Industries · Solar farms
Solar farm set-out, pile by pile
Thousands of pile positions, cable trenches, stations and fence lines, set out to the centimetre by your own crew. Record the cables as built before the trench closes.
Set out the piles
Pile positions straight from the layout, numbered row by row.
Record the cables
DC and AC cable routes measured in the open trench.
Deliver the as-built
Cables, stations and fences in DWG, CSV or NLCS++.
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Your own pace on a big field
A solar farm has thousands of points to set out, and the piling crew should not wait for them. With one or more UNI-Collect Survey Package kits your team sets out pile positions ahead of the piling rig, and records cable trenches and stations as built. Everything lands in UNI-Cloud for the office and the grid operator.
Pile positions from the layout
Cable as-builts in the open trench
Several kits in one project
What solar crews do with it
From the first topographic survey to the grid connection.
Survey and design
- Topographic survey of the field.
- Volume over a surface for grading.
- Export to DWG or LandXML for the design.
Set-out
- Pile positions, row by row.
- Stations, inverters and transformer foundations.
- Fence lines, gates and access roads.
Cables
- DC and AC cable routes in the open trench.
- Depth of cover on every point.
- KLIC cables and pipes as a layer before you dig.
Delivery
- Deliver in NLCS++ to the grid operator, with UNI-Cloud Ultimate.
- Several crews in one UNI-Cloud project.
- A public project link for your client.
The kit for solar crews
The UNI-Collect Survey Package for pile set-out and cable as-builts. On larger fields you can run two or more kits in one UNI-Cloud project.
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.
Grading and scanning
Grade access roads and pads with UNI-Machine on your excavator or dozer, or capture stations in 3D with the 3D Package.
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. Load the layout in the UNI-Collect app and set out each pile position to the centimetre, with a direction arrow and the pile number. Several crews can work in the same UNI-Cloud project at once.
Yes. Record DC and AC cables in the open trench with their depth of cover and photos, and deliver the as-built in NLCS++ to the grid operator (with UNI-Cloud Ultimate) or in DWG and CSV to your client.
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. 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.
Want to see it on your solar site?
Book a demo and we set out a row of pile positions with you, from your own layout.
Or call us: +31 (0)70 700 7917