Building a better future with measuring technology

作者：Renata Barradas Gutiérrez

房屋，建筑物，学校，桥梁，道路和任何基础设施，你不仅可以在支持它们的材料和结构中思考，而是在工作中的工作和专业知识建立的人。合格和熟练的劳动力从来没有对建筑业的不仅至关重要，而且对社会和国家的经济福祉来说从未如此至关重要。工艺贸易学校，职业学校和实习计划可以为建筑建筑公司提供有价值的实践和工作经验。

TheRural Development Organisation (RDO),成立于2012年,成立于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的使命, Leica Geosystems donated aLeica NA730 automatic level， 一种Leica Rugby 800 Series旋转激光和距离计到组织。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 - MDABULO中的中心 - 与RDO - 工匠学校成立的毕业生和学生一起建立了多功能夯土建筑。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AS-Sign Datum行，定义高度差异并读取高度。

“培训通过在建筑工匠的学校的定期课程进行。现在使用激光和水平设备牢固地固定在课程中。每年，约有40名学生在使用激光器，水平和距离计时受过培训，“said Rauch.

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.

“徕卡呈设备尤其有用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,”said Rauch.

A key programme of RDO is the construction and management 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.

规划，挖掘和建造水供应基础设施，在丘陵和高度的丘陵地形中不是一件容易的任务。要执行此操作，NA730自动级别用于长距离3.5 to 4 kilometres to measure foundations并精确地计划与重力管道有关的管道铺设露台。

“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 ofthe levelling device greatly simplified planning and made it safer.Also, we have succeeded in significantly improving the accuracy.”

赋予人们权力

使人们和想法赋予最大的好处 - 这是六角形技术解决方案背后的最终目的。bob体育报道从这个意义上讲，RDO正在利用坦桑尼亚社区的施工工具来提供清洁水，为孩子们参加学校提供结构，并制定一代年轻人以贸易和技能面对当前和未来的挑战。获得测量和定位技术的转型能力不仅要在我们周围构建世界，而且提供熟练的劳动力赚取生计的手段。