The Engineering METROlogy (METRO) laboratory is used for academic and technical training and research in the field of engineering metrology, as well as digitalisation in the construction sector and in industry. It is used for measurement exercises and lectures, as well as for final theses and research projects.

PC workstations are available in 2 laboratory rooms, as well as free areas for setting up and testing measuring sensors, experimental set-ups, etc. This enables application-orientated teaching and research. This enables application-orientated teaching and research. For example, students learn how to use hardware and software and the necessary workflows, e.g. for digital construction sites, geo-monitoring or industrial applications, through self-study and exercises.

The following hardware and software components are used in the laboratory as examples.

Industrial measuring system

• GOM ATOS / GOM TRITOP
• GOM Inspect

Application of measurement technology and sensors in the industrial sector.

Monitoring Demonstrator

• AMBERG MST23 (Monitoring Box)
• Monitoring sensors (extensometers, inclinometers, ball prisms, tachymeters, meteo sensors)
• GEOvis
• JAG3D

The monitoring demonstrator represents a model of a railway track. This model can be used to simulate various scenarios in which the geometry of the track body changes - for example due to subsidence, deformation or displacement. Various measuring sensors are used in the demonstrator to record these changes. The connection of further sensors is currently in preparation.

The measurement data recorded as part of the simulation can then be analysed in GEOvis.

Construction machinery model and construction machinery simulator for the digital construction site

• MTS Plan Manager
• MTS-NAVI
• MTS-GEO
• Trimble-Earthworks Training Simulator
• Leica iCON MC1 Simulator

An excavator model with tilt sensors enables better understanding and handling of how construction machinery must be equipped and prepared for the digital construction site. Several software packages with construction machinery simulators enable realistic working with digital construction site data using joysticks.

Laser scanning and mobile mapping systems (MMS)

• Z+F Imager + FlexScan (MMS platform)
• Lidaretto
• Z+F Lasercontrol
• Hexagon Inertial Explorer
• Lidaretto Creator
• Trimble RealWorks
• CloudCompare
• Autodesk Civil 3D
• Autodesk Revit

3D capture for various issues in engineering surveying, for the "digital construction site" and for BIM modelling.