With fewer personnel on the shop floor thanks to sustainable measurement solutions

FACTO GEO is a specialized geodetic engineering company. With our team of enthusiastic professionals, we work on challenging surveying projects for Civil & Infrastructure works throughout the Netherlands. With up-to-date professional knowledge and passion for the profession, we always look for the best solution. We listen carefully to our clients and make sure you are satisfied. At FACTO GEO you are assured of a suitable product! So much for the brochure text... We ask André Harsevoort, project manager at FACTO GEO, about the experiences of our GWW customers over the past year.

Are we listening well to our customers?

"Our clients want civil and infrastructure works to be built and managed quickly and safely. Preferably also sustainable, with as little CO₂-emissions and often in very limited space. In doing so, we are challenged to accelerate construction time, move quickly and anticipate additional questions and adjustments during the construction process. As few craftsmen as possible on the project sites or on the shop floor are a starting point in this regard. High quality according to specifications is of course a prerequisite. And it must also be market-based." These are a few sentences Harsevoort shakes out of his sleeve. In practice, this means that in the preliminary phase we think carefully with the customer about which customized solutions we offer. Smiling: because we are the largest surveying company in the Netherlands and have a large network, we know better than anyone else which techniques are or are not suitable for application on, below or above ground. And not only whether they are suitable, but also whether they provide benefits for the client.

How safe and sustainable are we working?

In our work, quality, safety, health and environment are hugely important. We are certified for all relevant schemes, which you can expect from a surveying firm: ISO 9001 and 14001, VCA*, SNA and CO2 Performance Ladder. In addition, we are members of the Club of 49 and meet the Approved Self Assessment of the Safety Culture Ladder.

How do we help our GWW customers?

One trend is that we are sourcing more and more GWW projects remotely. It is much safer. Measuring, measuring, scanning and/or monitoring remotely, from home or office. This is even possible 24/7. We make use of our NASIM cubes. NASIM is a self-monitoring geometric reference network that supports the GWW process in real time 24/7. In Amsterdam around the railroad and the Ring South, we have successfully deployed our NASIM cubes. Our professionals can take over these cubes on-site or remotely. This ultimately saves travel time and set-up time for instrumentation. A big advantage is that our work planner or project leader can also perform checks remotely. Even the customer can watch and take the insights gained into subsequent projects.

Even for smaller GWW projects, for example when monitoring concrete pour foundations, our solution reduces failure costs by making real-time information available to the customer, allowing us to move quickly and utilize the most optimal execution method.

With the energy transition, we are seeing increased demand for our sustainable surveying solutions in the expansion of transportation networks. For plotting, surveying and real-time monitoring, we deploy a mix of surveying techniques: Laser data and digital aerial photo imagery, as well as the deployment of our FACTO GEO marker. This travelling robot is able to plot points precisely, quickly and safely and to remotely measure a terrain 3-dimensionally without the surveyor being continuously present on the project site. 

In short, for every measurement question, we provide you with a sustainable and appropriate measurement solution with fewer personnel on the shop floor!