Trimble 3D Machine Control for Fitzpatrick Excavator
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When it came to prepping a challenging 1km² site of Kent marshland in readiness for the construction of four enormous warehouse pads, civil engineers Fitzpatrick knew that they had a demanding job on their hands in terms of both the quantity of setting-out required and in meeting stringent environmental requirements.
Close to the Thames, the site in Sittingbourne, Kent, features over 400,000 square metres of car park, four warehouse pads - the largest occupying 95,000 square metres - and a number of tricky environmental considerations including the contouring of ponds, extensive drainage work and the accurate levelling of ditches.
Already established users of GPS for site surveys and familiar with basic machine control technology, Fitzpatrick and their long standing earthmoving contractors D&M Plant, began an investigation into what systems were on the market and the potential benefits that they could bring to this type of job.
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