Case Study: BAM Contractors achieves rapid, accurately registered 3D surveys and a digital workflow with Trimble SX10

A team of Belgian surveyors seamlessly adopt a new class of instrument in mid-project

BAM Contractors, a Belgian multi-discipline engineering and construction firm, faced mounting survey challenges on the Noorderlaan tramline project in Antwerp — a complex 6 km transport scheme with bridges, tunnels and the preserved 14th‑century “Spanish Wall.” The team needed highly detailed existing‑condition surveys and fast as‑built updates, but legacy surveying methods and subcontractor laser scans produced large, poorly registered datasets and slow turnaround times.

The team adopted the Trimble SX10 scanning total station alongside their existing Trimble S Series robotic total stations, TSC3 data collectors, DiNi levels and Trimble Business Center software. The SX10’s integrated surveying and scanning workflow delivered on‑demand, resection‑registered point clouds that reduced office processing, sped delivery to engineers, enabled a seamless mid‑project rollout and eliminated traditional staking for earthworks by enabling machine‑control workflows.

BAM Contractors

Johan Egerickx

Surveyor