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.

TheRural Development Organisation (RDO)成立于2012年,并hed in Tanzania, is aware of the life-changing potential of learning a new trade. RDO, in partnership with Eine Welt Gruppe Schlins - Röns, works to improve the long-term living conditions of the people in the regions of Mdabulo and Kilolo, in the highlands of Tanzania, through diverse programs based on the principles of sustainability and knowledge transfer. RDO is opening opportunities to young men and women through vocational training and building projects – undertakings where Leica Geosystems equipment has proved useful.

The transformative power of lasers and levels

For young people in the region, mainly living from subsistence farming, RDO training centre is a hub of opportunities to expand their prospects byreceiving 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,” explained Johannes Rauch, project manager at Eine Welt Gruppe Schlins - Röns.

To支持RDO的任务, Leica Geosystems donated aLeica NA730 automatic level， 一种Leica Rugby 800 Series旋转激光和组织的距离计。从那时起，设备一直是支持RDO项目的关键。

“We use Leica Geosystems equipment very frequently and very often. This has made our work much easier. In the training for building craftsmen, these devices increase the value and the modernity of the training very much,”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，学习者了解如何测量距离，设置标准基准线，定义高度差异并读取高度。

“培训是通过建筑工匠学校的常规课程进行的。现在，使用激光和电平设备牢固地固定在课程中。每年，大约有40名学生接受激光，水平和距离仪表的培训，”said Rauch.

Delivering drinking water, building better schools

Leica Geosystems设备还用于该地区基础设施的建设，包括学校，建筑物和供水厂。截至目前，已经建立了三个供水混凝土罐，目前正在两个学校建造四座学校建筑物。

“ Leica Geosystems设备在建造我们的项目建筑物中特别有用，”said Rauch.

RDO建设和人的一个重要项目agement of drinking water facilities in the villages. Geared with Leica Geosystems equipment, RDO and Vorarlberg experts together with the villagers, dug water pipes from the spring catchments into the villages, wells and founded water cooperatives.

Surveying the construction site of an elevated tank in the village Isele, Tanzania, to provide water supply.

在具有深山谷和高度的丘陵地形上进行计划，挖掘和建造供水基础设施并不是一件容易的事。为了正确地，NA730自动级别用于长距离的长距离3.5 to 4 kilometres to measure foundations与重力管道有关的精确计划管道铺设梯田。

“Previously, the foundations were done with a slat and spirit level or with a cord spirit level. Deviations up to 15 centimetres at distances up to 15 metres were the rule,”said Rauch.“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

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