Whether you’re setting out slabs on a multi-storey build, positioning services across a commercial site, or coordinating multiple crews on a fast-moving project, layout challenges can escalate quickly. String lines move, survey marks get disturbed, and profiles are often placed where they create more room for error than accuracy, all while program pressure builds. The biggest source of inaccuracy is almost always working from grid lines and offsets. Every time you measure from one, you introduce risk. With Aptella’s digital layout solutions, that step disappears. You set out in position, in real time, and verify each point as you go, bringing certainty back into the process.
Projects move quickly, margins are tight, and mistakes cost far more than the time it takes to fix them. You need technology that keeps pace with modern site demands, delivering accuracy without slowing productivity. That’s why contractors across Australia and New Zealand adopt digital layout workflows.
Whether you’re operating as a single crew or managing multiple teams across a complex site, the objective is the same: reduce rework, maintain control, protect margin, and deliver with confidence.
Aptella replaces manual layout methods with robotic positioning systems and digital workflows built for speed, precision, and consistency. One operator can achieve millimetre accurate results with full digital traceability that supports decisions long after completion. You can work indoors, across open slabs, or over expansive sites without waiting on survey support or relying on marks that don’t last. From formwork and service layout to verification and quality control, Aptella provides the capability to work accurately and efficiently at every stage of a project.
Optical layout delivers sub 3 millimetre accuracy wherever precision matters. Concrete works, structural steel, service penetrations, holding down bolts, facade elements, plant positioning, hardscape features. If it needs to be right first time, optical performs.
Wheen you’re working inside buildings or in environments where GPS can’t reach, optical systems maintain consistent performance without compromise. What once required multiple crew members using dumpy levels, theodolites, string lines and tapes becomes a single operator workflow driven by live digital data.
You’re not measuring from offsets or transferring dimensions manually. You’re positioning directly from the model verifying every point as you go. Each mark has digital traceability, giving you confidence now and documentation later if questions arise.
Whether running small crews or managing complex sites with tight tolerances, optical layout gives you certainty, speed, and a permanent digital record of the work completed.
The Topcon LN-50 is your gateway to modern layout technology. It revolutionises entry-level layout by providing an affordable, easy-to use total station for contractors and builders transitioning to digital
workflows.
The worlds first 3D positioning system designed specifically for construction setout. The LN-160 builds on the foundation of the LN- 50, introducing greater versatility by offering a range of 130m, and the option of using Topcon Field Software.
The Topcon GT Series represents the pinnacle of
robotic total station technology, delivering unparalleled accuracy, speed, and reliability for the most demanding projects.
GPS layout operates at 20 to 30 millimetre tolerances, ideal for early works, larger sites, and in-ground applications where coverage and mobility matter. As long as you can see the sky, you can work.
There’s no need to establish line of sight between instruments or constantly reset equipment. You set up once, then move freely across the site marking out, verifying positions, and recording installed work. Footings, trench alignments, bulk excavation, landscaping levels, service routes. GPS keeps you moving.
It excels where speed is more critical than millimetre precision. Detailed excavation, site preparation, initial positioning, and open-area layout all benefit from the flexibility GPS provides.
The software environment matches optical systems, so you can switch between technologies depending on the task without learning a new workflow. Many contractors run both on the same project, choosing speed or precision based on the requirement.
The HiPer CR is an ultralightweight and compact solution that minimises pole weight, ensuring easy mobility and field usability.
The HiPer XR delivers precision and efficiency, tackling your challenges with RTK accuracy and Dynamic TILT Compensation technology for effortless measurements even in difficult conditions. Its anti-jamming capabilities ensure reliable performance, while the lightweight, rugged design withstands harsh environments.
Projected layout systems display coordinated plans at full scale directly onto floors, and ceilings. Instead of pulling dimensions from gridlines or manually marking individual points, you install directly from the projection or trace it precisely.
This removes some of the biggest sources of rework and coordination delay. In dense service zones or high- traffic fit-out areas, projection highlights clashes before installation begins. You see how elements interact in real time rather than discovering conflicts after work is fixed in place.
