Modern machine control enables operators to work directly from the project's digital data. Elevations, lines and models are available directly in the machine, continuously providing the operator with information about where and how the work should be carried out.
Mätkonsult helps make this information usable in the field. We create, verify and adapt machine control models and ensure that the correct coordinates and elevations are maintained throughout the entire process – from design to machine.
This creates a more efficient workflow, reduces the need for traditional setting out and helps the machine operator get it right from the start.
From drawing to finished machine control model
Design data is not always ready to be used directly in an excavator, dozer or other construction machinery.
Drawings and models need to be reviewed and processed so that the machine operator receives the right information – and only the information required for the task.
Mätkonsult can assist with, among other things:
- creation of machine control models
- processing and conversion of design data
- terrain and surface models
- lines, breaklines and elevation data
- excavation and fill models
- road, groundworks and utility data
- verification of coordinate and elevation systems
- verification and updating of models
- transfer of data to machine control systems
- surveying support and verification during construction
We can also provide support when conditions change during the project and machine control models need to be supplemented or updated.
Why use machine control?
Information directly available to the machine operator
The operator can continuously see the machine's position in relation to the design model and receive immediate information about elevations, slopes and geometry.
Less need for traditional setting out
When the correct information is available directly in the machine, the need for profiles, grade stakes and repeated setting out is reduced.
This does not mean that the surveyor is no longer needed – but surveying resources can be used where they provide greater value.
More efficient construction
The machine operator does not need to wait as often for setting out or manually transfer information from drawings. Work can proceed directly using the digital model.
Reduced risk of over- and under-excavation
When the design elevation is continuously available to the operator, it becomes easier to excavate or fill to the correct level.
This can reduce both material consumption and the need for corrective work.
Faster response to changes
When the design changes, the digital data can be updated and a new model prepared for construction.
The model must match reality
This is an important point that many clients may not initially consider.
A machine control system is only as good as the information entered into it.
Highly accurate GNSS equipment will not help if the model contains an incorrect elevation, incorrect geometry or uses the wrong coordinate system.
Right machine + wrong model = still wrong.
That is why Mätkonsult does more than simply check the file format. We ensure that the model has the correct geometric and surveying parameters required for use in the project.
Where Mätkonsult makes the difference
We understand both the model and the real world
Effective machine control starts long before the machine starts digging.
Mätkonsult combines experience in construction and civil engineering surveying with expertise in digital models and machine control. We understand both the design data and the surveying requirements on the construction site.
That means we can provide support throughout the entire process – from verification and processing of project data to a finished machine control model, support during construction and surveying verification of the completed work.
This is a major advantage of working with Mätkonsult rather than a provider that simply converts a CAD file into a machine control format.
We understand the entire process from design to reality.
From digital model to the correct level in the real world.
With Mätkonsult's machine control support, the operator gets the right information directly in the machine – for more efficient construction, fewer manual steps and better control.