The company, which has good relationships with a lot of housebuilders, mainly works to prepare as-built survey maps for detached house construction and to check whether the construction complies with the Building Standards Act.

In the past, the company’s employees surveyed with a total station, went back to the office, created drawings from the CAD files, and delivered paper-based drawings. The surveying and photography were done by two people, working in pair.

“At first, our goal was to reduce labor costs and work hours,” says Shinsuke Inayoshi, President of the company. Since the department started using the GTL-1000, only one person is needed to do both the surveying and photography..
Also, the company can rely on junior staffs to produce high quality work with GTL-1000 which it was only possible with an experienced expert to do the point measurements. With the scanning total station, even a young and inexperienced person can measure the entire perimeter, which can be easily verified later.

Also, with this system, human error is reduced, and less travel is needed. Previously they often had to go back to re-survey because of some oversight. Now, with the ability to collect 3D point cloud data during the survey process, they rarely need to go back to the site to resurvey. Scanner, they can acquire all the 3D point cloud data, so they don’t need to re-survey anymore.

Also, if they need to add the height of a fence or other dimensions later, they can extract the missing information from the point cloud, as well as use it to compare to the survey data; hence reduce human operating error.

The main reason the company selected the GTL-1000 was that it is an integrated total station and scanner. “We do both traverse surveying and boundary point surveying, and it’s difficult to identify the exact location with 3D point cloud data. That’s why an integrated scanner like the GTL-1000 is the best choice for us,” said President Inayoshi..