A total station typically sits on a tripod and is used to measure and capture the layout of a site. It allows a one-person layout, and once it is connected to a laptop, any point can be triangulated. Once the construction drawing is uploaded into the laptop, we can identify any point on the construction site. This is done to lay out the corners of your building and locate anchor bolts. It can be used internally to find any point such as the placement of ductwork, the placement of a plumbing pipe, a drain, or just about anything on a construction site. 

To learn more about other processes of ACI, check out other ACI Builds blogs, such as how we utilize drones and our preconstruction process. 

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Hi, I’m George Ray with Associated Contractors, here today because construction is always getting a bad rap about not utilizing technology; we like to do things the way we’ve always done. I wanted to bring some of the technology that we use to you in some short little segments here. Today what we have is a drone. And we use the drone, and here’s your flying portion of the drone, and your controls and your screen of the drone. We started using the drone a couple of years ago and it’s a great tool to allow us to stay on the ground. We are able to inspect roofs with it. I actually did a roof inspection this last week with it, and found out where the leak was, and never left the ground, kept my feet firmly planted. So I just wanted to bring it to you to show you that we are using technology and construction. Thank you; if you have any questions or comments please get a hold of us or check out our website.