The Roading Company, specialist roading and civil construction company, was looking for an alternate machine scale for use at its new PowerScreen crushing plant. The PowerScreen crushing plant is currently contract crushing in Queenstown, Central Otago. Nathan White, Crushing Manager (B Grade Quarry Manager certified) got in contact with Aptella to discuss machine scales and The Roading Company’s requirements. White was interested in working with machine scale providers that would offer premium service and support. “Our Mobile Crushing Plant Operation complements our road construction operation, enabling the production and supply of various roading, drainage aggregate and sealing chip for our business and to the local market. We provide a range of high quality materials at competitive rates,” said
TBT EARTHWORKS LTD is a family owned and operated contracting company, based in the Canterbury and Christchurch regions of New Zealand, that had plans to increase the efficiency and productivity on site as they moved into more large scale, fine tolerance work. Trent O’Neill, one half of the father and son due that run TBT EARTHWORKS, saw a sponsored post on Facebook for the iDig Touch 2D excavator system from Aptella and thought it looked like it would fit their needs. “I got in touch and Troy from the Aptella Christchurch branch came out the following day for a demonstration. We put our name down for the system that day,” said O’Neill. “We are starting to get into
As the Australian and New Zealand distributor for iDig, Aptella is helping contractors maximise their profits, by optimising the use of machines and increasing excavator productivity. iDig 2D machine control systems are simple but technically advanced tools designed specifically for excavators, to provide real-time (with no delay) indication of depth, distance and slope. Real-time depth indication: Enter your desired depth and iDig will guide you there. Real-time slope indication: Enter your, positive or negative slope and percentage on x:y, and iDig will guide you there – it can even calculate relative slope if required. Real-time distance indication: Place the bucket teeth on the starting point, enter your desired digging distance, and iDig’s horizontal LEDS will guide you there.
This new Robotic line tool has been designed to save time for surveyors to manually set out road lines on foot whilst improving safety and often removing the need for traffic control on live roads altogether. The Tiny Surveyor is a compact robotic cart that is designed to automatically mark out roads, sports fields, car parks and other line marked surfaces using a pre-programmed design. Now distributed in New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia by Aptella, it brings a unique piece of equipment which promises to greatly save time for surveyors in the construction industry. Garry MacPhail, who manages the the Geospatial divsion of Aptella mentioned, “Automation is developing apace across all industries with the aim of
The acquisition will allow Aptella to expand its product range and service capabilities to the survey and geospatial industry. The combined team will expand resources and expertise to better support geospatial and surveyor professionals. Total Survey Systems is based in Sydney, they are a survey equipment distributor that specialises in Sokkia survey technology. In the agreement, all TSS employees will be based in the Silverwater office which is located in the inner west of Sydney’s CBD along with the Aptella team. Martin Nix, the CEO for Aptella states: “we are delighted to welcome the TSS team to Aptella, with their expertise in the land survey industry will be a terrific addition to our engagement with customers.” Martin also
Mr Hetet brings more than 22 years of experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) survey software to the role, which will see him oversee support activities for MAGNET Field and Office software across New Zealand and Australia. Aptella announces the appointment of Graeme Hetet to the role of Software Support Manager. Mr Hetet will lead the support teams across New Zealand and Australia in delivering technical assistance to customers for MAGNET Field and Office survey software platforms. Mr Hetet brings more than 22 years’ experience with CAD survey software to his new position, having worked for many years supporting New Zealand surveyors with Civilcad software and more recently MAGNET Office. Based in Tauranga in New Zealand’s Bay of
In June, Aptella hosted a local NZIS branch meeting at our new Christchurch office. We also joined the movers and shakers of the geospatial industry at the NZIS Survey conference that was held in Napier this year. The local NZIS branch meeting saw around 45 surveyors attend along with Hadyn Smith, CEO from the NZIS. A couple of very interesting presentations were given by Eliot Sinclair Surveyors around the Kaiakora recovery as well as our own Andy Male who spoke about Senceive wireless monitoring solutions. Hosted at the Napier Conference Centre, this year’s national NZIS conference was characterised by excellent session content that proved relevant, varied and included great panel discussions. As a Gold Partner of the NZIS,
Geospatial solutions provider to support construction, mining and quarrying industries with on-board weighing technology nationwide. Aptella announces a distribution agreement for RDS Technology industrial weighing systems that will see the company sell and support industrial scales for New Zealand’s construction, mining and quarrying markets. Pat Dougherty, owner of former distributor RDS Systems, made the decision to take a break after some 15 years in the business. As a result, and to give greater focus to the separate markets of construction and agriculture that RDS solutions are designed for, the product lines will be distributed and supported by companies that specialise in these sectors. “I’d like to congratulate Pat on his success in building and managing the RDS
