Engineering surveying describes various measurement methods and uses a wide range of measurement sensors. Especially satellite and laser technologies offer a wide range of applications within the field of engineering surveying due to the permanent updating and improvement of the systems.

In the course of the erection of offshore foundations, e.g. for wind energy plants, we have made the construction-accompanying surveying on erection platforms and work ships one of our main fields of activity for several years now. We develop customized measurement concepts and equip platforms and ships with the necessary sensors.

• the subsoil investigation of offshore wind farm areas,
• the geotechnical investigation of pipeline and cable routes,
• the geotechnical exploration of marine sediment deposits for land reclamation and
• Subsoil investigations for hydraulic engineering.

• Bathymetry using single beam echo sounding or multi-beam echo sounding
• Examining sediment types and structures using Side Scan Sonar
• Seismic survey using boomers, as well as sub-bottom profilers or chirps
• Investigating magnetic anomalies using magnetometers / active metal detection systems
• Cable and pipeline detection and depth determination using 3D seismics

VBW Weigt GmbH uses modern technologies to position vehicles with centimeter accuracy. The location of the project area and the distance to the coast are not important. In addition to the global position, further information about the ship’s position is determined in real time and displayed graphically and numerically. Each point of the ship is precisely defined with coordinates at any time. With the help of special positioning software, the ship’s guidance is supplied with information about the current spatial position of your vehicle in real time.

The complexity of the positioning system varies depending on the requirements and type of ship. Only tested sensors and systems are used which have proven themselves in numerous measures in tough offshore applications.

We design and operate geographical information systems for land and sea areas on a local to nationwide scale. We use recognized and compatible GisBasic systems as well as OpenSource software and our own developments and adaptations.

In many years of cooperation with our clients, we have been able to successfully apply our knowledge in information acquisition, viewing, attributing and conversion with the aim of using it for specialized planning and optimization processes.

Our team has extensive experience in the creation, plausibility check and maintenance of extensive DTM complexes as well as further processing to classifications, mass and volume calculations, profile and isoline generation.

For the land and sea segments, we design and operate geographical information systems on a local and national scale. In so doing, we not only use approved and compatible GIS-based systems; we also utilise open-source software as well as our own developments and adaptations.

We perform the following work for you:

• Designing new concepts for or continuing with existing GIS projects and geo databases
• Researching, procuring and converting data in various formats and coordinate systems
• Developing specially adapted user interfaces
• Solving complex space-related issues
• Presenting the analysed results in a meaningful manner: -> Maps, map collections, offline or online GIS systems
• Providing maps and data in our internal or third-party data servers and web portals
• Our team has extensive experience in:
• Creating, validating and maintaining extensive DGM complexes
• Further processing to create classifications, mass and volume calculations, profiles and isolines

Together with our clients, we have been able to successfully use our knowledge to procure, view, attribute and convert information, with the aim of using it for specialised planning and optimisation processes, in long-standing collaboration.