Case Study: SUMMIT Constructors builds 1M sq ft building pad in 4 months and saves $130K with Trimble 3D Machine Control

SUMMIT Constructors Builds One Million Square Foot Building Pad for Major Sports Apparel Company in Four Months with Trimble 3D Machine Cont

SUMMIT Constructors, a Nashville‑based grading and utility contractor, was hired to build a one‑million‑square‑foot building pad for a major sports apparel company under a strict four‑month schedule and exposure to roughly $13,000 per day in liquidated damages. The 67‑acre site required moving 700,000 cubic yards of material through tough limestone/shot rock, and SUMMIT needed a more reliable machine‑control solution after disappointing results with a previous vendor.

Working with SITECH and Trimble 3D machine control (SPS855/SPS985/GCS900/SCS900, Business Center‑HCE and related hardware), SUMMIT equipped dozers and survey crews with GNSS base stations, rover antennas and data‑collection workflows. The result: field staking cut by 50%, finish‑grading time reduced by about 30%, field calculations down 75%, shot‑rock excavation achieved a 38‑foot fill with no imported rock (saving ~$130,000), grading accuracy to one‑tenth of an inch, on‑time completion, and new contracts won thanks to faster, more accurate delivery.

SUMMIT Constructors

David Haggard

Survey Manager