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AgTek cut/fill and plansheet in google earth.

Bart Booth - Quantum's Earthwork Takeoff Pro

Quantum Land Design is excited to introduce Bart Booth, our new Manager of Earthwork Takeoffs. With 20+ years of heavy civil experience and deep AgTek expertise, Bart delivers accurate volumetric calculations you can confidently bid from. We handle commercial, highway, residential, and data center projects with a 3-business day turnaround; including rock excavation, drone data integration, and GPS machine control alignment.

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Tenstar virtual training space showing an excavator simulator, VR operator stations, and a 3D jobsite model displaying how people and machines interact in a simulated construction environment.

Introducing Tenstar Simulators: A Smarter Way to Train Operators Before They Hit the Jobsite

Tenstar Simulators are transforming how contractors train operators. Visit Quantum Land Design's CONEXPO booth to experience realistic machine and GPS technology simulator that builds confidence, reduces mistakes, and accelerates tech adoption—all without tying up real equipment or burning time and fuel.

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CR-H1 handheld scanner capturing a gravel stockpile at a construction site (Image Credit: Topcon)

Topcon's CR-H1: Handheld 3D Capture

Topcon's CR-H1 is a compact, one-handed 3D capture tool that pairs an iPhone with the HiPer CR GNSS receiver. Walk a site and generate georeferenced point clouds on the spot — no tripod, no setup hassle. Processed through Pix4D, it produces colorized models built for construction verification, stockpile measurement, and pre-con walkthroughs. Quantum Land Design can take those scans and turn them into refined grading models and volume calculations.

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Why Subgrade Machine Control Models May Not Be the Best Choice for Your Project

Most contractors default to subgrade models without thinking twice. After building 20,000+ GPS models, our team has learned that's usually the wrong call. Subgrade offsets create plan mismatches, slow revision turnaround, and add cost without much upside. Finish grade matches what's on the plans and keeps your crew and PM on the same page. Here's when subgrade actually makes sense.

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How to Use Drones in Your Earthmoving Business

Are you ready to take your earthmoving business to the next level? Join me at Trimble Dimensions 2024.

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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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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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World of Concrete 2022

Quantum Land Design is proud to announce we will have a booth at the World of Concrete 2022.

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GPS machine control bulldozer pushing a full blade of dirt on a construction site under a partly cloudy sky.

Pro-Level GPS Machine Control Tips Every Contractor Should Know

Every contractor hits the same GPS machine control growing pains. We pulled tips from Caterpillar, John Deere, Komatsu, and Case -- four things their experts say consistently separate crews that make GPS work from those that don't.

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GPS Site Control - Keep it Level

It seems simple but, too often, machine control basics like keeping the rover level and stable are overlooked when calibrating GPS to a cons

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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.