The Quick and Simple Tripod Test.
One of the most overlooked part of any Surveying Equipment Kit is the Tripod. If the tripod is not maintained or checked then the consequences could be expensive.
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Are Cheap Laser Tape Measures any Good? (3 Models Tested)
How can you know if a cheap laser tape measure is any good? You can look at many reviews. You can look at the specifications from the manufacturers. You can talk to friends and family for their opinion. But the only way you will really know if the laser tape measure is any good is
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Methods for Booking a Levelling Run. The Rise and Fall Method.
This is a guide to the Rise and Fall method of booking a levelling run. This guide goes through the whole process using real world figures for the calculations
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Avoid these 3 Measurement Errors in Construction Setting Out
Setting out on construction sites always involves either taking measurements or giving measurements from points or base lines.
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Laser Levels vs Automatic (Dumpy) Levels
Laser levels and automatic (dumpy) levels both provide levels across a building, site, field, anywhere that you need a level plane. How they do this is different.
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A Guide to Buying a Total Station.
Thinking of Buying a Total Station? This article should help you decide which total station is for you. What is a Total Station? A Total Station is an instrument that measures both horizontal and vertical angles and distances. It used by Engineers and Surveyors for setting out 3-dimensional points and for recording 3-dimensional points. Total
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Methods for Booking a Levelling Run. The Height of Collimation Method
This is a complete guide on how to correctly book levels taken using the height of collimation method. This is how all Site Engineers in the UK will record and work out their readings.
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The Purpose and Importance of Levelling and the Automatic (Dumpy) Level.
What is the Purpose and Importance of Levelling? In Surveying and Construction the Purpose and Importance of Levelling is to find the heights or elevations of different points of interest in relation to a specific known datum. Knowing that specific points of interest are at the same or different heights or elevations is fundamental to
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Leica Rugby 620 Rotating Laser Level Review.
Thinking of buying the Leica Rugby 620 rotating laser level. Read this article before you do.
With so many rotating laser levels on the market it is difficult to know which one to buy.
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GeoMax Zone 20H Review
GeoMax Zone 20H Rotating Laser Review. One of the latest rotating laser levels to hit the market is the GeoMax Zone 20H. GeoMax is a new brand in laser level products but is part of the Hexagon Group which also has the Leica brand in its fold. GeoMax states that they are trying to provide
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