The solution for digital construction documentation

This is what the industry says about Vaira

Why did digitalization matter to them? How did they roll out Vaira, and what has their experience with our platform been like?

All original German statements have been translated into English.

»When surveying on Norderney, the measurements and sketches are often a challenge. Nearby there are frequently no good reference points to measure from – or important parts of the route are obscured. To line up properly from the edge of a building, you need two people for the survey. That’s why we’d been looking for a solution to replace the tape measure, laser distance meter, and angle prism for quite a while. The Vaira app is perfect for letting a single person handle the documentation. Without much effort, I simply capture all the important points and transfer them into my GIS.«

Network operator

Heiko Trebsdorf

GIS Officer
Stadtwerke Norderney

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»We chose Vaira because they have a relatively large portfolio. Smartphone surveying is just one small part of it – we may well want to draw on other Vaira products in the future as well.«

Network operator

Veronika Thalhofer

Digitalization Project Manager
Stadtwerke München

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»The people in the field depend on getting the information – and so do the people in the office who manage the data in the systems. Everyone needs reliable geodata.«

Network operator

Dr. Carsten Sperl

Technical Domain Manager, GIS Product Manager
Stadtwerke München

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»What I think is cool is that you offer these three types of surveying. On one hand the classic GPS surveying, then AR surveying and the 3D scan. And the user can define in advance, within a workflow, that a specific person in the process has to document in a certain way.«

Partner

Elias Barak

Senior Partner Manager
vigram® AG

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»Rethinking documentation and giving our people the best possible tool for it is right at the top of the agenda at SPIE. With Vaira, we’re putting a tool into the hands of our new generation – on a single device that they’ve mastered to perfection.«

Construction company

Marco Heyen

Branch Manager
SPIE Versorgungstechnik GmbH Wiesmoor

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»If someone asks me whether I’d recommend Vaira, I’d definitely say yes. The digital toolkit gives companies the ability to adapt their own processes perfectly to our requirements and to their own. Everything from documenting the construction site to communicating with the office can be mapped, so that really no wishes are left unfulfilled.«

Network operator

Uwe Kopplin

IT Process Manager
EWE Netz GmbH

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»It helps immensely, of course, when digital tools like Vaira give us the ability to work more efficiently and more easily on the construction site – letting the field technician out there get back to what he does best: building and installing utility lines and cables.«

Network operator

Torsten Memenga

Head of Contract Partner Management EWE Netz GmbH

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»With the Vaira app, you can do everything on site. Within seconds you’ve basically got it all done. What has changed about documentation with Vaira: everything is faster and more plausible. It really doesn’t get any better.«

Construction company

Torsten Köppert

Civil Construction Specialist
Hermann Tönjes GmbH

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»We save roughly half an hour per service connection. […] And we definitely also have another selling point for new young employees […], being able to say: we now work with the new system.

Construction company

Stephanie Kölling

Deputy Managing Director
Hermann Tönjes GmbH

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»We achieve time and cost savings with Vaira because we barely have any rework left in the office. All I have left is a final check on the data sheet. The take-off sketch just gets tidied up a little […]. We don’t have to redraw and rewrite everything.«

Construction company

Gerlinde Röhr

Billing Specialist
Hermann Tönjes GmbH

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»I mean, you have an amazing solution. And, as Trimble, we provide the best hardware in the market to create something really accurate. Some data set that Deutsche Telekom or any fiber companies can use in their daily work. So we’re absolutely happy and thrilled to have this solution created with you.«

Partner

Dario Conforti

Channel Partner Manager EMEA
Trimble

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»Basically anyone out on the construction site can do this incredibly quickly and incredibly easily with a smartphone. […] And it makes me very precise. And like I said, anyone on the construction site can do it themselves. I don’t need to hire an academic for it.«

Partner

Michael Stinn

Head of Digital Business
TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG

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»The SAP hand-off alone – SAP had never done that with Vaira before. At first our SAP experts asked us if we were out of our minds. And then we won them over. And then the thing actually worked.«

Network operator

Gunther Gaedtke

Staff Unit for Special Tasks
SWN+S

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»It’s already mature today, you can absolutely build on it. Even this really large organization, the DVGW, recognizes that this is the way of the future.«

Network operator

Volker Schmitz

Team Lead Network Documentation
Bergische Energie und Wasser (BEW)

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»Appreciation for the work we do and contributing to Germany’s urgent digitalization motivate me and drive me every day.«

Network operator

Guido Reimuth

Network Documentation
Stadtwerke Eschwege

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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 neatly. That makes our daily work a lot easier.«

Construction company

Torsten Mantei

Senior Site Manager
RTN GmbH

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»The savings in capture time achieved when using the AR method are remarkable. It requires little preparation, no setting up and taking down of equipment, and is roughly twice as fast to carry out as established measurement methods for utility line capture. And the required accuracy levels are still met.«

Other

Ludwig Maria Rode

scientific study on Vaira
imp GmbH (surveying office)

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»Through surveying in augmented reality (AR), we get reliable and timely positional documentation. That’s why we want to make access to this technology as easy as possible for our partner companies.«

Network operator

Thomas Kindervater

Head of Technical Processes and Geodata Services
EWE NETZ GmbH

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»Gas, water, electricity, and fiber – with Vaira we’re integrating a very flexible documentation tool into our processes and system landscape.«

Construction company

Harald Hübner

Branch Manager
LUDWIG FREYTAG, Niederlassung Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau Nordwest (TRNW)

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»We rely on Vaira for fully digital and always accurate documentation of fiber connections – including under subsidy programs. In particular, coordinating the documentation of subcontractors becomes much easier.«

Construction company

Christian Janning

Branch Manager & Managing Director
Janning Tiefbau GmbH

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»The absolute highlight is surveying with the smartphone. But it’s the simultaneous capture of materials, work performed, and attribute data that truly enables fully digital work.«

Construction company

Hendrik Wilms

Head of Pipeline & Cable Construction & Authorized Signatory
Tell Bau GmbH

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»Using Vaira improves the work both on site and in the offices. Freehand sketches, or even missing information, should be a thing of the past!«

Network operator

Michael Georgi

Head of Network Services Department
Stadtwerke Görlitz AG

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»We’re thrilled with the surveying results that can be achieved with standard consumer smartphones. For most simple service connections, AR surveying will be enough.«

Network operator

Martin Bauer

Technical Director
Thüga Energienetze GmbH

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