Prepare job site data for field crews using site controllers that are running Trimble^® Site Controller Software (SCS). Add imported data to a job site and a job site design and then assign the site and design to specific SCS site controllers so that when the crews synchronize their controllers, the correct data goes to the designated controllers. Then, import, review, and run reports on work order results as they return from the field.

Following are the basic steps for this workflow. For more detailed instructions, see Manage Field Data for a Job Site.

Note: This outlines an older construction data workflow. For the newer workflow, see Understanding Connected Construction Data Exchange and visit the Connected Construction Community.

Steps:

Commands:

1.

Open a project or start a new project and import the data from which you want to create a surface.

Open Project

New Default Project - Use the default template.

New Project - Choose a template.

Import

2.

Specify the data synchronization area in application options.In the Options dialog, select File Locations, and enter the path at the bottom.

Options

3.

Use a site calibration.

Import a site calibration, or calibrate the existing site, if applicable.

Do this step if your data requires a site calibration. The Site Calibration command only launches if you have points with grid coordinates and points with global coordinates in your data.

Site Calibration

• Check the calibration and clear the calibration or recalibrate the job site, if necessary.
• There is no user interface for the Clear Site Calibration command, but the project will be recomputed. You can confirm that the calibration was cleared by selecting Project > Project Settings > Coordinate System > Site Calibration.

Clear Site Calibration

• To use the site calibration as a local coordinate system in future projects, save it as a site.
• Save the calibration as a coordinate system for use in related projects.

Save as Site

4.

Create a job site, review the site settings, and add job site data.

Press [F1] while in the command to see what types of data you can add to a job site or job site design.

Job Site Manager

5.

As a part of adding site map and design map data, clip it using a boundary, if necessary.

Create boundaries for job site limits so that exported data is reduced, making files smaller and more manageable by field crews on memory-limited site controllers. You can also create boundaries representing avoidance zones in which crews should not operate.

Create Boundary

6.

Create a job site design and add job site design data.

Create Job Site Design

7.

Create a work order outlining tasks for your field crews, and assign it to a controller.

Create Work Order

8.

Graphically review the site and design data associated with the work order.

Work Order Viewer

9.

Compress and e-mail the work order and data to colleagues or field crews.

Compress/E-mail Field Data

10.

Once the work order has been completed and returned from the field, import it and any results into your project.

Import Work Order Results

11.

Run reports on work orders:

• Run a Work Order Report.

Work Order Report

• Run a Work Orders Summary.

Work Orders Summary

12.

Copy, update, and reuse any work order.

• Do this step to save the time and effort of creating a similar work order from scratch.

Copy Work Order

Work Order Editor

13.

Use Office Synchronizer to save data to the Connected Community.

Office Synchronizer