Establishing positions with speed

Working on a multifamily housing project in Colorado, USA, covering six three-story apartment complexes, twenty-five townhomes and a club-house with a pool successfully kicked off a business relationship between Golden Construction and a local client. Leica Geosystems’ iCON products enabled the construction crews on this project to work efficiently and consequently, to bring big savings in time and money.

Golden Construction, LLC provides general construction services to clients in major industries in-cluding medical, commercial, industrial, multi-family and educational fields. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Golden Construction has been a customer of Leica Geosystems for almost two decades.

多户住房项目在科罗拉多州的柯林斯堡（Fort Collins）是该地区正在建设中最大的多户住宅项目之一，主要由300多个，两居室和三居室单元组成，将于2016年夏末完成。of Golden Construction’s main tasks on this project, before concrete was poured, was to verify that plumbing and electrical items were in their correct positions. Another task was to establish control lines on floor slabs for the framing contractor to layout and build the wooden framework.

Reducing potential errors
Making sure all of the plumbing is in the correct location has certainly been one of the largest tasks of this year-long project. All totalled, there are roughly 1,900 pipes to be installed throughout the buildings. The complex’s plumbing and electrical contractors were using string lines and measuring tapes to carry out their layouts. With a project of this size, this method of layout is likely to contain errors leading to substantial problems in the building process, leading to higher costs.

In order to be certain everything is built as designed, Golden Construction opted to use Leica iCON robots. Golden Construction has confidence using Leica Geosystems iCON products because the results are very reliable. Since this was the company’s first business venture into the state of Colo-rado, the project played an important role and successful verifications of plumbing, electrical lines and framework control lines was important to the completion of this project.

要检查和布局的大量物品代表了一个重大挑战。不仅准确的统计是重要的 - 速度也很重要。如果将混凝土承包商推迟倒入混凝土，那将是昂贵的。Golden Construction决定了Leica Icon Robot 60运行最新的Icon Field软件。此外，使用Leica图标CC80控制器来促进点collection并将数据转移回办公室。

节省成本的快速验证
Steven Denney, Project Support at Golden Construction, specialises in building layout and supports most project crews on-site with CAD drawings, point files and by establishing control points. Steven points out, “The ability to quickly find the problems and get that information back to the related trades helped them save time and money. If concrete pours were delayed because of time spent verifying the work, it would be costly to all parties involved and any rework after concrete has been poured could be detrimental.”

Also commenting on the iCON build field software, Steven went on to say “We found the Reference Line command to be really helpful checking points. This field software allows real-time distance read-ings that are relative to building lines – parallel and perpendicular, instead of just referenced to the position of the instrument. Information transferred this way is much more helpful and practical for field crews to know.”

使用Leica Icon机器人总站，只有一个人bob apple可以控制所有工作，并有效地有效地控制了阿拉巴马州奥本大学学生的Golden Construction合作社Chris Dixon，能够非常快速地检查这项工作。然后，如果需要纠正某些东西，克里斯也可以将信息快速传递给分包商。Autodesk的AutoCAD®软件用于将记录的信息记录在现场中，并与建筑计划叠加，以验证一切都处于正确的位置，并在办公室中进一步使用，以帮助在Golden Construction的所有项目中进行布局。

Project superintendent Lynn Spradlin adds “We could train a less experienced up-and-coming em-ployee to perform layout like a seasoned veteran and repurpose our experienced superintendent to lead subs instead of staying behind the equipment collecting points.”

Bonding a new, strong business partnership
Golden Construction has been able to grow its geographical footprint thanks to this first-time project with their new partner in Colorado, USA. Their commitment to fast and reliable professional services as contractors has been the basis for the development for a new, strong business relationship.

Written by Lucas Baumgartner