Industries · Earthworks
Earthworks, grading and drainage to the centimetre
Measure the existing ground, set out batters and falls, check levels and work out cut and fill yourself. Add machine control and your excavators and dozers dig straight to the design.
Measure the existing ground
Survey the site as it is and build a surface for levels and volumes.
Set out slopes and falls
Batters, ditches and drainage falls set out from the design, with heights to the centimetre.
Check before you pay
Measure what was dug or filled and compare it to the design the same day.
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Fewer surprises in cut and fill
On earthworks the money is in the volumes and the levels. Measure the ground before and after with the UNI-Collect Survey Package and you know what was moved, without waiting for a survey report. The same data goes into UNI-Cloud, and from there into the cabin of an excavator or dozer with UNI-Machine.
Volumes over a surface
Heights against NAP or site datum
Same data in the cabin
What crews do with it
From the first topographic survey to the last drainage check.
Survey and volumes
- Topographic survey of the existing ground.
- Volume over a surface, for cut and fill.
- Stockpile volumes measured on foot.
Grading and slopes
- Set out batter tops and toes.
- Check slopes and finished levels against the design.
- Heights to the centimetre against NAP or your own datum.
Drainage
- Set out ditches, swales and drain runs.
- Check falls along a line, per segment.
- Record manholes, gullies and outfalls as built.
Demolition and site clearance
- Record foundations, cables and pipes before demolition.
- Set out site boundaries and exclusion zones.
- KLIC cables and pipes as a layer before you dig.
Machine control
- Design surface on the cab screen with UNI-Machine.
- Excavators and dozers dig and grade to design.
- Measure straight from the bucket.
Start with the survey kit
Most earthworks contractors start with the UNI-Collect Survey Package for levels, volumes and set-out, and add machine control once the design work is in UNI-Cloud.
UNI-Collect Survey Package
| UNI-GR2 GNSS receiver | |
| UNI-Cloud Professional, 1 year* | |
| UNI-Collect app | Included |
| UNI-RTK Premium, 1 year* | |
| Samsung Galaxy Active Tab 5.0 | |
| 200 cm carbon survey pole | |
| RAM tablet mount |
Prefer to use your own tablet, or your own RTK service such as SAPOS or FLEPOS? Get the full price list to see what that takes off the price.
*UNI-Cloud Professional and UNI-RTK Premium are yearly subscriptions. Prices exclude VAT.
Add LiDAR capture with an iPad Pro.
KLIC notifications in the field and on the map
Your KLIC data sits in the same project as your measurements, in the field and in the office.
- Request a KLIC notification directly in UNI-Cloud.
- KLIC viewer as a layer over your project in UNI-Cloud.
- Open and download KLIC documents from UNI-Cloud.
- Use imported GeoJSON as a KLIC layer.
- Use KLIC codes in UNI-Collect on the tablet.
- Also visible in UNI-Machine in the cabin.
Available from UNI-Cloud Professional.
Put the design in the cabin
UNI-Machine puts the design on the screen in your excavator or dozer, on the same receivers, cloud and corrections. Or add 3D LiDAR scanning for your own as-builts.
3D Package
Add LiDAR reality capture with an iPad Pro. Survey your own as-builts and capture trenches, facades and surroundings in 3D.
€ 6.990complete 3D package, excl. VAT
Machine Control
3D GPS machine guidance for excavators and dozers. Dig and grade straight to the design and cut rework on earthmoving jobs.
from € 17.995most common complete configuration, incl. first-year subscriptions, excl. VAT
Support that keeps you working
Our own support team in Hilversum answers the phone during office hours, on a local number in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. Those three numbers are an extra, not a limit: we help customers worldwide, by phone, email and chat, in several languages. What customers tell us most is that we keep them moving. Someone picks up a kit from a colleague, has never used it before and calls to ask how to set it up: that is usually sorted on the phone in a few minutes. If talking it through is not enough, we can take over the receiver remotely and look at it with you. For the harder cases we stay on it until you can get on with your work.
- Email and chat support on every plan.
- Phone support and remote assistance from Professional.
- A replacement receiver if yours fails, on Ultimate.
What our customers say
“Measuring tapes are a thing of the past. With the UNI-GR2 we are now able to equip every worker, foreman or technician in the field with an easy to use receiver to survey.”
Heijmans
The Netherlands
“By using the UNI-GR2 and combining it with our GIS tools, we have been able to work more efficient. On fibre optics projects, we are now able to skip about 50 process steps!”
BAM Infra Telecom
The Netherlands
“The stake-out function saves us a lot of time, with quick loading of points and lines. It’s easy to use, which is a big plus. We use the UNI-GR2 for baseline measurements, construction work, and sewer projects, and we’re very satisfied with it.”
T. Van de Haterd
The Netherlands
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Set out batter tops and toes, ditches and drain runs straight from your design, with heights to the centimetre against NAP or your own site datum. Check the fall along a line per segment before the pipe goes in.
Yes. UNI-Machine is 3D GPS machine control for excavators and dozers, on the same UNI-GR2 receivers, UNI-Cloud and corrections as the survey kit. The most common complete configuration is € 17.995 including the first-year subscriptions, excl. VAT. Your design, your measurements and the as-built sit in the same UNI-Cloud project.
Centimetre-accurate with an RTK fix from the UNI-GR2 and UNI-RTK Premium corrections. In the open you work to the centimetre; close to buildings, trees or other obstructions, where the sky view is limited, expect around 2 cm. Tilt compensation up to 45 degrees means the pole does not have to be held level.
The UNI-Collect Survey Package is € 5.645 the first year, complete with the UNI-GR2 receiver, a rugged tablet, a pole, the UNI-Collect app, one year of UNI-Cloud Professional and one year of UNI-RTK Premium. After that it is € 1.750 a year for the two subscriptions. Prices exclude VAT.
Yes. You request a KLIC notification directly in UNI-Cloud, and the cables and pipes load as a layer over your project, in the field on the tablet, in the office and in the UNI-Machine cabin. Available from UNI-Cloud Professional, which is part of the Survey Package.
Yes. Before demolition you record foundations, cables, pipes and boundaries to the centimetre, with the KLIC map as a layer. After clearance you measure the cleared ground as the starting surface for the new works.
Want to see it on your earthworks site?
Book a demo and we measure levels and a volume with you on your own site.
Or call us: +31 (0)70 700 7917