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World of Concrete 2024

Quantum's team is looking forward to meeting you at World of Concrete.

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Thanks for Visiting Us at ConExpo 2023!

Thanks for visiting us at ConExpo 2023! We’ll follow up individually soon. Learn more about our services and how we can help you succeed!

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ConExpo 2023 Invitation

We’d like to invite you to join Quantum Land Design at ConExpo 2023.

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ChatGPT AI Tells Us How To get the Most Out of Conexpo

We asked ChatGPT how to get the most out of attending Conexpo. ChatGPT nailed it.

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Illustration of a yellow excavator on a nighttime construction site, gently lowering its bucket to hold a crescent moon like a cradle. Stars fill the sky, and silhouetted buildings appear in the background. The title reads “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site."

Cat Trial 13: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and 3D Machine Control

Caterpillar needed precise 3D machine control models to bring Cat Trial 13 to life. QLD's Ryan Murguia built the Cat Grade surface files that made it work.

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ConExpo Con/AGG 2023 Registration

Quantum Land Design has big plans for the ConExpo 2023. It starts with our booth in the West Hall (W43207)....

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SANY America and Leica Geosystems Partnership

Through their Joint Technology Program, SANY America dealers have access to Leica machine control systems.

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Quantum's YouTube Pro Series Continues to Grow

It's important to us that our clients are successful with their machine control systems. We regularly add new content...

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ConExpo-Con-Agg Trip Giveaway

Here is your chance to walk through the gates at Conexpo-Con/Agg for FREE in 2023.

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Caterpillar Global Operator Challenge 2022

Now is the chance for the world's best operators to earn the ultimate bragging rights. One will be crowned; many will be humbled.

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Infographic showing 4 GPS site control principles for machine control: use the design engineer's surveyor, surround the site with control points, calibrate to 5 or more points, and trust but verify with daily checks.

Get Your 3D Grading Under Control: 4 Site Control Principles Every GPS Contractor Needs to Know

Poor site control is the number one problem we see from contractors running GPS machine control. Not bad models or broken equipment. Site control, the first step on every single project. We've seen it cost contractors two weeks of production, turn a correct machine control model on a balanced site into a mysterious site export, and force concrete footings to be redone because the control was rotated 2.8 degrees. Every one of those situations was avoidable.

A screenshot from a drone flight planning interface titled “DJI Mavic 3E Flight Planning for Topographic Survey Mapping” shows a mapped area with a green grid overlay and waypoint markers on the left. On the right, advanced settings display sliders for side overlap ratio (80%), frontal overlap ratio (80%), and margin distance. A note emphasizes that 80% overlap provides good photogrammetry results and should not be set below 70% for 3D mapping. A YouTube play button is centered over the image.

Quantum Flight Pack - DJI Mavic 3E Training Hub

If you're running a DJI Mavic 3E on a construction site, this is where to start. These training videos cover flight planning, RTK setup, camera settings, and calibration — everything you need to get clean topo data that works with your GPS machine control system.