Gleeds has scaled up its Visualise reality‑capture service, built on OpenSpace’s Visual Intelligence Platform, from a 2022 pilot with 16 users to 1,900 users across ten countries on 340 projects, reporting client savings of about £2m in 2023. The system creates a searchable, time‑stamped visual record of site conditions, giving project teams verifiable as‑built evidence for progress checks, variation claims and clash or defect resolution. For engineers and project managers, this reduces reliance on disputed site reports, cuts unnecessary site visits and supports remote coordination on complex programmes.

Trimble has launched the MP1087, an all‑in‑one machine positioning unit for its Earthworks grade control system, consolidating GNSS, Wi‑Fi, cellular, UHF radio and network connectivity into a single ruggedised enclosure. The platform delivers display‑to‑unit communication roughly 10 times faster than previous setups and a fivefold increase in internal processing, while Maxwell 8 GNSS with anti‑jamming and anti‑spoofing maintains accuracy under tree canopy, in urban canyons and structural shadow. Field tests reported up to 15% higher machine uptime, with global commercial release planned for Q4 2026.

Komatsu Europe has extended its retrofittable 3D Machine Guidance Flex system from excavators to dozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks and other mixed-fleet earthmoving plant, using track or wheel movement rather than hydraulic integration to deliver real-time 3D positioning and georeferenced as-built terrain data. The platform reuses Komatsu’s existing excavator guidance hardware, now past 9,000 global units, with an updated controller to cut entry costs and simplify deployment across fleets. Automatically captured data feeds into Smart Construction Dashboard and includes eight years’ Smart Construction Remote access for design uploads, remote support and reduced manual progress surveying.