Case Study: Beaver Excavating achieves 20% faster, more accurate excavation with Trimble Earthworks (Trimble)

The Beaver Excavating Company Leverages Trimble Earthworks for 20% Faster and More Accurate Excavation of Ohio’s Portsmouth Bypass

Beaver Excavating is a family-owned earthworks and heavy-civil contractor founded in 1953 that employs around 600 people and operates across Ohio and neighboring states. Facing large-scale work such as the 16-mile Portsmouth Bypass, the company agreed to beta-test Trimble’s next‑generation Earthworks grade control platform to improve excavation accuracy, speed up pipework and grading, and reduce time spent checking and rechecking grade.

The Trimble Earthworks solution — including an “Autos” mode that lets operators control the stick while the system controls boom and bucket — delivered more consistent, highly accurate grading and eliminated much of the continuous grade checking workflow. Beaver reported about 20% faster digging and pipework, expects ROI in roughly one year, has five machines currently equipped and plans to expand use across future projects.

Beaver Excavating

Jim Sterling

Survey and GPS Manager