The system operates seamlessly within built environments and requires no line of sight to prisms or rovers. It turns complex drawings into a clear visual reference on the surface itself.
For projects where coordination between trades drives both cost and schedule, projected layout shifts the process from reactive to preventative.
The Mechasys XR Projector ensures consistent accuracy and enhances the efficiency of your layout operations with a highly productive visual workflow. Whether you’re working on floors or ceilings, its advanced positioning technology provides best-in-class visual projection, adaptable to any job site.
Automated layout systems remove the manual marking process entirely. The HP SitePrint takes digital plans and prints them directly onto construction surfaces. Slabs, decks, floors ready for fit-out. Walls, partitions, service layouts, reflected ceiling plans. Marked autonomously with precision.
Instead of a crew measuring, chalking, and double-checking, the system moves across the surface and prints the layout in one continuous workflow. It eliminates marking bottlenecks, reduces labour demand, and ensures consistency across large areas or repetitive levels.
For external works, the Tiny Surveyor extends automation beyond the slab. Working with GNSS or total station positioning, it automatically marks road lines, building footprints, sports fields, trench alignments, and other linear layouts. It keeps crews off active areas, improves safety, and delivers accurate, repeatable linework ready for construction or painting.
When projects scale in size, complexity, or repetition, automation becomes a productivity multiplier. It removes interpretation errors, reduces reliance on manual processes, and ensures every mark reflects the live digital design data.
HP SitePrint is an autonomous, robotic solution that reads 2D plans and prints them directly onto the floor of a construction site. The device is capable of printing not only lines, but other elements such as points, arcs, and text too.
TinySurveyor Plotter is designed for roadworks on even surfaces such as new concrete layers in road construction. The compact design makes it easy to transport and deploy. The high-visibility safety beacon and ultrasound sensors allow the robot to operate safely in spaces with live traffic or other equipment.
Reality capture creates a permanent digital record of your site at any stage of construction. Using SLAM scanning technology, you can walk the site and rapidly generate a colourised three dimensional point cloud without tripods or complex setups.
Instead of relying on marked-up drawings or photos, you’re capturing measurable data. Verify progress, confirm installation accuracy, document defects, or create a complete digital twin before surfaces close in.
This is particularly valuable before concrete pours, wall closures, or service concealment. Electrical conduits, hydraulic lines, structural elements, underground services. All captured and stored as accurate spatial data.
The result is long-term visibility. When maintenance, modification, or dispute resolution arises, you have verifiable information rather than assumptions.
Precision, accuracy, and reliability are central to what you do – they are the core principles of reality capture. And despite rapid changes, tighter budgets, and complex projects with stringent requirements, you’re still expected to do more – scan more, process more, model more, and offer more – with less.
NavVis MLX offers an unrivaled combination of agility, ergonomics, and outstanding data quality from a handheld device. It seamlessly integrates into AEC, surveying, and reality capture workflows both on-site and in-office.Â
Portalcam is the first handheld device that captures reality as interactive 3D environments using breakthrough 3D Gaussian Splatting technology.
The Lixel L2 Pro is a highly integrated, high-precision handheld 3D reconstruction device featuring an all-in-one design and simple one-touch operation developed by XGRIDS.
LixelKity K1 is a compact handheld scanning and modeling device newly introduced by XGRIDS. With a lightweight ＜1kg body, it integrates 48 MP ×2 panoramic vision modules and a 360° LiDAR, capable of real-time generation of centimeter-level colored 3D models.
Machine guidance integrates positioning technology directly onto excavation or earthmoving equipment. Rather than marking out manually, the design is loaded into the machine, and the operator works directly to the digital model.
In the cab, the bucket position appears against the plan in real time. Excavation, grading, trimming, and preparation are completed without separate layout steps or repeated checking cycles.
GPS supports general excavation at 20 to 30 millimetre tolerances, while optical control delivers sub 3 millimetre accuracy for final trim and high-precision applications.
This approach removes double handling, reduces crew requirements, and maintains productivity across projects where earthworks volume or complexity drives cost.
Ditch setout in the ground. Don’t stress over lost marks or working from offsets. See and dig to design, directly from the comfort of your cab.
