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Work Safe Home Safe is the driving force behind Tarmac's zero harm culture. In 2020, 20% of fatalities in the UK Construction Industry were due to people being struck by a moving vehicle (Second biggest killer behind falls from height). How can we minimise or better still, eliminate the risk of being struck by moving vehicles altogether? Quite simple really, let’s not have any people working near moving machines!Alun Griffiths Contractors have recently been working on Dolyhir Quarry adopting 3D … read more

One of our most popular products is the trusty Topcon RL-H5A rotating laser and our most popular customer question when buying one... What's the different between the Topcon LS-80L receiver and Topcon LS-100D receiver?There are several features separating these two laser receivers so we've put together a blog post highlighting a few of the main differences. Firstly the LS-80L has a simple up/down arrow and dead band for when you are level - that's it. The LS-100D has a millimetre reading meanin … read more

Whether measuring and reporting on the condition of drains or recording the position of road signs and street lighting, Magnet Field has a great tool for quickly gathering asset information. Here is a quick guide to introduce you to Field Reports in Magnet Field :Start in the Map screen or Topo Map view then right-click or press and hold to access the command for Create Field Report :Complete the short form to report on the condition of the asset as well as record a position, time stamp, photogr … read more

If you are out in the field and you receive a large CAD file with lots of extra information you don't need for setting out, here is a quick tip for you!Magnet Field has the ability to import CAD files as background images. When a drawing contains a title block, scale bar and other unnecessary information, this takes up extra memory and demand on the processor with no real benefit to us.Using the CAD tools in the Map View, we can create new points, line, circle centre points and a whole host of o … read more

Users of Magnet Field vary from archaeologists to zoo keepers and everything in-between! Having a broad range of users working in a wide variety of environments often means people have different ways of working and prefer different software configurations. One very simple but particularly useful option some people are not aware of is simply changing colour scheme - whether working in bright sunlight or in a mine, changing the theme can help you see information clearly on-screen. Here is a quick … read more