KOREC investment in high-end Trimble MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging technology facilitates new service  KOREC is delighted to announce the launch of its new Mobile Spatial Imaging Service. The new service will offer KOREC’s Trimble MX8 equipped vehicle for rental, complete with an operator.  The system can be hired, daily, weekly or for longer periods. The Trimble MX8 is a premium mobile spatial imaging system offering industry leading accuracy. It captures fully synchronized, high-quality geo-referenced point clouds and high-resolution imagery. The vehicle-mounted system is designed for geospatial professionals who need rapid acquisition of large amounts of data for as-built modelling, inventory,… Read More

Connecting Machines and People is the subject of our latest KOREC video shot in Aberdeen with the help of W M Donald Civil Engineer, Mike Meldrum. Faced with the problem of efficiently managing machines on a number of different sites in the Aberdeen area, under Mike’s guidance, W M Donald became the UK’s first company to take up a Trimble Connected Community License. The end result….two-way data sync which would enable him to send and receive information directly to and from the machines and his site engineer’s loggers. View the video here for the full story.

The May/June issue of Geomatics World has just been published. Don’t miss the KOREC article on page 24. 3D laser scanning is playing a central role in major coastal research and marine infrastructure projects, all be it in a scaled down environment just outside of land locked Oxford. Find out exactly how Oxfordshire based H R Wallingford, an independent specialist for research and consultancy in civil engineering and environmental hydraulics, is using its laser scanner by clicking here    

Unique system for precise measurement under train loading KOREC is delighted to announce that it has become the sole UK distributor to the rail industry of Imetrum’s Video Gauge, a non-contact precision measurement video monitoring system. Developed by Imetrum, Video Gauge is established technology used by customers such as Rolls Royce, Airbus, and BAE Systems to measure 2D displacement and strain on materials, components and structures. Through KOREC, Video Gauge is now available for use by the UK rail industry and is ideal for applications where there is a need to accurately measure dynamic deflection at a distance and under… Read More

Since buying the first Trimble R10 GNSS in the UK, Mark Humphrey of Land and Satellite Surveys has definitely been enjoying some wide spread industry attention. Following on from the front page of the latest issue of CES magazine, being the main feature in the KOREC survey newsletter, Synchronize, and scheduled to appear in Trimble’s next ‘Technology and More’ magazine, Mark has also just been featured over 2.5 pages of Professional Surveyor, North America’s leading magazine for surveyors with a readership of 30,000 plus. The story can either be seen in the digital May issue of the magazine or online… Read More

Most read article in May CES 24 hrs of link being sent out http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/ces/1305/index.html?pn=34 … Well done KOREC 236 visits from 46 countries @KORECGroup The May issue of CES kindly featured our article on Mark Humphrey of Land and Satellite Surveys. The front cover looks great – thank you CES! Read the full article at: http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/ces/1305/index.html?pn=35

Martyn Palmer’s latest column in our GeoConnexion series aimed at dispelling the myths around digital data capture is out now! In the May/June issue, Martyn puts paid to the myth “UAVs: just toys for the boys? The full column can be read on-line at http://www.geoconnexion.com/publications/geo-uk/issue/may-june-2013-uk-issue/page/modern-surveying

Plantworx is less than two weeks away now and preparations for the show are in full swing. KOREC will be in attendance with both a terrace stand and a live demonstration dig zone. The dig zone, located at G14, will hold a bulldozer and an excavator, each equipped with the latest machine control technology from Trimble. Delegates will have the chance to jump into the cab and get a close up look at the CB460 Control Box and Trimble GCS900 Hex system. Our team of experts will be on hand to chat about the full range of equipment on display…. Read More

The latest issue of our KOREC survey customer newsletter, Synchronize, will be hitting desks w.b Monday 6th May. If you’d like a copy mailed to you, please sign up  here. It will also shortly appear in the Resources section of www.korecgroup.com

A day of stair rod rain in Aberdeen didn’t stop KOREC’s latest video shoot with Edson Evers going ahead last week. Mike Meldrum of W M Donald was unfazed by the conditions providing a fantastic ‘one take’ performance on how he remotely sends data to his machines using Trimble’s Connected Site technology KOREC and the Edson Evers team finally dried out in the airport. The full video can be seen at Plantworx in May on the KOREC stand G25 & G14.