Looking back on 2016, was there a project that you could not have completed or your efficiency would have been significantly reduced without the LS?
Occasionally I will review work that I completed several years ago and it's obvious that the quality of my design work has increased significantly with the addition of the LS and T2.
Javad you have made it possible for me to expand my scope and increase efficiency. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
To answer this question honestly, I'd have to say basically ALL of them! Sure, there were many that I could've done with the "other" guys equipment in a similar amount of time, but to second what Nate said, the data I acquired and have associated with even those simple jobs is better because of the LS.
That being said, the "simple" jobs (if there is such a thing in Surveying
), is definitely not where the LS is at its best. The large, heavily canopied, rough terrain jobs, of which we do many of per year, is where this machine sets itself apart - and therefore helps us set ourselves apart from our competition. With the Javad equipment, we can simply do those types of jobs in a third to half the time that we used to. This while still pricing them at relatively the same price that we always have. The same money on a job that takes one half to one third of the time it used to equals more profit!
I also agree with Jim on the statement that our quality of work has greatly increased due to the LS. We used the "other" guys GPS equipment for years in canopy where many others would not. We've always pushed the limits of where RTK could go. We spent hours some days verifying data on some suspect spots, only to end up sometimes having to run it in with a gun anyway "to be certain". It was definitely a trade off where we saved ourselves time in many areas, but cost ourselves time in others where it just wasn't meant to get RTK GPS. That has completely been taken away with the LS. There's hardly anywhere, especially when leaf cover is off, where it won't get great, reliable, verified, validated RTK. Then, in the few spots it doesn't, the PPK is just the absolute cherry on top of this machine.
I feel very fortunate to be a part of the growing Javad family and with now 20 months in, I shudder to even
think about going back to
any other kind of equipment!