Site Contractor Gains ‘Automatic’ Productivity Edge With Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform

Solution

Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System; Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform

Benefits:

• Increase in productivity (50-100% overall productivity improvement on some job tasks)
• More efficient use of project teams on complex tasks
• Improved accuracy and safety, particularly on short fall jobs

Based in Vandalia, Ohio, R.B. Jergens has long been an early adopter of technology. The company purchased its first GPS-based surveying equipment, a Trimble base station and rover, in 1999 and has never looked back. Today, the company has over 30 machine control systems and over 50 pieces of equipment that can utilize the machine control technology. Located just down the road from Trimble’s Dayton, Ohio research, development and training center, R.B. Jergens has become both a beta tester and avid adopter of many of Trimble’s newest technology developments.