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Capturing the built world and how to use it.Webinar: 12th October 2022/12-1 pm GMT Surveytech in partnership with Matterport will be presenting a practical webinar on 'How to Create Your First Digital Twin' featuring guest speakers Anil Sawhney from RICS and Stuart Leche from C9VT, moderated by Kate Bygrave from UK Construction Marketing and hosted by Surveytech's MD, Matt Lacey: History of digital twin technology What is a digital twin?  How are digital twins used? Understanding BIM What is Point Cloud Technology? How do we see digital twins working in the design and construction phases? Professor of Computer Science David Gelernter,...

Sometimes technology comes along that totally transforms how we work, so that after we get it, we can’t imagine life before. Machine Control is one of these. So what is it? Well, think of it like Sat Nav for excavators. We all know how helpful it is to have our phones guiding us where to drive, so it’s obvious that it would be even more helpful to guide someone where to dig, how deep and to what gradient, in a location where there aren’t even helpful road signs to help you navigate. Put simply, Machine control allows your operator to...

An Exciting New Release: The New Matterport Pro3 Lidar Camera

  Many people have assumptions when it comes to thermography, whether that being that thermal cameras can see through walls, or that thermography is just as simple as pointing a camera at something, however thermography is much more complicated than this. So what were going to do now is look at a few reasons as to why this is not the case.   What we need to remember when it comes to thermography, is that what we are dealing with infrared radiation. Like with most things, thermography has its limitations such as not being able to see through glass. Once...

Purchasing new survey equipment outright can get very expensive very quickly. Because of this, many senior engineers and independent surveyors now hire instead.In this post, we take a look at the benefits of survey equipment hire in the UK and why more and more companies are choosing it. Current Market Volatility When markets are volatile – as they have been since the advent of the pandemic – companies need to hunker down and protect themselves from the economic storm. Therefore, many are thinking twice about large capital outlays, such as buying new survey equipment.As such, hiring helps to mitigate risk....