Montage einiger Geräte, auf denen Vaira genutzt werden kann. Zu sehen sind Smartphones, Computer, Laptops, Tablets und eine Smartwatch. Auf den beiden Smartphones ist zum einen eine Vermessung per Augmented Reality mit der Vaira App zu sehen und zum anderen die digitale Bauakte mit der Beispielaufgabe "Rohrbuch". In diesem sind unter anderem Bauteillisten, Datums- und Textfelder sowie automatisch berechnete Werte ohne Editiermöglichkeit zu sehen. Auf dem Tablet wird eine umfassende Vorgangsliste im Vaira Office gezeigt mit wichtigen Vorgangsdaten wie Schlüsselname, Adresse, Verantwortlichem, Fälligkeitsdatum und einem Symbol für die Priorität. Auf den beiden Computerbildschirmen sind Screenshots einer auszufüllenden digitalen Bauakte mit ausfüllbaren Feldern zu sehen sowie eine weitere Ansicht einer Vorgangsliste, bei der auch die Fortschritte im Prozess per eindeutigem Symbol (grün, orange oder grau) auf einen Blick nachvollzogen werden kann. Auf der Smartwatch ist eine Mitteilung der Vaira App zu sehen, dass ein Prozessschritt begonnen wurde. Auf dem Laptop ist abschließend ein Workflow im Vaira Office zu sehen. Hier hat sich ein Nutzer einen Prozess mit vier Schritten, einigen Aufgaben und Sendern zusammengestellt.

Your toolkit for the fully digital construction site!

Vaira is the platform for every construction site, sector and task. From planning to acceptance – digital, error-free and all in a single app. Save up to 82% on costs and work up to 16x faster.

Automate your fibre rollout

Digital Construction Support

Vaira is built and optimised for every utility – fibre included. With Vaira’s Digital Construction Support you document both the entire route and every service connection directly, digitally and ready to submit.

Automatically generated 3D model

Planning for your own and external crews

For network level 3 (NE3) and network level 4 (NE4)

Automatic mark-up onto plans

Conventional civil engineering & trenchless construction

Fibre, coaxial & copper cables

Photo documentation, freely and automatically

With the Vaira app you can do everything on site. Within seconds you've effectively finished the whole thing. What's changed with documentation through Vaira: everything is faster and more consistent.

It really doesn't get any better.

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Torsten Köppert

Civil engineering specialist

Hermann Tönjes GmbH

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From regional utilities to nationwide construction companies:
Vaira is the digital tool of choice when efficiency counts.

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Follow well-trodden paths – or forge entirely new ones

Many companies have already paved the way. Our team brings the expertise to digitalise construction firms, utilities and skilled trades. Whether you want to get going on your own or need a hand with digitalisation – the Vaira team is happy to help.

Uwe Kopplin

IT Process Manager
EWE Netz GmbH

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"The digital toolkit lets companies tailor their own processes perfectly to our requirements and to their own. Everything from documenting the site to communicating with the office can be mapped – so really no wish is left unfulfilled."

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Senior Site Manager
RTN GmbH

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"For years we worked with pen and paper. With Vaira we can now handle the daily documentation directly on site, digitally on the phone. Surveying with the smartphone helps us measure quickly and cleanly. It makes our daily work so much easier."

Marco Heyen

Branch Manager
SPIE Versorgungstechnik GmbH Wiesmoor

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"Rethinking documentation and giving our people the best possible tool for it is right at the top of SPIE's agenda. With Vaira we're putting a tool – on a single device – into the hands of our new generation, one they master to perfection."

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QR codes and barcodes

With Vaira you scan EAN and traceability codes to capture your lists. Say goodbye to slow, error-prone copying by hand!

Lengths, areas and volumes
With surveying as a tool for every text and number field, you can fill form fields and list items automatically.

Automatic calculations

Just captured on your smartphone – and Vaira instantly calculates the total length, total cost or total count of all recorded items.
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Seamless collaboration between office and construction site!

