"After we won the bid, we started to look closely at cost-saving ways and how we could do things more productively. We had a 20-month schedule given to us, so we needed to figure out how to get it all done in that timeframe."

“Barrick now uses FlexiCadastre not only for managing its surface and mineral land rights as well as the obligations and rights of all types of agreements in all five Regions, but additionally manages compensation / relocation / resettlement activity in two.”

“We had two guys running two PC 1250 120 tonne excavators and noticed production on one machine was slower than the other. We swapped these guys around to see if it was the truck; and it wasn’t. With accurate data about payloads, we could see this kind of information immediately …

“In the villages, property rights are customary and oral, and are passed down by the village councils. There is uncertainty over land ownership and rights. And without firm ownership, people tend to invest less in the land.”

“It’s not only of interest to science. It turned out to be a geodetic or surveying catastrophe because most surveyors in Chile relied on the survey markers, not CGPS stations, to realize the national reference frame. They no longer knew where the survey markers were.”

“It’s a valuable tool. When you use it properly, it makes you a more flexible and efficient surveyor."

“We needed to excavate prequalified soil in layers as we dug a gridded site. We would excavate each layer of soil within each grid and sort the soil accordingly. Autos saved us from having to physically stake each one of those gridded areas and constantly check grade within those excavations …

“Trimble and Propeller have been great to deal with so far. I relied on their experience and knowledge to help understand the Trimble Stratus capabilities and how we can best leverage the tools. We’re minimizing time, cost, and safety risks associated with traditional survey and we’ve totally transformed how do …

"The challenge on any large project like this is estimating soil quantities. Following demolition, the parking lot had an unmeasured stockpile of soil on it and the building site was cut up from foundation. The design plans didn’t provide any measurable values either."

“The prism’s focal point became our control point.”

“The operators have been very impressed with how user-friendly Trimble’s technology is. We have a diverse team. Trimble is easy to use, and the benefits of the technology are clear, meaning that driving uptake internally is easy. This is good news for everyone.”

“Navigating around the Trimble System it’s really user-friendly, even for people who aren’t computer savvy, it is very easy to pick up. Such a tool that I am used to now, that I wouldn’t want to go back without it.”

"The tools must be up-to-date and functional. We are using Trimble’s software solution for eGovernment. The applications in the solution form a key part of the city’s electronic service architecture."

"When there is so much infrastructure in the ground and many suppliers to relate to, it is effective to be able to coordinate everything in the same tool. When we can facilitate the work through this, we will win both time and money, even if the pre-work may take a …

"We design the roads and water and sewer with Novapoint, and then coordinate and present all the discipline data in Quadri. In addition, we do a lot of utility coordination between different utility networks and existing infrastructure, where we get good use of the collision control capability in Quadri."