Civil Construction

• Measure actual volumes, not estimates based on inaccurate conversion factors, reduces potential for human error
• Proven accurate to +/- 1%
• Ensure you only pay for the material you receive
• Improve project delivery by accurately accounting for bulking and compaction factors
• Optimise truck loading for maximum asset utilisation
• Easily manage multiple contractors using the RFID tag system installed on trucks
• Track every load delivered or removed from site by automatically capturing truck arrival and departure times
• Eliminate hand-written load dockets and manual docket processing by automatically printing them for drivers or truck operators
• Easily access historical period reporting for invoicing, site survey reconciliation and performance analysis, onsite or with remote off-site access
• No significant maintenance costs or re-calibration required

Commonly-used bulking and compaction factor charts provide generic estimates, and don’t necessarily reflect the actual state of the material being excavated.

Incorrectly estimated or misunderstood factors can add significant costs to a project due to material measurement inaccuracies. One cubic from the borrow does not translate into one cubic dumped, nor one cubic compacted.

Excavation increases the volume of material, so material from the borrow expands when dumped into the truck bin, into site, or stockpiled. Conversely, material typically shrinks under compaction.

Without accurate factors to determine the exact volume of material required to be loaded onto trucks to satisfy compacted contract volumes, supplied volumes may be incorrect and truck capacity not fully utilised.

Multiple contractors can be easily managed using the RFID tag system installed on trucks. This enables you to reduce human errors, eliminate hand-written dockets, and negate the need for a gateman or tallyman.

The Loadscan system shows you exactly how much material has been delivered or shipped off site every hour, day or week, by individual truck and contractor.

Haulback is a common problem wherever material is being shifted and can seriously impact productivity and profits. By scanning all loads with the Loadscan LVS, haulback is quickly identified through data shown on the message board and can be removed from the bin and from load tallies.

The LED message board indicates the amount of material left in the bin, enabling the driver to have the bin scraped out to remove haulback.

Underloaded trucks can significantly increase overall project costs, and it’s not uncommon to see underloading factors as high as 20%.

With automatically generated 3D scans of every load you can identify poor loading practices and use the information to coach and train loader operators.

By optimising loading you’ll maximise the value of every contract. In addition, knowing that you’re accurately measuring and optimising your truck capacity will enable you to be more confident when preparing project bids.

Variations from initial material volume estimates and final in-place volumes often occur, resulting in cost overruns, construction claims, disputes, budget waste and added administrative costs.

With a Loadscan LVS system you’ll end supply disputes. If you purchase or supply construction materials in cubic volume then it makes sense to manage and account for infill delivered to site using a common method, because disputes over supply can be frustrating, time consuming and expensive.

Traditional methods of determining truck load volumes, including converting from weight, counting loader buckets, or simply counting trucks, are inaccurate and contribute to supply disputes. Survey quantities don’t account for bulking factors in material loaded into a truck from a cut, nor compaction of the material when it’s unloaded at a fill site.