A 3D excavator guidance system is helping the earthmoving subcontractor to beat the schedule by 15 percent on a $9-million channel repair project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Topeka, Kansas. Jim Ebert, project manager for the contractor, says the Leica Power Digger 3D systems improve the excavators’ efficiency because no grade checking is needed. He further states that the systems save Ebert $40,000 a year by eliminating the grade checker. Learn More