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Vaira is your

all-in-one platform

for the digital construction site

Digitalise all your tasks yourself in just a few clicks.
Customers use Vaira across the widest range of applications.

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Smartphone surveying

Capture points, lines, areas, volumes, photos and local & absolute 3D UTM coordinates with ease.

Smart pipe log

A dynamic pipe log from planning to completion. All values calculate themselves automatically.

Automatic welding logs

Process and share data straight from the machine. The log writes itself.

Fast quantity take-off

Work recording, volumes, quantity calculation. Everything is captured billing-ready right on the site.

Smart meter replacement

Scan the meter reading and serial number. Tariff changes and customer data updated instantly.

Mobile material tracking

Scan material via QR/barcode. Traceability, batches, quantities and inventory stay in sync.

Crew scheduling

Assignments, notifications and organisational units. Everyone always has the data they need.

Information via real-time status

Billing can start while the crew is still packing up on site. All data always at hand.

Instant time tracking

Record labour and machine hours during the works. Invoices are available at any time.

Automatic inspection reports

Transfer inspection data from the machine and the report for your client writes itself.

One less construction site

Ordered today, trained tomorrow, in use the day after

Digitalisation is the key to staying future-proof. But we also know the day-to-day leaves barely any time for it. That’s why our Digital Coach supports you with your digitalisation. You hand over your current paper or Excel documents and, after just 2 days, receive your perfect digital tool. With it you can go digital straight away and save real money every time you use it.
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Data and security through the cloud

With its Software-as-a-Service approach, Vaira enables real-time data exchange and smooth communication. This is made possible by state-of-the-art cloud technology that handles even compute-intensive tasks anywhere and in seconds – at a fraction of the cost of running a maintenance-heavy on-premise solution on your own servers.

All data is mirrored multiple times and every communication is stored encrypted in the data centres. That way your data stays safe and accessible even if individual servers fail.

Our infrastructure is operated in Germany and meets all GDPR requirements. We protect your data against targeted attacks with extensive security measures.

Vaira develops its software entirely in-house in Germany. That keeps the distance between the trench and software development as short as possible. The highest quality and security are guaranteed.

Strong partners. Strong solution!

All the tools, one platform: with competent and reliable partners, Vaira brings together everything from hardware to software to services for the complete construction-site solution.

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Great software runs on great hardware.

Great software only shows its strength with reliable hardware. That's why we rely on close partnerships with leading manufacturers – making sure Vaira runs stably, quickly and precisely everywhere.

Extensive interfaces. Endless possibilities.

Vaira offers extensive interfaces that connect all relevant systems and processes seamlessly. Together with our software partners we build a stable foundation for smooth operations, efficient collaboration and future-proof integrations.

Better safe than sorry!

Legal certainty built in
In a dispute you're well prepared with Vaira. You not only have the fully secured documentation at hand – you can also prove the complete history of how the data came to be.
Sustainability
Climate change puts enormous challenges before our society. Electric mobility, photovoltaics, wind power and decentralised grids demand a rethink and a consistent, sustainable modernisation. You and your team are the key to the energy transition. And with Vaira you too save many trips to the site, plus paper and energy.

An original, for originals!

Since 2016

Come rain or shine, only one thing counts in the utility trench: it has to work! Field technicians – the unsung heroes of everyday life who keep our homes warm and bright, the water running and the internet stable – deserve the best software.

In 2016, Max Erdmann had the idea for the first digital surveying app for utilities and the construction industry. As early as 2017 his concept won the OWL Innovation Award, and in 2018 came the quality label from the University of Paderborn for the first surveying app – one that set new digital standards in the industry at the time.

But surveying alone wasn’t thinking big enough.

So since 2019 he and his team have been building a comprehensive digital platform: from the original idea of a simple surveying app grew the idea of Vaira – a professional digital toolkit for mapping tasks and processes of all kinds, solving the daily challenges of the energy transition, fibre rollout and basic utility supply digitally. Among others, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Transport lent its support.

