Building a better future with measuring technology

作者：Renata BarradasGutiérrez

Houses, buildings, schools, bridges, roads and any infrastructure you can think of stand not only in the material and structure that support them but in the work and know-how of the people who built them. Qualified and skilled labour has never been more vital for not only the construction industry but for the economical well-being of societies and countries. Craft trade schools, vocational schools and trainee programs can provide the valuable hands-on and work experience needed for construction projects and building construction companies.

The农村发展组织（RDO），成立于2012年并在坦桑尼亚成立，意识到学习新贸易的改变潜力。RDO与Eine Welt Gruppe Schlins合作 - Röns，致力于改善坦桑尼亚高地Mdabulo和Kilolo地区人民的长期生活条件，通过可持续性和知识转移原则的各种计划，。RDO通过职业培训和建筑项目为年轻男女开放机会 - 列卡地理系统设备被证明有用的事业。

的转移mative power of lasers and levels

对于该地区的年轻人，主要是从生存农业生活的年轻人，RDO培训中心是扩大前景的机会receiving training on diverse craft trades and sustainable agricultural practices。RDO’s beneficiaries usually come from an agricultural holding and completed compulsory schooling but couldn’t continue their studies. The training provided by RDO in specialised areas includes practical and theoretical courses and is completed by a state examination.

“Craft trades have no tradition here, which is why craft training places are rare, and the infrastructure for such training is generally very poorly developed. In addition, there are only a small number of secondary schools, which are only affordable for a fraction of the population,” Eine Welt Gruppe Schlins的项目经理Johannes Rauch解释说。

到support the mission of RDO, Leica Geosystems donated aLeica NA730自动水平, aLeica Rugby 800 Seriesrotating laser and a distance metre to the organisation. Since then, the equipment has been key to support RDO projects.

“我们经常频繁地使用Leica Geosystems设备。这使我们的工作变得更加容易。在建筑工艺人员的培训中，这些设备会大大提高培训的价值和现代性，”stated Rauch.

RDO-中心位于Mdabulo - 一栋多功能的撞车建筑，与RDO-工匠学校的毕业生和学生一起建立。该建筑项目由Eth Zurich学生提供。

At RDO’s course centre in Mdabulo and through hands-on community projects, students learn the basics of construction and acquire skills using the automatic level, rotating laser and distance metre. Students learn to use the Rugby Series laser for different applications including, land levelling, grade checking, tie in slopes, vertically align formwork, and set out walls. Likewise, using theNA730 automatic level, learners understand how to measure distances, set as-sign datum lines, define height differences and read heights.

“The training takes place through regular lessons at the building craftsmen's school. The use of laser and level equipment is now firmly anchored in the curriculum. Every year, about 40 students are trained in the use of lasers, levels and distance metres,”劳赫说。

Delivering drinking water, building better schools

Leica Geosystems equipment is also used in the construction of the region’s infrastructure, including schools, buildings and water supply works. As of today, three water supply concrete tanks have been erected and four school buildings at two school locations are currently being built.

“Leica Geosystems equipment is particularly useful in the construction of our project buildings, such as school buildings, student hostels, craft workshops, administration buildings, agricultural stables, teaching kitchens, teacher's accommodation, water tank construction, pump houses and field surveying for water pipes,”劳赫说。

RDO的关键计划是村庄饮用水设施的建设和管理。RDO和Vorarlberg的专家配备了Leica Geosystems设备，以及村民，从春季流域挖出水管进入村庄，井和创始的水上合作社。

调查坦桑尼亚Isele村高架坦克的建筑工地，以提供供水。

Planning, digging and building a water supply infrastructure in a hilly terrain with deep valleys and heights is not an easy task. To do it right, the NA730 automatic level is used over long distances of up to3.5至4公里以衡量基础and precisely plan pipe-laying terraces in connection with gravity pipelines.

“以前，基金会是按照板条和精神水平或绳索精神水平完成的。距离最多15厘米的偏差是最多15米的规则，”劳赫说。“The use of升级设备大大简化了计划，并使其更安全。Also, we have succeeded in significantly improving the accuracy.”

赋予人们权力

赋予人们权力and ideas to do their greatest good – this is the ultimate purpose behind Hexagon’s technology solutions. In this sense, RDO is leveraging construction tools in Tanzanian communities to deliver access to clean water, provide the structures so children attend school, and prepare a generation of young individuals with a trade and skills to face current and future challenges. Access to measuring and positioning technology has the transformative power not only to build the world around us but provides skilled labour the means to earn a livelihood.