Prep for footpaths, garden beds, and retaining walls with precision.
External works teams benefit from MC-Mobile when grading driveways, preparing garden beds, or setting out retaining walls and drainage systems.
Monitoring provides continuous oversight where surrounding structures, public safety, or compliance obligations require it. Wireless IOT sensors track vibration, movement, and sound around the clock.
Instead of arranging routine site visits to manually confirm conditions, you set acceptable thresholds and receive alerts only when intervention is needed. The system runs quietly in the background while you focus on delivery.
For projects adjacent to existing buildings, public infrastructure, or sensitive assets, monitoring delivers real- time data and digital records that demonstrate compliance. You maintain control without interrupting workflow.
Condition Monitoring equipment for all sites and applications, including mining, rail, infrastructure or building.Â
Reliable and robust products that directly reflect the specific demands of civil engineering, rail and mining environments and empower those responsible for infrastructure construction and maintenance to proceed with confidence.Â
Before excavation begins, subsurface detection technology identifies and maps underground utilities and structures. Electrical, water, gas, communications, stormwater. Knowing what lies below prevents service strikes, protects crews, and safeguards surrounding assets.
For contractors performing excavation, the safety benefit is obvious. Avoiding live electrical cables or high-pressure gas lines eliminates serious risk to people and equipment. But even when you’re not the one operating the machine, subsurface detection remains critical.
As the project lead, principal contractor, or site manager, you carry responsibility for ensuring the work environment is safe and compliant. Engaging utility detection before trenching or footing excavation begins demonstrates due diligence. It allows you to identify risks early, adjust methodologies where required, and set clear expectations for subcontractors before the bucket goes into the ground.
Subsurface mapping also strengthens planning. You can validate service locations against drawings, identify undocumented infrastructure, and coordinate works more accurately. That reduces the likelihood of program delays, emergency repairs, or costly investigations mid-project.
It’s proactive risk management. Instead of reacting to a strike, you establish clarity upfront, protect your people and partners, and maintain digital records that demonstrate you took reasonable steps to control site risk.
The DXL4 Cable Avoidance Tools from C.Scope represent a significant advance in cable detecting performance.
Two versions of the DXL4 are available; the DXL4-D which has full data logging capability, and the DXL4-DBG which has full data logging capability, Bluetoothâ„¢ connectivity and GPS.
The MXL4 Precision Locator represents a significant advance in cable detecting and tracing capabilities.
Two versions of the MXL4 are available; the MXL4-D which has full data logging capability, and the MXL4-DBG which has full data logging capability, Bluetoothâ„¢ connectivity and GPS.
Optical layout delivers sub 3 millimetre accuracy wherever precision matters. Concrete works, structural steel, service penetrations, holding down bolts, facade elements, plant positioning, hardscape features. If it needs to be right first time, optical performs.
Wheen you’re working inside buildings or in environments where GPS can’t reach, optical systems maintain consistent performance without compromise. What once required multiple crew members using dumpy levels, theodolites, string lines and tapes becomes a single operator workflow driven by live digital data.
You’re not measuring from offsets or transferring dimensions manually. You’re positioning directly from the model verifying every point as you go. Each mark has digital traceability, giving you confidence now and documentation later if questions arise.
Whether running small crews or managing complex sites with tight tolerances, optical layout gives you certainty, speed, and a permanent digital record of the work completed.
The Topcon LN-50 is your gateway to modern layout technology. It revolutionises entry-level layout by providing an affordable, easy-to use total station for contractors and builders transitioning to digital
workflows.
The worlds first 3D positioning system designed specifically for construction setout. The LN-160 builds on the foundation of the LN- 50, introducing greater versatility by offering a range of 130m, and the option of using Topcon Field Software.
The Topcon GT Series represents the pinnacle of
robotic total station technology, delivering unparalleled accuracy, speed, and reliability for the most demanding projects.
GPS layout operates at 20 to 30 millimetre tolerances, ideal for early works, larger sites, and in-ground applications where coverage and mobility matter. As long as you can see the sky, you can work.