The best documentation without travelling to site

Georeferenced 3D models

Create 3D models with your smartphone

With the Vaira flat rate you scan your construction sites as often as you need – with no per-unit costs or hidden fees. 3D models and point clouds are generated automatically and are ready straight away in the Vaira Office web app.

Thanks to AR feedback you can see instantly while scanning whether everything has been captured – no more going back twice.

All data can be exported to PDF, Shapefile, DXF or GeoJSON. You can also download the 3D model and point cloud directly, or pass them on to clients and partners automatically.

Flat rate for 3D scans

Effortless to use

Quality indicator while scanning

Capture materials & work items on the spot

With or without a LiDAR sensor

Interface to the client

Your data, your control

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Automatic photo documentation

With every scan, Vaira automatically creates a complete, georeferenced photo documentation – with no extra effort. Every image is precisely located, time-stamped and saved straight into Vaira Office.

That gives you a precise, traceable record at any time – for acceptance, documentation or your client.

Android & iOS

Vaira runs on all common smartphones and tablets – whether Android or iOS. You need no special hardware and can start right away, with the device you already use.

Precise even without RTK

Not every use case needs maximum accuracy. With Vaira you create 3D scans cost-effectively – entirely without an RTK receiver and without major compromises on positional accuracy.

Strong partners, strong results

Whether entry-level device or high-end kit: every recommended device is field-proven and built for professional use. Our constantly updated portfolio gives you the right solution for every use case – reliable, robust and ready to go.

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Ready to submit right away

In the Vaira Office web app you edit your 3D scans right in the browser – with no additional software. Download the point cloud and 3D model instantly and be the first to have access to all the data.

A real highlight: the surveying happens comfortably from the office – from the scan you can generate all the results for your client directly. In just a few clicks you capture points, lines, areas and even volumes.

Assign materials and work items directly in the model, add symbols, text or backgrounds – and export everything billing-ready, just as colleagues, customers and partners need it.

Never wait or search again

Get reports & forms
instantly

Every sector, every task, every form

Use Vaira independently of the individual client and flexibly across all sectors and trades.

Through the web app and the smartphone app you recreate your paper documentation using logics that make sense digitally – making future work enormously easier and faster.

Exported in one click

Generate print-ready PDFs straight from Vaira in your usual style: complete with logos, the same text formatting and the clean digital drawings of your surveys. All in a single click.

Everything in your pocket

Goodbye notebook – with Vaira all your jobs are always to hand, in your pocket or on your computer. Real-time syncing across every device keeps your data bang up to date, and digital search and filters keep it easy to survey.

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Lists and directories

Whether it’s work items, components or line items for site inspections – bring directories of any size together in Vaira in an audit-proof way, so you can easily reference them in your documentation and surveys.

Versioning makes sure your older records keep running smoothly, while new ones always draw on the latest version of the directory.

With the import function you can hand your existing directories over to Vaira in table form.

Intuitive component capture on site

Referenceable in surveys

Dynamically adjustable directories

Audit-proof and always up to date

Importable as a table

Easy to maintain and manage

Building materials

Create directories for your building materials. You decide for yourself whether to work with large master directories or a separate directory per trade, for example.

Work items

Map your price catalogue in Vaira and link billing items directly to the work carried out. The clear documentation prevents queries and saves both construction firms and clients effort.

Checklists

Records, for example for site inspections, can be time-consuming. With digital directories you can carry out these and other standardised checks far more efficiently.

Stocktakes

Record your stock levels with up-to-date directories, ready to output straight away as a PDF in reports or available via an interface for other software.

… and countless further options

These four examples can be extended however you like. There’s no limit to your creativity in building your own directories and discovering new use cases.

Automations

Away from paper means towards simpler workflows. Speed up the handover of documentation to a matter of seconds. Others involved can view the record directly and carry on working with it.

Link fields together logically to, for example, run calculations automatically while you document. Quantities of components, prices and work items can then be reconciled correctly right on the construction site.

Field types

Correct data in the correct places is the be-all and end-all of good documentation without queries. Unlike on paper, you can control digitally which entries a field allows – and in which format.

