Many thanks to Stephanie Mills and Mike Smith from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at Kingston University, who took the time to remind us just why the Trimble Juno is so popular. Undertaking fieldwork in Tasmania as part of CEESR (Centre for Earth and Environmental Science Research) they kindly sent us this report: Fieldwork was undertaken in Tasmania to reconstruct the deglaciation of the St Clair valley during the last glacial cycle. This valley is ~19 km long and ~5km wide, therefore the fieldwork in this region involved a great deal of walking through, at times, almost… Read More

Following on from our very popular webinar in partnership with the ESRI team last month KOREC can confirm our attendance as exhibitors at ESRI’s UK Annual User Conference – ‘Shaping Your Vision’ – which takes place between 10th and 11th May at Hilton’s London Metropole Hotel. More information on the event can be found at the ESRI Event Website: “The ESRI (UK) Annual Conference – Shaping your vision – is an influential two day event which will explore geographic information systems (GIS) technology as the key enabler for better informed decision-making. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology is uniquely positioned to… Read More

Terramodel has been around a long time, and consequently has great depth in terms of CAD functionality for survey data processing and construction data preparation. Last week I spent two days in York training on Terramodel.  Most of those on the course hadn’t used Terramodel a great deal in the past, if at all. I tend to find that if someone is used to using AutoCad then they’ll take to Terramodel very easily. A couple of questions arose during the training, which I think are useful to pass on. Firstly in the Configuration settings, what is the affect of increasing the… Read More

Which way to the Trimble stand? We’re hardly halfway through BAUMA 2010 and already Trimble have used the Munich based construction fair to make nine announcements! For full details on all of the following stories, please refer to the press releases in our News section. Availability from KOREC on all these products is either immediate or expected by the end of the second quarter. The Headlines…..  • Trimble Introduces Advanced Features for Tighter Control of Compaction Operations  • Trimble PCS900 Paving Control System Automates Adjustment of the Paver Screed and Promotes a Smoother Asphalt Mat • Trimble TCA1 and SCS700 Site Controller… Read More

As new distributors of Visual Statement software in the UK and Ireland, we are delighted to invite you to the first KOREC hosted Visual Statement User Group meeting at our Huntingdon Operations Centre in Cambridgeshire on Thursday 29th April. We’ll be gathering at 9.30am for a 10.00am start and expect to be finished after lunch, at around 2.30 – 3.00pm.   We’ll be issuing invites shortly, but if you want to get ahead of the game, please email us at marketing@korecgroup.com or call Gillian Bean on 0151 931 6736 to register.   We are expecting a high level of interest… Read More