There’s no need to establish line of sight between instruments or constantly reset equipment. You set up once, then move freely across the site marking out, verifying positions, and recording installed work. Footings, trench alignments, bulk excavation, landscaping levels, service routes. GPS keeps you moving.
It excels where speed is more critical than millimetre precision. Detailed excavation, site preparation, initial positioning, and open-area layout all benefit from the flexibility GPS provides.
The software environment matches optical systems, so you can switch between technologies depending on the task without learning a new workflow. Many contractors run both on the same project, choosing speed or precision based on the requirement.
The HiPer CR is an ultralightweight and compact solution that minimises pole weight, ensuring easy mobility and field usability.
The HiPer XR delivers precision and efficiency, tackling your challenges with RTK accuracy and Dynamic TILT Compensation technology for effortless measurements even in difficult conditions. Its anti-jamming capabilities ensure reliable performance, while the lightweight, rugged design withstands harsh environments.
Projected layout systems display coordinated plans at full scale directly onto floors, and ceilings. Instead of pulling dimensions from gridlines or manually marking individual points, you install directly from the projection or trace it precisely.
This removes some of the biggest sources of rework and coordination delay. In dense service zones or high- traffic fit-out areas, projection highlights clashes before installation begins. You see how elements interact in real time rather than discovering conflicts after work is fixed in place.
The system operates seamlessly within built environments and requires no line of sight to prisms or rovers. It turns complex drawings into a clear visual reference on the surface itself.
For projects where coordination between trades drives both cost and schedule, projected layout shifts the process from reactive to preventative.
The Mechasys XR Projector ensures consistent accuracy and enhances the efficiency of your layout operations with a highly productive visual workflow. Whether you’re working on floors or ceilings, its advanced positioning technology provides best-in-class visual projection, adaptable to any job site.
Automated layout systems remove the manual marking process entirely. The HP SitePrint takes digital plans and prints them directly onto construction surfaces. Slabs, decks, floors ready for fit-out. Walls, partitions, service layouts, reflected ceiling plans. Marked autonomously with precision.
Instead of a crew measuring, chalking, and double-checking, the system moves across the surface and prints the layout in one continuous workflow. It eliminates marking bottlenecks, reduces labour demand, and ensures consistency across large areas or repetitive levels.
For external works, the Tiny Surveyor extends automation beyond the slab. Working with GNSS or total station positioning, it automatically marks road lines, building footprints, sports fields, trench alignments, and other linear layouts. It keeps crews off active areas, improves safety, and delivers accurate, repeatable linework ready for construction or painting.
When projects scale in size, complexity, or repetition, automation becomes a productivity multiplier. It removes interpretation errors, reduces reliance on manual processes, and ensures every mark reflects the live digital design data.
HP SitePrint is an autonomous, robotic solution that reads 2D plans and prints them directly onto the floor of a construction site. The device is capable of printing not only lines, but other elements such as points, arcs, and text too.
TinySurveyor Plotter is designed for roadworks on even surfaces such as new concrete layers in road construction. The compact design makes it easy to transport and deploy. The high-visibility safety beacon and ultrasound sensors allow the robot to operate safely in spaces with live traffic or other equipment.
Reality capture creates a permanent digital record of your site at any stage of construction. Using SLAM scanning technology, you can walk the site and rapidly generate a colourised three dimensional point cloud without tripods or complex setups.
Instead of relying on marked-up drawings or photos, you’re capturing measurable data. Verify progress, confirm installation accuracy, document defects, or create a complete digital twin before surfaces close in.
This is particularly valuable before concrete pours, wall closures, or service concealment. Electrical conduits, hydraulic lines, structural elements, underground services. All captured and stored as accurate spatial data.
The result is long-term visibility. When maintenance, modification, or dispute resolution arises, you have verifiable information rather than assumptions.
Precision, accuracy, and reliability are central to what you do – they are the core principles of reality capture. And despite rapid changes, tighter budgets, and complex projects with stringent requirements, you’re still expected to do more – scan more, process more, model more, and offer more – with less.