Vaira offers a range of field types for capturing text, numbers, dates, checkboxes, timestamps, user links and file attachments, images, surveys and much more, correctly and quickly.

This standardises your documentation results and makes it easier to keep working with clean records.

Always stay on top of things

Clarity within your company and beyond

Optimal user management

Manage every point of access to your digital data individually.

Give access to your data to individuals, groups, your whole company or even external companies.

You control granularly who is allowed to see which data. A single click is enough to revoke a user’s access to data on all devices. That way your data stays safe at all times.

Plan and adapt good processes

When you design processes in Vaira, you always have your company’s workflows in front of you.

That opens up room for small day-to-day changes with which you can optimise your processes step by step.

You’re also ready to give answers straight away when process audits, compliance checks or ISO certifications come up.

Crew scheduling

Sickness, holidays and a changing workforce can all pose challenges. Add an emergency on top and the chaos is complete.

With Vaira you can reassign responsibilities and re-prioritise jobs in just a few clicks. That keeps you in full control even in confusing situations.

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One job list for every situation

Digital job data from start to finish delivers maximum productivity. With search and filter options you find in seconds the jobs you used to dig through paper folders for. That saves time day to day – and precious minutes in an emergency.

For maximum overview you build your own tables in a few clicks and switch between them quickly for different information.

All jobs in one list

Freely definable table content

Search, find and filter in seconds

See job status at a glance

Adjust priorities with one click

Folders and views to stay organised

Bring other companies on board

Smooth workflows need cooperation. Often it’s not only your own company’s specialists working together – external firms are involved in the jobs too.

Invite them to work on the same record as you through Vaira. You set in fine detail which data may be viewed, edited or even deleted. You can extend or revoke these permissions at any time to keep full control over your data.

Data available anywhere

The crew is out on the road, an emergency comes in – but the notebook isn’t on site? With Vaira that’s no longer a problem.

Everyone involved has all the latest data on their devices at any time – whether on the computer, tablet or smartphone. So they can react quickly to changes in the plan and work directly in the final record.

Software that adapts to you

Full customisability without development costs

Be the boss of your software

One licence includes it all. Vaira gives you a huge toolkit with which you can recreate your individual requirements yourself.

Unlike other software, no bespoke development is needed. Vaira already comes with all the standard, relevant tools your industry uses – user-friendly to operate, so you keep full control over your processes.

You are the designer of your work

Control how your data is presented in tables and directories yourself.

Then export the data as a PDF in the form you want – complete with formatting, logos and images.

One piece of software for every client

Do you get jobs from different clients who all place different requirements on you?

With Vaira you can cover all these requirements at once – regardless of sectors, file formats or interfaces.

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A colourful mix of users

Processes and documentation exist in every industry and trade – and Vaira has been used across them for years. That has given our team a wealth of know-how in digitalising processes, and we’re happy to help with your own digitalisation if you’d like.

Our steadily growing user base also brings new feature requests, which then find their way into Vaira. So if you’re missing a feature, we’re happy to talk about how we can build it into Vaira.

10 years developed together with the industry

A broad user base trusts Vaira

Flexible processes and documentation

Fully customisable working

Without costly in-house development

Optional support with your digitalisation

Civil, road & utility construction

Municipal utilities, utility & waste-disposal companies

Engineering firms & architects

Landscaping & skilled trades

Working with partners made easy

Efficient processes only work as a team – and that often includes not just your own staff but external partner firms too.

With Vaira you bring them into your projects with ease. Everyone works directly on the same record, while you specify in detail which information is visible, editable or deletable. You can adjust or withdraw your permissions at any time – so your data always stays under your control.

Support, maintenance and updates

At Vaira, Software-as-a-Service means the service is fully included in the software. Alongside the usual bug fixes, you also get all feature updates as part of your licences. Gone are the days when you either let your software grow outdated or had to keep buying new CDs.

Support is free of charge too. As well as a comprehensive knowledge base with guides to every feature, our team is on hand with help and advice.

