Case Study: HSC Pipeline Engineering boosts pipeline surveying productivity with Pix4Dcatch and PIX4Dcloud

Surveying underground pipelines with the viDoc RTK rover

HSC Pipeline Engineering Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based infrastructure and pipeline construction company, needed a faster and more accurate way to document excavated trenches, subsurface utilities, and pipe-laying work under tight time pressures and complex permit requirements. Pix4D helped address this challenge with its mobile 3D scanning workflow, using PIX4Dcatch and PIX4Dcloud to capture and share geospatially accurate site data.

Pix4D’s solution, combining PIX4Dcatch with RTK and PIX4Dcloud, enabled HSC to create high-quality digital twins that could be measured, reviewed, and shared remotely by stakeholders. The workflow sped up underground surveying operations by 30% to 50%, improved overall pipe-laying productivity by about 5%, and reduced trial-hole work effort tied to an estimated 67,200 hours per year and $1.8 million in cost.

HSC Pipeline Engineering Pte Ltd

Shane Shi

Managing Director