Workflow for Creating a Job Site

Use this workflow to prepare job site data for field crews. Then, assign the site and its data to specific controllers so that when the crews synchronize their controllers or write data cards for a machine, the correct data goes to the designated controllers. Alternatively for Trimble Earthworks machines, link a job site to a project library.

Note: Your tasks may vary from these typical steps, so feel free to use a different order or skip steps.

Here is the general workflow:

Open or create a project within which to manage the data associated with a construction project and its job site.
Assign the site to specific controllers. The types of objects that you add to your site data depend on whether you are assigning the data to site controllers or machines. For Trimble Earthworks machines link the job site to a project library.
Import or digitize any CAD, point, alignment, surface, or survey data that you want field crews to access at the site.
Prepare your job site data by organizing it by layer and deleting unneeded objects and layers.
Create a job site in the Job Site Manager, and assign it to one or more controllers.
The site, which will contain site-level data associated with the use of a Trimble^®Site Positioning System or Grade Control System, is created in your project. As you assign the site to specific controllers, external folders for those controllers and their data are created within the data synchronization area, ready to be placed on the controllers the next time they are synchronized.
Note: Each project can contain only one job site.
Review settings, such as the units and coordinate system, for the site.
Select and add control points in your project data to the control point file included in the site data. Control points are used by crews in the field to establish the positional accuracy of a site survey.
Select and add objects in your data to the site map. Site maps typically contain landmarks, site features and boundaries that can be referenced by crews in the field to determine their location on the site.
Select and add avoidance zones to the site data. Avoidance zones are used by machines in the field to keep them from entering restricted areas on the job site.
Close the Job Site Manager.
If you have assigned the site to specific controllers, the site, site data, and settings are written to the data synchronization area so they can be transferred to assigned controllers when those devices are synchronized.
Note: To synchronize a controller using the Office Synchronizer utility, see Office Synchronizer and Prepare to Connect a Field Device.
If you have linked your job site to a project library and are using Trimble Earthworks machines, publish your job site data to the library.