Turn surveying expertise into recurring revenue with monitoring
Start small and scale to high-margin, automated monitoring workflows, as KOREC and Trimble give you the rugged, reliable kit to win monitoring contracts
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Are you monitoring already?
If you’re being called back to a rail line, an excavation site, building or a bridge to check coordinates for a second, third, or fourth time – that isn’t just a re-survey. That’s monitoring.
Right now, you’re burning fuel, tying up field crews, and leaving money on the table. By formalising these visits into a dedicated monitoring service, you instantly elevate your survey business from a transactional contractor to a critical project partner. It could be as simple as installing one geotechnical sensor, through to building out full automated monitoring capability.
Find out how to get started, or how to scale up, your monitoring business with a free consultation with KOREC’s friendly monitoring experts.
Scale up your monitoring
Unlock better ROI with automated monitoring
Manually pitching up to a site once a week is a labour drain. It limits how many jobs you can take on. Automated monitoring turns that model on its head:
Feature
| Manual “Campaign” Monitoring
| Automated Monitoring
|
Labour Cost | High. Requires a crew on-site every time | Low. Set it up once and let it run itself |
Data Frequency | Snapshot in time (risk of missing movement) | Continuous, 24/7 real-time streaming data |
Scalability | Cap to growth (tied to your headcount) | Limitless. Manage dozens of sites from your desk |
Revenue Model | One-off, sporadic fees | Predictable, high-margin recurring revenue |
With affordable upfront costs, automated monitoring quickly pays for itself. Many profitable survey companies realise once the kit pays for itself on its first few projects, that automated system becomes a pure margin engine. It sits on-site, streaming data, billing monthly, and printing money while your crews are elsewhere winning new business.
Built on Trimble. Backed by KOREC.
Technology you can rely on, 24/7
Monitoring environments are harsh and unforgiving. You can’t afford false alarms, dropped data, or hardware failures. That’s why we build your monitoring solution on the industry’s most trusted, reliable and weatherrpoof hardware and software ecosystem: Trimble.
- Trimble Total Stations & GNSS – Unmatched angular accuracy and rugged reliability designed to stay outside in the elements for months on end.
- Settop M1 – The brain of your communications. It turns your Trimble instrument into an autonomous remote hub, managing data routing and power efficiently.
- Trimble 4D Control (T4D) – The gold standard in monitoring software. It automates data collection, manages complex deformations, and sends instant, automated alerts before thresholds are crossed.
- WorldSensing geotechnical sensors – Effortlessly measure changes in tilt, cracks, deformations and much, much more. Trusted on the most sensitive infrastructure projects to provide fast, accurate data.
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Need a hand? We’ll build the workflow with you.
Stepping into automated monitoring can feel like a massive operational leap. You might be worried about setting up complex software configurations, managing real-time alarm thresholds, or holding the liability for data.
With KOREC, you’re never left to figure it out alone. We don’t just sell you a box of kit and wish you luck. Our dedicated monitoring specialists are with you from day one:
- Workflow consultation – We help you assess your project needs and design the right system architecture.
- Configuration support – We guide you through setting up T4D and configuring your alarm thresholds safely.
- Legendary KOREC training – We train your team until they are completely confident operating, scaling, and selling these high-value services.
Monitoring in action
Case Study: Monitoring the UK’s busiest motorway junction
No fuss and full control: how Balfour Beatty automated monitoring of carriageway movement during extensive utility works on the UK’s busiest motorway junction: M25 J10 Wisley interchange.
As a long term KOREC customer and Trimble user, Balfour Beatty knew that Trimble S7 Total Stations, renowned for both their high precision and reliability in all weather, were perfect for this critical and large-scale project. When used in conjunction with Trimble 4D Control software (T4D) for automated movement detection and monitoring of infrastructure, and Settop M1 boxes for communication and control, the result was a straightforward and highly effective monitoring solution.
Balfour Beatty set up exactly the alert triggers they required, using colour coded bands for the different tolerances. They could also check system status at any time, from anywhere, without the need for a complex IT setup, saving a significant amount of time. Training a colleague took no more than a single page of notes.
“If you want to check the level, just log on to the Settop box and hit the ‘check level’ button – it’s that simple and a real time saver – otherwise I’d have to go on site and physically stop and check each instrument. The same if you want to see where all the points are, just click the map, if you want graphs, click graphs. No need to dig around in settings and menus.”
The priority on this project was clear: deliver accurate, reliable monitoring data without causing disruption to the utilities team. That meant the system had to provide clear, easy-to-understand reporting and Trimble’s T4D software delivered exactly that. Not only could it generate reports in the format required by National Highways, but it also made it easy to visualise key data, such as movement shown on a heat map.
Balfour Beatty’s project outcomes were achieved in an easy, hassle-free way thanks to automated monitoring technology from KOREC.
Get started or scale up monitoring
Ready to turn precision into predictable revenue?
You don’t need to be a national enterprise to win monitoring contracts. You just need the right workflow, the right partner, and the right kit. Let’s look at your current business goals and map out exactly how you can add monitoring to your capabilities.
Book Your Free Monitoring Capability Consultation
Speak 1-on-1 with a KOREC monitoring specialist. We’ll discuss your existing Trimble kit, your target projects, and how to build a scalable automated workflow that maximises your ROI.
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Hear from real monitoring customers
The S7s, Settop M1’s and T4D were extremely easy to set up, especially because we are already used to Trimble equipment. I was easily able to summarise the operation into a single page document for another member of the team.
Jack RichardsonEngineering Surveyor
Worldsensing’s GNSS Tilt Meters have enabled us to deliver essential ground stabilisation data, which we can use for evidence-based decision-making regarding land use planning, development restrictions and potential remediation strategies. The client is very satisfied with both the level of information provided and the value for money.
Mark HodgenDirector
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