Solar Farm Piling

Trimble Groundworks Machine Control System

Advanced Trimble positioning technology helps increase the safety, accuracy and efficiency of drilling and piling operations. Integrated solutions bring the office and the field together for less rework, more productivity, and best of all ― more profitability.

IEA reports on their use of the technology on their Vermeer PD10 pile driver

This machinery communicates directly with the Trimble Groundworks system to not only locate the exact location of the pile, but also ensures accurate plumbness, alignment and proper depth. This is a notable improvement over the traditional method of using string lines to align the posts, which had a higher risk of error, longer set up time and added trip hazards. Since depth is managed using GPS, the site no longer has to worry about ensuring the entire site is to grade, which is a large cost saving to the company, as well as our clients. Traditionally, driving each pile would take approximately 90 seconds. With the new machinery, the team now can save up to 30 seconds on each pile.

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