解决具有挑战性的布局

Author:塔玛拉·斯塔基克（Tamara Stakic）

这建筑行业正在拥抱数字机器人总站bob apple为了建立元素的布局和由于经过验证financial and time benefits- 替换辛苦的磁带测量和弦线方法。

Traditionally, the layout of building services on site involved working based on the provided paper drawings. These drawings were used in combination with tape measures, levels and grids to identify location points for elements, such as penetrations, pipework and cable trays. This is all changing now.

数字化建筑构建布局

总部位于澳大利亚墨尔本，V结构专门研究高住宅和商业建设。他们最近的许多项目都采用复杂的设计，带有弯曲的墙壁和建筑物，并带有预制材料和非正交空间。寻求提高效率，确保准确性并提供质量控制，V结构购买了Leica iCON robotic total stationafter being appointed as main contractors for the Holme apartments development; a14-floor mixed-use developmentcomprising of continuously curved slabs, glazed curtain walls and balconies.

v构造，一个长期客户C.R. Kennedy, Leica Geosystems distributor in Australia, understood the need to adopt a digital workflow to work with complex shapes and move forward with the project faster than traditional methods. The company had little time to switch to a digital workflow after finding out it won the project.

“We needed a solution that was easy to adopt, user-friendly and required minimal onboarding time,”V Constructions的高级测量师Douglas Thirkell说。Switching to a digital workflow and adopting the instrument was easy感谢C.R.肯尼迪（C.R. Kennedy）在该项目的第一天就实施了Icon机器人总站，后者在现场提供了技术支持。“The product was easy to pick up and use straight away by the team,”瑟克尔说。

Designed by award-winning John Wardle Architects (JWA), the sculptured design includes 154 apartments, commercial and retail spaces above ground, and a160-car parkwithin three basement levels. The building façade is a standout feature of the development with the original 1920s Art Deco façade being retained on the lower floor frontages and alongside a new suspended brickwork façade.

在图标机器人总站的帮助下，V结构为providing the accurate positioning of building structure, steel reinforcement, concrete layout and the finished levels。这complex nature of the building design would have made it near impossible for the V Constructions team to layout using traditional methods.

切换到数字工作流程

v构造传统上使用了Leica Geosystems总站（Leica TCR407和Leica Buildbob appleer）进行以前的建筑建设项目。福尔摩公寓项目的复杂性使团队有必要invest in a layout instrument in order to be more efficient on the site。

Due to the complex nature of the building, each apartment is unique – there are42 different sizes of wet areas每层公寓的重复不多。这种复杂的结构涉及V构造测量师Thirkell和Brian McLoughlin的大量工作，因为他们必须布局每个单独的作品。这iCON robotic total station allowed the team to layout metal sections and fabricated concrete curves with simplicity and efficiency。

“What was key for us when evaluating the technology investment is that the instrument had to be robotic and a one-person operation,”瑟克尔说。

Tackling complex layout challenges with efficiently and accuracy

V构造的团队在弯曲结构周围的任何位置设置了现场的多个调查控制点。这项技术意味着他们在完成布局任务时不需要使用网格进行方向。

经过采用数字工作流程，V结构能够确保仪器的设置快速准确地完成and所有计划数据都立即在控制器上可用。这确保了快速准确的布局过程were followed and there was no need to worry about some of the variables and the inaccuracies that come with using traditional methods involving stringlines, tape measures and spirt levels.

Every small mistake can lead to potentially serious consequences. Being a few degrees out on an angle can cause pre-fabricated systems not to fit when the time comes to install them. Similarly, incorrect layout can result in clashes with other building elements or services, thereby disrupting the construction schedule, generating unnecessary works and wasting materials, time and money.

On the Holme site, the windows of the building contained curves and the glaziers relied on the accuracy of the placement of the hobs to place windows – the hobs are premade and fixed to the form work. There was no room for error for the V Constructions team and只有数字方法才能为团队提供对所需准确性的信心– there was not a tape measure or stringline to be seen on the site.

“The traditional approach [to layout] is laborious and time-consuming, and any delays can affect the work of other teams.采用数字化和Leica Icon机器人总站确实是我们的未来方式,”瑟克尔说。

Speeding up as-built plans

One of the key stages of the project that had tremendous efficiency gains was the as-built plans.

瑟克尔（Thirkell）和麦克劳林（McLoughlin）必须为每张平板完成一项井井有条的调查。传统上，他们会建立激光级并进行阅读，并手动制定办公室完整的平板计划。与图标机器人总站，the team can record the data and within an hour upload it into CAD where it would be cleaned up and used to prepare the as-built plan。

量化生产率的提高，adopting an iCON robotic total station has saved V Constructions one person per day。这se are the considerabletime savings that may ultimately reduce the number of operatives requiredon the project and reduce labour costs.

Expanding productivity gains

V构造实现了通过在Holme项目期间实施数字工作流程的生产力，并投资了其第二个图标机器人总站，用于新项目 - 莫纳什大学的一座校长大楼。位于克莱顿校园，10,000-square-metre building将包括一个地下室p水平的车arking, ground level public spaces, two levels of office space and a third level to house the University executive. The building includes a feature steel sunshade screen that wraps all elevations of the thermally-enhanced façade.