Civil Construction Lasers — Levels. Receivers. Automation.
Three product groups for one trade. Rotating lasers for site-wide level and grade. Machine receivers for heads-up height reading from the cab. Full laser automation systems for hands-free blade control. Build a kit that matches the size of your earthworks.
Three product groups for civil work
All three work off the same rotating laser plane — pick by who reads the laser. The operator on a staff, the operator in the cab, or the blade itself.
Rotating Laser
The reference plane on a tripod. Sets datum and slope across site-wide distances. Read with a millimetre receiver on a staff for setting out, checking RL, marking batters and channel grades. Single-axis grade for falls, dual-axis for compound grades.
Machine Receiver
Mounts to the bucket or blade. Operator gets a heads-up LED display in the cab — green for on-grade, red arrows for cut/fill. No staff person, no second operator. Faster trim work because the operator stays in the seat.
Laser Automation
The receiver bolts to the blade hydraulics through a control box. Operator sets the cut, the system drives the blade to the laser plane automatically. Trim quality on every pass for finished pads, channels and roads.
Rotating lasers for civil construction
Six rotating laser levels — entry-level horizontal-only through to flagship Digital Dial-a-Grade. All IP66 rated for site conditions, every model pairs with a millimetre receiver on a staff. Single-axis grade for falls, dual-axis for compound grades on roads and pads.
Machine receivers
Mounts on the bucket or blade, magnetic or bracket-mount, water and dust sealed. The operator reads the LEDs from the cab — green for on-grade, red arrows for cut or fill. Compatible with grade lasers for setting falls, the standout productivity boost for any civil earthmoving fleet.
Laser automation systems
Single-ram (MCR900) for skid-steer blades and land planes; dual-ram (MCR910) for blades with two independent rams. Pair with one of the grade lasers above and the receiver drives the blade hydraulics to match the laser plane automatically. Trim quality on every pass.
Custom installs are common — we tailor systems for tractors, skid-steers, posi-tracks, loaders and land planes. See the full Machine Automation page for setup detail and FAQs.
Civil construction jobs the kit pays for itself on
Where a laser, machine receiver or automation system earns its keep on civil work — site-wide jobs that move a lot of dirt and need to hold a known grade.
Road sub-grade & trim
Set the laser to the design crossfall, run the blade with a single-ram automation system, hold trim quality on every pass. Compound grades on a dual-axis flagship laser for the full road profile.
Channel & drainage grade
Set the laser to a known fall (1-in-1000, 1-in-2000) and run the channel to grade for the entire length. Receiver in the cab or on the staff, every metre of channel holds the design fall.
Pad trim for slabs & sheds
Trim the pad to FFL minus the design depth with a machine receiver on the bucket. Operator stays in the cab, no staff person, finished surface ready for boxing or compaction.
Site set-out & datum
Run a benchmark off the survey peg, set instrument height, transfer the datum site-wide. One laser plane, all the heights on the site come off it — set-out, cut/fill, trim heights.
Bulk earthworks & cut/fill
Hand-held mm receiver on a staff for the labourer, machine receiver on the bucket for the operator. Same laser plane, both reading off the same datum, no double-handling.
Dam batters & bunds
Set wall height and batter slope, hold the floor to design RL with the laser plane. Receiver on the staff confirms grade at every point in the cut.
The RedBack difference
Anyone can sell a laser. Few back it properly.
Specialist range, not filler
We sell laser levels and measurement tools — that’s it. Every laser on this page is one we’ve used and chosen because it works for civil construction, not because it fills a catalogue page.
Built to last, built to be repaired
Solid construction, built for the long term. RedBack provides in-house repair and calibration services for all RedBack lasers and most other laser brands.
Real support, real people
Call us and you’ll speak to someone who knows the products. No scripts, no call centre, no runaround — just straight answers from people who’ve worked with these tools for 25 years.
Accessories for civil work
Tripod and 5 m staff for setting up the rotating laser, plus a hand-held mm receiver for ground checks where the operator can’t see the LEDs in the cab.
Speccing a civil construction laser kit?
25 years of laser-level experience on the other end of the phone. Tell us the work and the machine, and we’ll match the right combo of laser, receiver and automation.
