Trimble Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMB) has integrated its B2W Track and Trimble Siteworks software systems in an effort to automate and improve progress quantity tracking for earthwork and civil contractors. This integration enables contractors to more accurately compare actual material production quantities with planned quantities.
The ability to continuously assess field progress is essential for civil contractors, as it allows them to make prompt operational adjustments that protect profitability and ensure accurate billing for completed work increments. “Civil contractors must continuously evaluate how well projects are progressing against budgets, timelines and productivity goals,” said John Sheedy, director of product management at Westminster-based Trimble. “Relying on phone calls, forms, emails and other disconnected communications tools to report on production quantities limits timeliness and accuracy of that reporting.”
The new workflow allows project managers to create requests for quantity measurements, such as materials added, moved or removed, within the B2W Track application. These requests are automatically communicated to field personnel who utilize Siteworks software, ensuring survey-grade accuracy in data collection. This data is then sent back to B2W Track via Wi-Fi or cellular connections, where it can be reviewed and reconciled with information from other sources.
Production quantity data can also be transferred from B2W Track to Trimble’s Viewpoint Vista and Viewpoint Spectrum accounting systems, as well as to third-party construction accounting systems. Trimble Siteworks offers construction surveying, machine guidance and site management capabilities, measuring distances and elevations on job sites to assess production quantities.
B2W Track serves as a comprehensive performance-tracking tool for civil construction, facilitating the collection and analysis of productivity, labor, materials and equipment data through customized electronic daily logs. “This new integration advances the Trimble Construction One vision of connected workflows and data,” said Steve DiBenedetto, product manager at Trimble. “The intuitive process removes friction, delays and risk for errors and makes essential progress-to-plan data available with the push of a few buttons.”