Everything neatly in one app

From specialist reports to integrated hardware

Every site process under control – digital, simple and complete

With Vaira you bring every important workflow around your construction site together in a single app.

From seamless documentation and the site diary through to time tracking down to the minute – all the information ends up exactly where you need it. Inspection reports, welding records or digital forms can be created in a flash and filed in an audit-proof way. Defect management, photo documentation and managing materials and equipment all become far simpler and more transparent too. Thanks to digital quantity take-offs and surveys, precise data is available to you instantly, with no media breaks or duplicated work.

All of this saves time, reduces errors and keeps office and site connected in real time. The result is a continuous, efficient workflow that speeds up your projects and keeps your records legally sound at all times.

Fully digital documentation

A shared data base to keep working from

Real-time collaboration with no waiting

No media breaks or duplicated work

Data exchange with external devices

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The digital site diary

Record construction progress seamlessly – with photos, notes, weather data and automatically captured details. Instead of scraps of paper or scattered files, you get one consistent, digital site diary that everyone involved can view at any time.

With Vaira you document directly on site, reduce sources of error and keep full transparency over how the project is progressing.

Pipe logs

Capture all pipe and line data centrally and digitally – from surveys and materials through to photos and sketches. With Vaira you get a complete pipe log, seamlessly documented and linked directly to your project information.

That keeps you on top of things at all times, avoids media breaks and ensures every step of work is documented traceably and in an audit-proof way.

Photo documentation

Capturing photos has never been so straightforward: with Vaira you take pictures right on site and assign them immediately to the correct project, step of work or location.

Supplemented with geodata, timestamps and comments, you get seamless photo documentation – clear, traceable and available at any time. This safeguards quality, meets your evidence obligations and does away with tedious paperwork.

Inspection reports

Inspections can be carried out entirely digitally with Vaira – structured, error-free and legally sound. Mandatory fields and smart dependencies make sure that all the relevant data really is captured.

Whether it’s acceptance, an inspection or a sign-off: with digital verification, lasting traceability via an audit log and central storage, your inspection reports are ready to use immediately and available at any time.

Time tracking on site

Forget handwritten timesheets: with Vaira you record working hours conveniently on your smartphone – down to the minute and right where the work happens.

The data is transferred to the office in real time, so invoices, records and analyses are ready straight away. That doesn’t just save you time – it also avoids arguments and misunderstandings.

Welding logs

Proving your welds has never been so easy: Vaira takes the data straight from the machine and inserts it automatically into the digital welding log.

Supplemented with photos, geodata and further information, you get seamless documentation – fast, precise and absolutely reliable. That way you meet all your evidence obligations with no extra effort.

Defect management

Defects can be recorded directly on the spot – with a photo, a precise description and a geolocation.

Vaira makes sure this information is passed straight to the right people and that the status can be tracked seamlessly. Problems get fixed faster, and you ensure transparent communication between client, office and site.

Quantity take-offs & surveys

Capture lengths, areas and volumes easily with your smartphone – supported by augmented reality and, optionally, high-precision GNSS.

The measurements are transferred into the project automatically and are immediately available for billing, planning and records. With Vaira you save time, prevent transcription errors and get precise results right on site.

Digital forms & checklists

Whether it’s safety briefings, site set-ups or handovers – with Vaira you work with digital forms that contain mandatory fields and are logically linked.

This ensures no important information is missing and all data is captured in full. The result is structured, audit-proof documentation that’s available at any time.

… and that's only part of what's possible!

The use cases shown are just a small snapshot of what Vaira can do. Whether it’s scheduling, workflow control or custom interfaces – the app grows with your requirements and adapts flexibly to your projects. So you always have the digital solution that really fits your day-to-day on site.

Surveying with a smartphone

Effortlessly to a clean digital drawing

Surveying with a smartphone

With Vaira you turn your smartphone into a flexible surveying tool you can use anytime, anywhere – with no heavy equipment at all.

All data is captured digitally straight away, which avoids transcription errors and keeps your records cleanly documented.

