IN 5 SECONDS


SPA TO ROMFORD LEAMINGTON


If your boss gave you the choice of travelling a minimum 5 hour round trip in the car, or to make that journey in 5 seconds at the click of a button, what would you choose?


Well for engineering surveyor, Gareth Price and his team at civil engineering and groundworks specialist, O’Brien Contractors, that choice has become a reality, thanks to director, Mick O’Brien, whose investment in 3D machine control and Trimble Connected Community software, has dramatically reshaped the business.


In order to understand how the solution works, Finning News took up the offer from Zoë Adnitt of Trimble dealer, SITECH UK and Ireland, to visit Mick at a new sports pitch project in Romford and then travel to O’Brien’s head office in Leamington Spa, all in one very long day. The project itself involved the creation of a brand new 3D sports pitch and a multi-use games area (MUGA), constructed next to an existing sports centre.


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“It really is a win win for both parties and a transformational journey from regional to national contractor for our


business, I honestly don’t know how we could run a profitable job without it.”


With very tight tolerances required to meet the exacting standards for the pitch, before the job was secured, the surveying team carried out an in-house survey, modeled the whole project in 3D and then monitored it through- out the earthworks programme, as Mick explained:


“Having proven the benefits of machine control on previous sports pitch projects, we have now gone to the lengths of setting up a new specialist division for this type of work.


“So in practical terms, our first aim with any project is to try and ensure that no material leaves site, eliminating the need and cost of truck movements. This is achieved by recycling good quality soils and designing in features like earth bunds to use material that would normally be classified as inert waste. “Our challenge throughout this process is that we have to stick as closely to our design as possible, but you never truly know what you will unearth or how materials will compact, until you actually start doing the job.


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