Landfill & Waste Management

Maximize landfill density and airspace management.

Monitor Critical Information

As an industry leader in measuring and mapping, our team provides LiDAR and drone aerial data mapping services to key clients in the landfill and solid waste industry.

Our engineering team interprets the high-quality data we gather and provides an operational-based perspective to help monitor critical operational factors like density and constructed remaining airspace, arming our clients with the information they need to make important decisions about capital expenditures.

Critical Operational Calculations

Firmatek provides tailored solutions unique to your site needs. In addition to fill volumes and airspace management, our services include isopach map creation, overfill monitoring, and final cap modeling over topographic surveys. Our engineering team is proficient at integrating data from various sources into a common format that can be utilized by 3rd party consultants, surveyors, and designers. We can scan your entire site and create detailed real-time topographic maps and digital elevation models to help you better envision your site’s existing conditions.

Landfill Mapping Services

Calculations & Monitoring

Fill Volumes: We calculate the volume of material moved between scans.

Operational Density: Landfills that regularly measure their compaction density calculations tend to increase them over time.

Constructed Remaining Airspace: We can use intermediate waste grades to calculate constructed remaining airspace.

Hazardous Sites

No Contact with Dangerous Materials: Drones and terrestrial lasers allow us to capture data without coming into contact with dangerous materials or walking on active areas.

No Site Walking: Our data collection tools allow us to avoid contact between our field team and any heavy equipment operating in the area.

Scalable Solution

Data Collection Tools: Our data collection tools range from terrestrial and drone-based lidar to fixed wing or copter drone-based photogrammetry, allowing us to collect data on sites regardless of their size.

Streamlined Service Provider: We offer a full spectrum of services including fill volumes and density, overfill monitoring, isopach mapping and even stockpile volume reports, allowing you to get your data and analysis from one service provider.

Benefits of Firmatek Landfill Solutions

Time Saving

Our team delivers our analysis and results within 5 business days.

Operating Efficiency

More frequent analysis on critical operational factors helps you make better decisions.

Long Term Recording

Utilize Firmatek Cloud to track historical site data over time for accurate site planning and financial analysis.

Firmatek’s Trusted Waste Monitoring Solutions

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Deliverables

Firmatek specializes in 3D point clouds, orthomosaic imagery, LAS point clouds, cut/fill calculations, stockpile volumetrics, and digital elevation models and contours.

Ortho Imagery

An orthophoto, orthomosaic or orthoimage is an aerial photograph geometrically corrected so that the scale is uniform. Unlike an uncorrected aerial photograph, an orthophoto can be used to measure true distances because it is an accurate representation of the Earth’s surface, having been adjusted for topographic relief, lens distortion, and camera tilt.

LAS Point Cloud

A point cloud is a set of data points in a coordinate system. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points are usually defined by X, Y, and Z coordinates, and often are intended to represent the external surface of an object. LiDAR scanners and Drones gather point measurements from real-world objects or photos for a point cloud that can then be translated to a 3D mesh or CAD model.

Stockpile Volume

Generate 3D models and accurate volumes of indoor and outdoor stockpiles. Our LiDAR laser scanning and Aerial Data reporting help you survey stockpiles safely, accurately and efficiently to meet reporting and contractor deadlines.

Cut and Fill Calculations

Cut and Fill Volume Calculations

We reduce the manual work needed to perform a cut-and-fill. Once LiDAR or Drone Aerial Data is collected, our DARP platforms enables cloud processing and export into native Autodesk file formats like an RCS, a point cloud file that can be used in AutoCAD.

Topographic CAD

Our Data Analysis and Reporting platforms uses LiDAR and Drone Aerial Data to provide all data points necessary to create fast and reliable terrain models, contours and volume calculations.

Transform your site data into powerful insights.

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