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How to Read an AGTEK Volume Report

AgTek volume reports pack a lot of information onto a single page. If you haven't spent time with one before, it can be a lot to digest. This post walks through a real report, the Hess Office project, so you know exactly what each section is telling you and how to use the numbers in your next bid.

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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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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.