The results are available in the project immediately and can be used directly for planning, billing or records.

Surveying via augmented reality

With Vaira’s AR surveying you see measurement points, lines and areas directly in the live image of your smartphone camera. That lets you capture geometries precisely, without having to rely on plans or estimates.

Especially in confusing or hard-to-reach areas, AR helps you keep your bearings and achieve precise results.

Surveying via GNSS / GPS

For large projects and even higher precision, you can connect external GNSS receivers from various providers to Vaira. With them you determine positions reliably even over long distances and obtain highly accurate, georeferenced data.

The captured points are automatically linked with all your other project information, creating seamless documentation.

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Turn your on-site professionals into surveyors

The challenges of tape measures, paper sketches and transcription errors are all too familiar in the construction industry. Digitalising surveying can solve these challenges with ease.

With Vaira your on-site professionals become surveyors. Without endless training, the Vaira app enables them to take measurements via augmented reality or GNSS. Right at the open trench, with no need to coordinate with surveyors – and directly in digital form, with no effort spent on sketches, clean drawings or misunderstandings that have to be sorted out afterwards.

Intuitive surveying with your smartphone

Surveying via augmented reality and GNSS

Projects of any size via GNSS

Coordinate systems such as WGS84 or DHHN2016

Automated photo documentation for every measurement point

Clean digital drawing right on site

Combine with existing plans

Real-time transfer to cadastral updating

Multiple languages for every worker

Seamless onward work with survey data

Even in the Vaira app, on-site professionals can make adjustments to the survey data, the sketch and the attribute data. Components can be located, or additional photos can be taken for measurement points.

Back in the office you can carry on working on the digital sketch too. Adding and aligning existing plans, viewing photos or assigning components after the fact can all still be done here. Even surveys can be generated retrospectively from the office on the basis of the measurement data.

Handover to other systems such as your GIS

Data handover in Vaira works in two ways – either by export or via interfaces. You decide for yourself whether to export your survey as a data set (GeoJSON, DXF, Shapefile, etc.), or to connect your GIS directly to Vaira, for example, to exchange the data automatically.

You also have the option of exporting your survey data and sketches to a printable PDF, in order to submit them to your client in the usual form, for example.

Optimal collaboration between site and office

Civil, road and utility construction

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Vaira on site – a civil engineering specialist in interview

Torsten Köppert, a civil engineering specialist at Hermann Tönjes GmbH, has been working in trenches for almost 18 years. He knows all too well the challenges that paper documentation has brought.

Since Hermann Tönjes GmbH started using Vaira, his work has improved dramatically. His pleasing verdict: “For me personally, it has definitely changed for the better.”

Paperless documentation

All data always to hand

The simplest, fastest surveying

No more clean drawings or fair copies

Easy material location

Fewer queries and less stress

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Vaira in the office – an invoicing clerk in interview

Gerlinde Röhr, also an invoicing clerk at Hermann Tönjes GmbH, uses Vaira in the office. She receives the documentation from her crews – including from Torsten Köppert – in real time at her desk.

She sums up at the end of the interview: “I can recommend Vaira because the whole finished submission is much tidier, much cleaner. Much easier to understand for everyone involved. And for us it’s definitely a saving in cost and time – and that, of course, is what matters most to us.”

Smooth coordination of everyone involved

Direct syncing between site and office

Clean, easy-to-understand surveys

Little effort for follow-up work

Faster to invoicing the job

GIS-ready data straight into your system

Municipal utilities, utility and waste-disposal companies

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Vaira in action at Stadtwerke München

Dr Carsten Sperl (Technical Domain Manager, GIS Product Manager) and Veronika Thalhofer (Digitalisation Project Lead) share their experience with Vaira from a one-year pilot project. The next step: rolling Vaira out further across the whole utility.

Veronika sums up in her interview: “We chose Vaira because they have a relatively large portfolio. Smartphone surveying is only one small part of it – we may well want to draw on other Vaira products in the future too.”

