Top Level Jobs Require Top Shelf Jobsite Equipment

Construction today is a demanding, competitive industry where companies need to do all they can to provide high quality building while maintaining a good business brand and at the same time maximizing their own bottom line. There is no room to scrimp, though, when it comes to jobsite equipment. Let's look at several of the most expensive jobsite products to understand why there can be no compromise on quality.

Leveling Lasers are a constantly evolving technology with new improvements and additions added every year to ensure perfect levelling for all construction. As it goes with other technology, leveling lasers now add more features than ever before. Green beam technology was added several years ago, making laser sighting and visibility much better than ever before. Multi beam lasers accommodate 180 degrees of layout, applying multiple lines and plumb points. These self-level almost instantaneously. These levels are accurate to within 2mm over ten meters and have a range of operation of 50 meters for exterior work.

Total Stations save volumes of work and allow for the storage of a wide variety of data while you are out on the jobsite. These can work almost independently of humans, increasing your work efficiency. While construction grade total stations can provide many of the functions you will need for regular surveying work, these are markedly low in accuracy, with measurements within 8 to 10 arc seconds. The very best in total stations can measure angles within 0.5 arc seconds. In actual field work this means accuracy to within 1.5 mm over 1500 meters. Today, many of the finest Total Stations can be remote controlled, saving unnecessary labor costs.

These are just some of the many jobsite products you require, and everyone in the industry knows that equipment is a major cost point. However, it is critical to keep up to date on improvements and changes in technology and equipment.

In the economy of 2011 it may be tempting to try and cut corners in jobsite equipment purchases but this is always ill advised. Companies that come out of our current woes as winners will do so in the old fashioned way, by maintaining high quality and standards. That's the lesson we've learned numerous times in the past; a lack of vigilance has contributed to the current economic decline. Construction and business can lead the way back to economic success by returning to old values like quality and integrity. The quality of workmanship you provide will depend on the quality of tools you are using on the jobsite.