, digital terrain models — will be published here. No stock imagery is used to represent our equipment.