A clear mapping of requirements

Consistent documentation from external contractors

Correct and complete data

Easy import of survey data into your GIS

Connection to ERP, GIS, etc. possible

Minimal IT effort for maximum digitalisation

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Vaira in action at EWE Netz AG

At EWE Netz GmbH, Torsten Memenga (Head of Contractor Management) and Uwe Kopplin (IT Process Manager) are enthusiastic about Vaira. EWE has been closely tied to Vaira from the very start and encourages its construction service providers to take the digital step.

Uwe concludes: “If someone asks me whether I’d recommend Vaira, I’d definitely say yes. The digital toolkit lets companies tailor their own processes perfectly to our requirements and to their own. Everything from documenting the site to communicating with the office can be mapped – so really no wish is left unfulfilled.”

Benefit from good data as a client

Design processes for your service providers together with Vaira

Drive digitalisation forward as a utility

Support from Vaira at every step

High-quality survey data, cheaply and fast

Engineering firms & architects

When centimetre accuracy is enough

Not every survey has to be accurate to the millimetre. Especially when recording line routes and smaller projects, clients often allow more leeway on accuracy.

The problem: these small jobs often aren’t worth the major set-up of laser systems and tie up valuable capacity needed for bigger jobs.

With Vaira you take the middle path: sufficient accuracy with minimal effort. That brings the economics back into your blended costing.

For jobs with no millimetre requirement

The fastest, simplest digital measurement method

Data ready for onward digital work straight away

A choice between AR and GNSS surveying

External antennas with a correction service can be connected

Make even small jobs economically worthwhile

Get started with Vaira for free

Augmented reality

Survey using your smartphone or tablet alone. Using the internal sensors and the camera image, and calculated by photogrammetric methods, you place virtual points in the real world via augmented reality.

Average accuracy*:
approx. ± 7 cm

GNSS surveying

Survey with Vaira and an optional external GNSS antenna from one of our many partners. With NTRIP correction services you achieve precise surveys over distances of any size.

Average accuracy*:
down to 1 cm

3D models

Record the construction site by video using the Vaira app, your smartphone and the RTK antenna. From the footage, the Vaira app and our backend calculate a georeferenced 3D model in which you can still take measurements afterwards.

Average accuracy*:
down to 1 cm

*depending on handling, the antenna chosen (if any), environmental factors and the correction service used

Fast, precise capture and documentation

Landscaping and skilled trades

Survey projects and present them in 3D

Whether it’s maintaining gardens, laying paving or roofing houses: wherever building happens, documentation is needed as proof of work. And there’s no better advertising material than your own successful projects.

Vaira gives you a tool to produce and capture this data cleanly and digitally. With your smartphone you can easily survey 2D areas via augmented reality or GNSS. By entering a height you can also generate simple volumes, giving you a quick overview of the volumes of your building and waste materials.

Vaira’s 3D model function lets you create images of your project with ease. You can use them in the office to keep working – for example, to have Vaira automatically calculate precise volumes from the 3D models for your billing.

Or you use the 3D models for your presentations and marketing material to show off what you can do.

For jobs with no millimetre requirement

The fastest, simplest digital measurement method

Data ready for onward digital work straight away

3D models for onward work & marketing

A choice between AR and GNSS surveying

External antennas with a correction service can be connected

Get started with Vaira for free

Augmented reality

Survey using your smartphone or tablet alone. Using the internal sensors and the camera image, and calculated by photogrammetric methods, you place virtual points in the real world via augmented reality.

Average accuracy*:
approx. ± 7 cm

GNSS surveying

Survey with Vaira and an optional external GNSS antenna from one of our many partners. With NTRIP correction services you achieve precise surveys over distances of any size.

Average accuracy*:
down to 1 cm

3D models

Record your project by video using the Vaira app, your smartphone and the RTK antenna. From the footage, the Vaira app and our backend calculate a georeferenced 3D model in which you can still take measurements afterwards.

Average accuracy*:
down to 1 cm

*depending on handling, the antenna chosen (if any), environmental factors and the correction service used