Aberdeenshire civil engineering company Nicol of Skene is using machine control systems to create a giant thistle-shaped maze on the grounds of Balmoral Castle.
Construction technology company Sitech installed Trimble Earthworks, a grade control platform, to a six-tonne excavator to achieve the near-zero tolerances needed to build the 1.2m-wide curving paths and 0.8m-wide beds of the Balmoral maze.
The team at Nicol of Skene used survey CAD software developed by Trimble to convert the original architect drawings into a 3D model.
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