NavVis MLX offers an unrivaled combination of agility, ergonomics, and outstanding data quality from a handheld device. It seamlessly integrates into AEC, surveying, and reality capture workflows both on-site and in-office.Â
Portalcam is the first handheld device that captures reality as interactive 3D environments using breakthrough 3D Gaussian Splatting technology.
The Lixel L2 Pro is a highly integrated, high-precision handheld 3D reconstruction device featuring an all-in-one design and simple one-touch operation developed by XGRIDS.
LixelKity K1 is a compact handheld scanning and modeling device newly introduced by XGRIDS. With a lightweight ＜1kg body, it integrates 48 MP ×2 panoramic vision modules and a 360° LiDAR, capable of real-time generation of centimeter-level colored 3D models.
Machine guidance integrates positioning technology directly onto excavation or earthmoving equipment. Rather than marking out manually, the design is loaded into the machine, and the operator works directly to the digital model.
In the cab, the bucket position appears against the plan in real time. Excavation, grading, trimming, and preparation are completed without separate layout steps or repeated checking cycles.
GPS supports general excavation at 20 to 30 millimetre tolerances, while optical control delivers sub 3 millimetre accuracy for final trim and high-precision applications.
This approach removes double handling, reduces crew requirements, and maintains productivity across projects where earthworks volume or complexity drives cost.
Ditch setout in the ground. Don’t stress over lost marks or working from offsets. See and dig to design, directly from the comfort of your cab.
Prep for footpaths, garden beds, and retaining walls with precision.
External works teams benefit from MC-Mobile when grading driveways, preparing garden beds, or setting out retaining walls and drainage systems.
Monitoring provides continuous oversight where surrounding structures, public safety, or compliance obligations require it. Wireless IOT sensors track vibration, movement, and sound around the clock.
Instead of arranging routine site visits to manually confirm conditions, you set acceptable thresholds and receive alerts only when intervention is needed. The system runs quietly in the background while you focus on delivery.
For projects adjacent to existing buildings, public infrastructure, or sensitive assets, monitoring delivers real- time data and digital records that demonstrate compliance. You maintain control without interrupting workflow.
Condition Monitoring equipment for all sites and applications, including mining, rail, infrastructure or building.Â
Reliable and robust products that directly reflect the specific demands of civil engineering, rail and mining environments and empower those responsible for infrastructure construction and maintenance to proceed with confidence.Â
Before excavation begins, subsurface detection technology identifies and maps underground utilities and structures. Electrical, water, gas, communications, stormwater. Knowing what lies below prevents service strikes, protects crews, and safeguards surrounding assets.
For contractors performing excavation, the safety benefit is obvious. Avoiding live electrical cables or high-pressure gas lines eliminates serious risk to people and equipment. But even when you’re not the one operating the machine, subsurface detection remains critical.
As the project lead, principal contractor, or site manager, you carry responsibility for ensuring the work environment is safe and compliant. Engaging utility detection before trenching or footing excavation begins demonstrates due diligence. It allows you to identify risks early, adjust methodologies where required, and set clear expectations for subcontractors before the bucket goes into the ground.
Subsurface mapping also strengthens planning. You can validate service locations against drawings, identify undocumented infrastructure, and coordinate works more accurately. That reduces the likelihood of program delays, emergency repairs, or costly investigations mid-project.
It’s proactive risk management. Instead of reacting to a strike, you establish clarity upfront, protect your people and partners, and maintain digital records that demonstrate you took reasonable steps to control site risk.
The DXL4 Cable Avoidance Tools from C.Scope represent a significant advance in cable detecting performance.
Two versions of the DXL4 are available; the DXL4-D which has full data logging capability, and the DXL4-DBG which has full data logging capability, Bluetoothâ„¢ connectivity and GPS.
The MXL4 Precision Locator represents a significant advance in cable detecting and tracing capabilities.
Two versions of the MXL4 are available; the MXL4-D which has full data logging capability, and the MXL4-DBG which has full data logging capability, Bluetoothâ„¢ connectivity and GPS.
Aptella has tailored the Tokara service to deliver benefits for a wide range of stakeholders
involved in a civil construction project, including:
