Survey Services

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Design Model Creation

Most engineering companies will issue AutoCad design models to their clients, but most of these models are un-useable to 99% of site engineers, project managers and stakeholders.

Issues designers create in digital models are:

• Wrong scales, millimeters to meters
• Too many points & Lines on top of each other causing confusion
• Designs tend to be all in one layer – confusion over what is what!
• Models don’t always suit what is on the ground, need’s checking
• Mistakes in the digital design vs the issued IFC drawings causing RFI’s to be raised

Our team can tackle these issues right from the beginning allowing everyone to be able to understand what it is we are constructing. With our advanced computer software we will make the design simple and useable which avoids mistakes.

Machine Automation Model Creation for Trimble, Topcon, Leica & Other Brands

Using the latest design models we can create and modify them to suit all the major brand machine control systems onsite. This will enable your teams to see exactly what they are building and to build with increased speed and accuracy.

Easy to understand machine models for operators so they can:

• Load fast into machines
• Easy to understand avoiding confusion
• Informative so no one gets lost onsite
• Accurate & precise models to suite Trimble – Topcon – Leica

Machine Automation also saves big money on hiring extra staff and equipment to check levels and setout design lines. All operators will have the latest revisions which can be updated at anytime.

Stay ahead of the pack with us!

GPS Rover – Total station design models

Our technology and advanced software can also produce the models you need for the survey team to upload straight to GPS rover units and total stations for simple setout of:

• Roads & Bridges
• Civil earthworks
• Retaining walls, underground services
• Structures

Bill of Quantities for Projects (Check approved quantities or create quantities)

Our professional team will use the design models created to calculate all volumes and quantities for each item in your bill of quantities for the project. Also we can help with future quoting and pricing on new projects.

Get your numbers right the first time so that no money is left on the table and reduce guess work.

Certain items we generally calculate for projects include:

• Volumes of cut material & fill material
• Gravel volumes for roads and pads
• Areas for hydro mulch, clearing and grubbing
• Concrete volumes for blinding and actual structure pours
• Pipework for civils & plant lengths
• Underground service line lengths
• Guardrails & road furniture

The list goes on because there is nothing that we can not calculate with design models and issued IFC drawings.

Weekly or monthly volume tracking for sites

It is extremely important to track and monitor your projects progress throughout it’s lifecycle.

Olympia surveys uses charts and reports to display vital data for your team of decision makers to make fast game changing moves that make a real difference.

• Cut and fill bulk volumes
• Volumes remaining and statistics
• Quantities of various materials onsite, road base, sand, unsuitable and others

As an extra bonus we can perform your weekly or monthly survey pickups to determine your values and progress.

Design checks for future problems (Clash detection & terrain analysis)

Before the contractor breaks ground our experts will check that the new design fits onto the parcel of land chosen and that new designs don’t clash with existing services and features.

Items that can go wrong here include:

• New services clashing with existing services
• Designed roads and kerb matching in with existing roads & kerbs
• Encroachments into neighboring boundaries and easements
• Design issues that make it impossible to construct within costs
• Structure issues within design that don’t work

Finding any of these problems before a project begins will save you thousands or even millions of dollars. It is your best insurance policy that actually gives you a return on investment.

CAD files, Plans & Conformance reporting

Design updates & Edits

Last but not least, design changes are always present on any project. This is why we are here to help keeping you updated and on the correct revisions for peace of mind.

• Update models to represent changes
• Re-run quantities and adjust volumes as needed
• Update GPS machines & instruments with new files to reflect changes
• Submit plans to key personnel demonstrate changes made for clarity

Most projects require conformance reporting also, this is where we can also help you. Part of the QA process all contractors will need to prove that construction methods are to the spec.

Qualified surveyors will need to locate layers of material, structures and services to prove to the client that everything is in the correct positions and heights relative to site.

Our reports include:

• Road conformance reports and plans
• Concrete conformance reports design vs as-built
• Pads & earthworks Finish levels to design vs as-builts
• Plans to prove volumes and areas constructed to design

And much, much more.