Case Study: Cache Valley Electric achieves 50% faster installation times with Trimble MEP

Model-to-Field Connection Helps Contractor Cut Installation Time in Half

Cache Valley Electric, a family-owned electrical contractor founded in 1915, faced a major model-to-field challenge on a $100M, four-story, 280,000-sq-ft building in Lehi: accurately locating roughly 1,200 cable‑dropped lighting fixtures where no traditional ceiling existed. Translating detailed Revit BIM data to the field was slow and error-prone (requiring exports to DWG, manual floor layout and plumb‑bob transfers), so Cache Valley Electric turned to Trimble MEP’s field layout technology, specifically the Trimble Point Creator (TPC), to address the problem.

Trimble MEP implemented TPC to create 2D/3D points directly in Revit and export them to Trimble Total Station and Nomad field devices, letting a single technician shoot points directly on structural elements. The new workflow cut installation time roughly in half: one person shot 6,000 points to locate 1,200 lights in about three weeks versus the prior three-person, 5–6 week process, reduced scaling and layout errors, shortened setup to about two hours, and enabled faster, more accurate installations and simpler field-to-office coordination.

Cache Valley Electric

Jordon Gillman

BIM Manager