Downloads from and about Vaira
Practical guide
From scan to invoice – the end-to-end digital civil-engineering workflow
Capturing data on the construction site has long been fast – what gets expensive is what happens afterward: retyping, copying back and forth between five programs, rebuilding quantity take-offs in Excel. Every one of these media breaks costs time, creates errors and triggers follow-up questions.
This practical guide shows you how a smartphone capture becomes billing-ready documentation without the data mess – in four stages from capture to billing. With a self-test “Is my documentation process end-to-end?”, an honest look at the savings potential, plus everything you need to know about hardware freedom and data protection.
The perfect basis for reviewing your own process – or passing the info on within your company.
The interview was recorded as a video interview in September 2024. You can watch it on YouTube. The video’s audio track is also available as a podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Customer interview
with Gunther Gaedtke
special-projects unit at Städtische Werke Netz + Service GmbH in Kassel
Gunther Gaedtke spent 20 years as head of planning and construction supervision at Städtische Werke Netz + Service GmbH in Kassel. Since the start of 2024, he has worked in the special-projects unit, driving innovation and digitalization forward. In this customer interview, he talks with Vaira’s Managing Director Max Erdmann about digital construction documentation and processes.
The two dive deep into the challenges and opportunities of digitalization in the utilities sector – in the office, on the construction site and in how the two work together. Our guest shares valuable insights and experience from his many years in the industry. Topics include:
- Challenges in implementing innovation and digitalization
- Coping with rising demands and the energy transition
- Technological solutions with Vaira and external software such as SAP
- Cultural and organizational hurdles of digitalization
- Motivating employees to embrace new technologies and processes
Rollout plan
for utilities introducing digital construction documentation together with their contractors
Optimize the collaboration between you and your contractors. Kick off the digitalization of construction documentation. Vaira takes on the effort of the digital implementation for you.
Our rollout plan sums up the most important aspects for you and gives you an overview of the necessary steps. The perfect basis for getting informed yourself or passing the info on within your company.
Software rollout checklist
Introducing new software to make work easier can feel overwhelming and complicated at first. But it doesn’t have to be.
Drawing on our experience from recent years, we can show you where the problems and pitfalls in choosing software lie. We’ve gathered the results for you in a software rollout checklist.
With it, you can search specifically for the software that fits you and roll it out in your company.
Handout
from the webinar “Site meets office: the future of construction”, October 2023
How can office and construction site be connected so that construction companies can hold their own in a constantly changing world and lead their business successfully into the future? What do concrete measures for gaining a competitive edge look like?
In the webinar hosted by the Verband Baugewerblicher Unternehmer Hessen e.V. our Managing Director Max gave an overview and provided a handout to go with it.
Customer interview
with Torsten Mantei
Site manager at Rohrleitungs- und Tiefbau GmbH (RTN)
The demands on construction documentation keep growing. On top of that come challenges like a shortage of skilled workers and a generally high volume of jobs. How can a construction company best deal with all this?
We spoke with Torsten Mantei to learn more about his hands-on work with Vaira on the construction site. He’s a site manager at the construction service provider Rohrleitungs- und Tiefbau GmbH Neubrandenburg (RTN) and has been working with Vaira in the trench for quite some time.
How has using Vaira changed his work?
Academic thesis on Vaira (excerpt, chapter 5)
by Ludwig Maria Rode
in cooperation with IMP GmbH
as part of his degree program “Surveying and Geoinformation (VGI19)” at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Author Ludwig Maria Rode wrote his thesis under the title “A usability study on integrating an augmented-reality surveying component into existing processes of utility documentation”.
This excerpt (chapter 5) contains a comprehensive analysis of the structure, the user guidance and the methodology used to analyze the accuracy of AR surveying with the Vaira app.
You can request the analysis of Vaira as a platform and app here.
Academic thesis on Vaira (summary)
Author Ludwig Maria Rode wrote his thesis under the title “A usability study on integrating an augmented-reality surveying component into existing processes of utility documentation”.
In his thesis, he examined the processes commonly used today and analyzed the structure and functions of Vaira. A central element is his accuracy analysis of the Vaira app and the methodology behind it. The work is rounded out by a cost-effectiveness assessment.
Because the thesis contains sensitive internal details of the participating companies, the author created the additional 12-page summary offered here, condensed from the original thesis of more than 70 pages, which we’re happy to offer for download.
Interview transcript
Max as a guest on the podcast of
architect Michael Boldt (Dipl.-Ing.)
For around 50 minutes, host Michael Boldt (Dipl.-Ing., architect) and our Managing Director Max Erdmann talked about digitalization in the construction industry. With over 35 years of experience in the industry as a project manager, Michael knew the right questions to ask to capture the challenges of the sector and Vaira as fully as possible. The conversation also covers the role of modern tools in employee satisfaction, and how preparation can pay off even when an industry is still doing well.
The interview was recorded in June 2023 and, since June 18, 2023, has also been available as a podcast episode on Spotify.
The interview was conducted in spring 2023. You can also listen to it as an approximately 30-minute podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
Customer interview
with Volker Schmitz,
team lead for network documentation at Bergische Wasser und Energie GmbH (BEW)
Volker Schmitz has worked at BEW for 26 years. In his role as team lead for network documentation, he talks in the interview about his initial skepticism toward AR surveying, using Vaira and the added value on the construction site.
Article
The digital field technician – what does digital work in the trench really take?
The digital field technician is the forward-looking concept for documenting construction work efficiently and correctly. The article accompanying the talk explores how this transformation can happen – and how it helps solve challenges on the construction site. It also quotes Guido Reimuth, who is responsible for network documentation at Stadtwerke Eschwege, from his interview with us.
The interview was conducted in winter 2022 as a text-only interview.
Customer interview
with Guido Reimuth,
lead for network documentation at Stadtwerke Eschwege
In this short interview, we talked among other things about Mr. Reimuth and his role at Stadtwerke Eschwege. Other central topics were his attitude toward digitalization, the added value he sees in using Vaira and how he experiences working with the Vaira team.
Article
Surveying with a smartphone app and the digital field technician – a fully digital process?
This article looks at the challenges facing the construction and utilities industries. The focus is specifically on field technicians and the digital trench – and how utilities and construction companies can benefit from a digital transformation.
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