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Machine Control for Drilling, Piling and Dynamic Compaction Machines

Optimise production and revenue for drilling, piling and dynamic compaction operations. All day, all night and under almost any conditions.

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.

Features and Benefits

Trimble Groundworks is a 3D machine control system that improves efficiency and reduces downtime with stakeless navigation, monitoring productivity and quality, and managing design data from office to field. Groundworks delivers drill holes in a uniform blasting pattern to improve rock fragmentation.

  • 3D or 2D Guidance

    3D or 2D Guidance

    Accurate drill depth, direction and drill hole calculation from any direction. Reduced overdrilling prevents accelerated machine drill bits and hammer wear.

  • Improve Site Safety

    Improve Site Safety

    Avoidance zones alert the operator of areas to avoid, reduces blind spots and removes the need for people standing near the machine.

  • Auto-Stop

    Auto-Stop

    Auto-Stop feature eliminates over/under drilling and reduces machine wear and tear. Drill exactly to the required depth.

  • Layout and Record As-Built Data

    Layout and Record As-Built Data

    Reduce time and money spent on surveyors and stakes. Stop pounding stakes and start making money. No need to wait for surveyors. Trimble Groundworks follows the International Rock Excavation Data Exchange Standard (IREDES) standard.

  • In-Field Operation

    In-Field Operation

    Create an in-field design for drilling without the delays of returning to the office. Create in-field productivity and quality drilling reports.

  • 3D or 2D Guidance

    3D or 2D Guidance

    Accurate drill depth, direction and drill hole calculation from any direction. Reduced overdrilling prevents accelerated machine drill bits and hammer wear.

  • Improve Site Safety

    Improve Site Safety

    Avoidance zones alert the operator of areas to avoid, reduces blind spots and removes the need for people standing near the machine.

  • Auto-Stop

    Auto-Stop

    Auto-Stop feature eliminates over/under drilling and reduces machine wear and tear. Drill exactly to the required depth.

  • Layout and Record As-Built Data

    Layout and Record As-Built Data

    Reduce time and money spent on surveyors and stakes. Stop pounding stakes and start making money. No need to wait for surveyors. Trimble Groundworks follows the International Rock Excavation Data Exchange Standard (IREDES) standard.

  • In-Field Operation

    In-Field Operation

    Create an in-field design for drilling without the delays of returning to the office. Create in-field productivity and quality drilling reports.

Applications

Product Applications Workflows
Drilling
  • Large construction cuts (roads, railways and sites)
  • Aggregate quarries
  • Mining operations
  • Foundations
  • Geological/geotechnical sampling
  • Exploration (oil, gas, mineral or water)
  • Drilling
  • Blast hole drilling
  • Structural piling
  • Anchor/monopile drilling
  • Wick drain installation
Piling
  • Solar farms
  • Marine construction (including coffer dams)
  • Soil improvement
  • Building construction
  • Piling
  • Solar farm construction
  • Continuous flight augering (CFA)/auger cast piling
Dynamic Compaction
  • Large scale soil compaction
  • Land reclamation
  • Dynamic compaction

Imagine how difficult and time consuming it would be to survey and each point the traditional way, manually marking each of the 62,000 points physically on the ground so the operator for each of the five drills know exactly where to drill. This portion of the job would have required a few teams of professional surveyors working non-stop, which could easily cost upward of $250,000 just for survey and labor.

— James Meyer

Survey Lead for TerraSmart

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WorksManager

Remotely send construction-ready models to machines and survey crews in the field and manage technology assets across jobsites, to ensure your projects are on track.

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