The HP SitePrint is redefining on-site construction layout by bringing robotic automation and digital precision directly to construction and surveying projects. At Castle Surveys Ltd, the integration of SitePrint into our surveying workflows represents a leap in technological capability – a solution purpose-built to deliver rapid, accurate, and highly efficient ground markings from digital plans to physical spaces.
What is HP SitePrint? The HP SitePrint is a compact, autonomous robot designed to bring digital plans to life right on the job site. It reads CAD and BIM files and prints precise lines, arcs, shapes, and even text directly onto surfaces like concrete, wood, tarmac, or vinyl. With accuracy within 3 millimetres, it gives construction teams clear, reliable markings that improve communication and coordination between architects, engineers, and installers.
Key Features and Operational Benefits
- Millimetre Accuracy: Prints lines, points, curves, annotations, and geometry with high precision, reducing traditional tape, string, and manual paint errors.
- Full Autonomy: SitePrint autonomously roves job sites by connecting with leading Robotic Total Stations, using obstacle detection sensors to navigate active environments.
- Workflow Integration: Compatible with industry-leading survey instruments and design software, adopting familiar CAD/BIM workflows and jobsite controls.
- Versatile Inking: Offers a full suite of water- and solvent-based inks in various colours and durabilities, making marks that are resilient or removable as project phases demand.
- Cloud-Connected Simplicity: Layout files are seamlessly uploaded to the robot, and progress can be monitored remotely via cloud tools on desktops, tablets, or smartphones.
How It Works
With HP SitePrint, digital 2D layouts are converted for robotic printing using dedicated HP software. The robot, once registered over the site’s survey control, prints the necessary geometry directly onto floors and surfaces, translating even the most complex plans into practical, on-the-ground guidance. The entire system is managed through an intuitive, remote digital interface, optimising setup and reducing on-site disruptions.
Applications Across Sectors
HP SitePrint is purpose-built for a wide spectrum of projects:
- Residential, commercial, and infrastructure developments
- Partition and wall layouts, MEPF system marking, and structural setting out
- Complex curved geometry and design-intensive builds
- Sites demanding high accuracy and rapid project turnaround.
Measurable Advantages
- 10x Productivity Increase: Large areas can be fully marked out in a fraction of the time needed by traditional methods, allowing surveyors to redirect their expertise where it adds most value.
- Reduced Rework and Error: By removing multiple steps of manual transfer, SitePrint drastically cuts human error, ensuring the built outcome matches the digital intent.
- Improved Communication: Markings include lines and curves, but also notations, QR codes, and positioning instructions – enhancing clarity for all contractors on site.
Safety and Adaptability
HP SitePrint is designed for the realities of modern construction, with advanced sensors to avoid obstacles and falls, robust construction for work site conditions, and IP-rated protection from dust and moisture. Its transportability and one-person setup make it easy to deploy on projects of all scales.
Why Choose Castle Surveys?
Castle Surveys Ltd is proud to be an approved HP SitePrint service provider, leading the way in next-generation surveying. This affiliation reflects our ongoing commitment to innovation, quality assurance, and the highest professional standards in everything we do.
Through the HP SitePrint robotic solution, Castle Surveys Ltd provides the speed, reliability, and accuracy that high-stakes construction and development projects require in today’s competitive environment. Whether delivering rapid layouts for large-scale commercial builds or ensuring flawless detail in complex architectural developments, the combination of HP SitePrint and Castle Surveys’ expertise guarantees each project phase is executed with digital precision.
For a demonstration or to see how the HP SitePrint robotic layout tool can transform the efficiency and accuracy of upcoming construction and surveying projects, contact Castle Surveys – where innovation meets practical site delivery.