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Responsive vs. Determinate Earthworks Progress Monitoring
The two ways of tracking change on a construction project are the responsive method and the determinate method. It’s important to understand the difference between the two and choose the best solution for your construction site. First, lets define these two methods and understand the difference between them.
Achieving Repeatable Drone Surveys For Accurate Volumes
In the previous post we evaluated the accuracy a single drone data set and concluded it was excellent for earthworks. Once we have a single high quality data set we must focus on consistency. Maintaining repeatable results is extremely important for earthworks quantity tracking and progress reporting. Dozens or hundreds of flights may be conducted…
Drone Accuracy – Why More Data is Better
Have you wanted to use Drones for your earthworks as-built surveys, but been unsure about the accuracy and quality? You’re not alone. Civil Tracker’s market research shows that despite the proliferation of drones the large majority of earthworks quantity reports are still completed using conventional GPS. A few reasons this may still be the case…
Why Earthworks Is (not) Easy
Earthworks is an often undervalued piece of the overall construction project. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “Earthworks is Easy”, usually expressed by people who don’t know a thing about it. Any Earthworks Professional knows quite the opposite is true. Earthworks is certainly not easy if you want to make a profit.…