Viewpoint Estimating Earthwork Sell Sheet

SEAMLESS TAKEOFF AND ESTIMATING FOR EARTHWORK Elevating Expectations Viewpoint understands the challenges you face in your line of work, whether that’s excavation, site preparation, earthwork, grading, paving, demolition, or managing quarries. That’s why you can expect more from a Viewpoint takeoff and estimating solution with features tailored to the needs of your business.

Estimate with Speed and Accuracy

equipment, and labor will cost you. Feel confident about

Automated estimating will help you streamline

your precision with comprehensive data as you see your

productivity and cut costs. Viewpoint For Estimating

job come together. So whether you need to measure cut

provides many features and flexibility to help you easily

and fill, or takeoff curb runs, fencing, silt fence, or count

takeoff your cut and fill quantities with speed and then

items like manholes, catch basins, and inlets, we have a

efficiently calculate and verify what the materials,

solution for you!

SEAMLESS TAKEOFF AND ESTIMATING FOR EARTHWORK Digital Takeoff

If you have CAD files or data from field instruments like

Viewpoint has tailored Digital Takeoff for earthwork, so

a laser total station or GPS, you can skip the takeoff step

you can generate accurate cut and fill quantities straight

altogether and import your takeoff data directly into

from digital site plans. Simply import digital plan files and

Viewpoint For Estimating.

easily perform a digital takeoff of any special construction

• Features like AutoTrace streamline the process by doing the work for you, so you don’t need to spend time marking up plans by eye and hand.

• Easily send data such as staking reports into your field instrument and take the field device to the jobsite to perform your staking.

area, like a building pad, retention pond, or parking island.

• Efficiently takeoff existing contours, proposed contours, spot elevations, and any sitework elements; calculate grade; and quickly identify borings, substrata, swell, and yield.

• Raise or lower the elevations and strip or replace topsoil as needed to balance your cut and fill for important savings.

• Use the solution’s Layout feature to electronically stake elevation points for fine grade or rough grade staking and layout.

Use Digital Takeoff to generate accurate cut and fill quantities straight from digital site plans.

Import takeoff information directly from CAD files and automatically assign elevations and join contours to achieve the most accurate cut and fill measurements quickly.

Generate accurate cut and fill quantities straight from digital site plans.

SEAMLESS TAKEOFF AND ESTIMATING FOR EARTHWORK Digitized Takeoff

Machine Control

If you prefer to use paper plans, you can still use

If you have heavy equipment enabled with machine

Viewpoint For Estimating to measure your cut and fill

control technology and want to automate field processes

quantities in record time. Simply place your plans on

for sitework jobs, use the Viewpoint For Estimating

a digitizer and trace them using a stylus pen, once for

earthwork feature to experience significant benefits with

existing elevations and once for proposed elevations, to

the latest laser, GPS, and machine control applications.

generate accurate cut and fill quantities.

Additional Earth-Measuring Applications Involved with underground utilities and highway work?

Then Viewpoint Trenchwork, Roadwork, and Cross Sections are great applications for you. Whether working

Easily export data in the required file formats, including TTM (Trimble), TN3 (Topcon), and new AutoCAD exports for triangulation, areas, and contours; then send the data directly to the jobsite. You can pinpoint exact sub-grade areas, contours, or the entire site for staking and layout.

from plans drawn in profile view or cross section view,

This helps you save time and money — no need for a

you can measure quantities easily and then send that

third-party software package and you won’t have to hire

data seamlessly to your estimating process.

a staking crew every time a change is made to the site.

If you prefer working with paper plans, use a digitizer to increase speed and accuracy of takeoff.

SEAMLESS TAKEOFF AND ESTIMATING FOR EARTHWORK Earthwork Verification

Use the convenient Summary screen to see a complete

Your work can involve a lot of expensive heavy

breakdown of your import/export quantities at any time.

equipment. So Viewpoint For Estimating was designed

Breakdowns are displayed by area and layer and include

with essential verification features that help protect

the measured quantity, swell and yield factors, and

your company with unmatched accuracy.

adjusted total quantity.

Verify your site with 3-D View for a dynamic, realistic

Balance your entire site in mere seconds. No longer

aerial view of your existing and proposed elevations. See

spend days manually redoing your work each instance

the entire site at a glance or explore its terrain — zoom

an adjustment is needed. This saves time and makes

in and rotate to view from any angle or to see in greater

sure you are aware of changes that impact your import

detail. You can even take a virtual helicopter ride with the

or export quantities. You can also easily create multiple

Fly-by feature to survey the site at any altitude.

bids to show your client how they can save money

The Section View gives you a cross section view of elevations between any two points on the site. See each

on a project, a key advantage that could win you the contract.

layer and type of material that you’ll have to move or see both existing and proposed elevations at the same time for an at-a-glance idea of the amount of cut or fill needed for any section of your site.

You can also use the Grid View to verify your elevations and cut and fill amounts. Simply choose any pre-defined area, such as a perimeter, a phase, a parking lot, and the corresponding cut and fill totals will display instantly.

The Trench Templates feature is very useful if you do Underground utilities. It incorporates vertical, V-shape, T-shape, Y-shape, and other kinds of templates. The 3-D, Section, and Grid Views also incorporate trenching.

3-D View gives a realistic aerial view of elevations.

Visit us at www.viewpoint.com, call 800.688.8226, or email productinfo@viewpoint.com to learn more or see an informative demo.

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