Moasure case study
The Pocket-Sized Secret Streamlining Landscape Design
Delve into how Moasure has transformed Washington County Landscapes' workflow
Related Industries:
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Design
Landscaping
Brenham, Texas
1-10 Employees
Clint Cross
Landscape Designer
Clint Cross
Landscape Designer
Brenham, Texas
1-10 Employees
Moasure’s impact at a glance:
Measurement time saved:
>90%
Favourite feature:
Export to CAD
Moasure user since:
2023
About Washington County Landscapes
Washington County Landscapes is a full-service landscaping company based in Brenham, Texas, specializing in everything from large-scale commercial developments to detailed residential renovations. Their comprehensive expertise covers custom landscape architecture and landscape design, grading, retaining walls, and hardscaping. With a focus on precision and efficiency, they seek tools that empower their teams to deliver high-quality work within tight timelines.
Clint Cross, landscape designer and project manager at Washington County Landscapes, relies on accurate site measurement as a foundation for all projects. Like many in the landscape design industry, Clint found traditional measuring methods slow and cumbersome, especially on complex sites with irregular shapes and variable elevations.
The Challenge
Time-Consuming, Complex Site Measurements
Measuring irregular, sloping landscapes with tape measures or measuring wheels has historically been a lengthy, error-prone process for Clint. He found it difficult to capture consistent results, especially on complex sites. Once the measuring stage was complete, the work wasn't over, with the math still to be done.
“If I were going to measure just our whole property, about an acre, I could use a wheel, but then I’ve got to walk the whole thing, tracking my start and stop points. With a tape measure, I’d have to pin it down, walk 100 feet, pin it again, and repeat. That could take an hour or so, plus time-consuming manual calculations.”
Complex terrain with twists, curves, and elevation changes added further difficulty and slowed progress, causing frustration and wasting time. Manual data input would often cause another roadblock in the project timeline, slowing down the process and hindering the next stage of the design process.
“Time can kill the deal, and Moasure speeds it up.”
The Solution
Solo, Fast, and Accurate Measuring with Moasure
Moasure’s pocket-sized device and free app enable Clint to map sites quickly and accurately by simply walking around the area. Whatever the weather, rain or shine, Clint's out and about measuring with Moasure. Designed to be used outdoors with an IP67 rating, the Moasure 2 Series can be used on any terrain, in all conditions.
“It doesn’t matter if the wind is blowing 100 miles an hour or not. I’m not having to take a tape measure out. This thing, I just keep walking. It’s great.”
Moasure's motion-based measuring devices capture curves and irregular shapes, calculating perimeter, area, elevation changes, angles, and volume on the spot. This all means that Clint is left with a fully-dimensioned diagram of the site as soon as he’s finished pausing to register measurement points around it.
“I can measure a square, take different points, then hit Cut and Fill. It shows me exactly how much I need to cut or fill. This does all the math for me – I’m not a math person.”
Moasure slashed Clint’s measurement times dramatically, from 1 hour to just 5 minutes – and the time saving is even more significant, given that he can carry out estimates solo, removing the need for other team members to help out in the estimating process. Having a digital diagram of the job site also helps to minimise the risk of needing to return to take extra spot checks as well, as many calculations can be worked out from the Moasure measurements.
“We’re always looking for ways to work smarter, not harder, and this is one of those tools that just makes sense. It’s easy to use, it’s accurate, and it frees us up to focus on the creative side of the project.”
The Result
Faster Projects, Better-Informed Decisions, and Significant Cost Savings
With accurate, instant measurements tucked away neatly in his pocket, Clint can move projects forward faster, and order the correct material quantities with confidence, without having to worry about creating waste or paying potential restocking fees.
“It frees me up to move on with the project much quicker. Spending two hours measuring jobs that have lots of intricacies is a huge time suck – Moasure gives me a lot of time back."
“It tells me I need 44.4 cubic yards of material. All I have to do is order it. No more guesswork or back-and-forth.”
Customers are impressed by the speed and accuracy of Clint’s measuring process, and it also gives them confidence and trust in his quotes, knowing that material quantities haven’t been added to or rounded up ‘just in case’.
“When I start doing this, clients say, ‘Dude, that thing is awesome.’ It’s magic, man. It knows where it is and does all the calculations for me.”
A widely-used feature by landscape architects and landscape designers is the Moasure app’s export functionality. Data exports directly to many CAD programs, including Land F/X, PRO Landscape+, and AutoCAD, in a few simple taps – exporting DWG and DXF files in an instant saves time on manual data entry, leading to a much faster design process, and helping Clint to draft landscape features with ease.
“It absolutely helps speed things up. Time can kill the deal, and Moasure speeds it up.”
When asked to describe his Moasure device in three words, Clint gave four:
“Accuracy, convenience, productivity… magical.”
Washington County Landscapes exemplifies how integrating innovative tools like Moasure can drive productivity and quality in landscaping projects, turning complex physical sites into accurate digital models, with minimal friction.
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