Technical/Equipment Profile

Technical

Gould Engineering, Inc. (GEI) is continually keeping our field and office personnel informed of new technologies through manufacturer’s demonstrations and continued educational seminars both in technology and personal enhancement.

Our field personnel is proficient with our company owned surveying equipment which includes, GPS units, digital levels, automatic levels, total stations, data collectors, and computer applications and procedures to transfer electronic field data to obtain project specification and time frame.

Technical equipment used by GEI includes:
  • 4 GPS Receiver Units allowing to conduct RTK and post processed application

  • 2 Total Stations

  • 1 Robotic Total Station
  • 2 Digital Levels with computer interface

  • 2 Auto Levels

  • 5 Data Collectors

  • 12 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Workstations

  • 4 Administrative Office Computers

  • 3 Notebook Computers

  • 1 Wide Format Digital Print System including a color scanner and multi roll printer

  • 1 Wide Format Color Inkjet Printer

  • 1 Laser Printer for letter and legal size documents

  • 1 Color Copier/Printer/Scanner for up to 11”x17” size documents

  • 1 Flatbed Fax/Copier/Printer/Scanner for up to legal size documents

  • 2 Digital Cameras

  • 6 Cell Phones with 5 having cameras for all field crews and principals
All office equipment is connected to a Local Area Network Server.

GEI has a high speed internet connection to the World Wide Web and for Email, giving all networked computers access.

Equipment

Gould Engineering, Inc. (GEI) is continually evaluating and investing in new and/or upgrading equipment.

Equipment currently used by GEI for road design, utility design, hydraulics/hydrology, and survey projects include:

Network Server

  • Windows 2000 Server
  • Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz

  • SCSI Hard Drives

  • High Speed Cable Connection (Internet)

Computer Workstations

  • 12 CADD Minitowers with 19” LCD Monitors
  • 4 Administrative Office Minitowers with 17” LCD Montiors
  • 3 Notebook Computers
  • All computers are connected to the internet for e-mail and web access

Plotters/Printers

  • KIP Digital Print System:
  • Prints up to 36” wide (black & white) Copies and scans up to 36” wide (color)
  • HP Design Jet 1050C: - Prints up to 36” wide (color)
  • Other Various Printers up to 11”x17” in both black & white and color

Survey Software and Systems

  • Microsoft Windows XP Pro
  • SOKKIA - ProLink
  • Zeiss - Dini Transfer Program
  • Autodesk AutoCAD 2005
  • Ashtech Solutions
  • Topcon Link
  • Design Plus
  • Eagle Point 2005 Civil Series
    - COGO (Coordinate Geometry)
    - Survey Adjustment with Least Squares
  • Civil Engineer’s Solutions Suite with Mathcad
  • TDS - Survey Link
  • TDS - Foresight DXM
  • Autodesk CAiCE Visual Survey R10.1

Road Design Software and Systems

  • Microsoft Windows XP Pro
  • Autodesk AutoCAD 2005
  • Autodesk Map 3D 2006
  • Eagle Point 2005, Civil Series
  • Auto Turn 5
  • MERL Project Estimator
  • Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite
  • Bentley Microstation V8 XM Edition

Utility Design Software and Systems

  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Autodesk AutoCAD 2005
  • Autodesk Map 3D 2006
  • Eagle Point 2005, Civil Series
  • Civil Engineer’s Solution Suite with Mathcad
  • Hydraulic Programs:
    - Culvert Master (Haestad)
    - FlowMaster 2005 (Haestad) - HY8, Culvert Analysis
  • Hydrology Programs:
    - Watershed Modeling Module (Eagle Point)
    - HEC-HMS (Eagle Point)
  • Water Surface Profiling:
    - HEC-RAS
  • Storm Sewer Design:
    - Storm Sewer Module (Eagle Point)
    - FlowMaster 2005 (Haestad)
  • Sanitary Sewer Design:
    - Sanitary Sewer Module (Eagle Point)

Field Survey Equipment

  • 2 Topcon GPS Receivers GR3
  • 2 Ashtech Z-Surveyor GPS Receivers
  • 1 Topcon Robotic Total Station GTS 802A
  • 1 Topcon Total Station GTS-225
  • 1 Topcon Total Station GTS-300
  • 1 Topcon Digital Level DL-102C with Rod
  • 1 DINI-10 Digital Level with Rod
  • 2 Zeiss NI30 Auto Levels
  • 4 TDS Ranger Data Collectors
  • 1 Topcon FC-100 Data Collector

Additional Software

  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium:
    - Adobe Acrobat 8
    - Adobe GoLive CS2
    - Adobe Illustrator CS2
    - Adobe InDesign CS2
    - Adobe Photoshop CS2
    - Adobe Version Cue CS2
    - Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Gould Engineering, Inc. continually keeps our equipment working at the optimum capability through weekly in-house adjustments and yearly adjustments through our local supplier. Along with keeping current with the changing technology Gould Engineering, Inc. requires and sends our staff to training seminars on the use and capabilities of our equipment. Gould Engineering, Inc. is also continually evaluating and investing in new and or upgrading our equipment to service our clients.