Creating and Opening a Project in the Field

Siteworks allows you to create new projects directly in the field or open existing projects, work orders, and designs. Proper project setup ensures that measurements, designs, and exported data remain organised and associated with the correct site.

Accessing Project Setup

To create or open a project:

1. From the Home screen, select Project Setup.
2. Tap Change Project.

After starting Siteworks, you can choose to:

• Open an existing project, work order, or design.
• Create a new project, work order, or design.

Selecting Create New Project, Create New Work Order, or Create New Design, or tapping the + icon, opens the setup screen where project information can be entered and files can be imported from:

• A USB drive
• Files already stored on the controller

Setting Distance Units

Before recording any measurements or selecting a design, confirm that the correct distance units are configured for the project.

Important: All files associated with a site must use the same units. Once a measurement has been recorded or a design has been selected, the project units cannot be changed.

Configuring the Coordinate System

When creating a project in the field, you can:

• Import an existing site calibration
• Measure a new site calibration
• Select a published coordinate system

To use a published coordinate system:

1. Enable the Select Coordinate System checkbox.
2. Tap Coordinate System.
3. Select the required coordinate system from the available list.

Using a Geoid Model

Before a geoid can be used in Siteworks, it must first be:

• Exported from Trimble Business Center, or
• Copied to the controller

The geoid file must be stored in the Trimble GeoData folder on the controller.

Creating and Managing Work Orders

Work orders help organise field activities and keep project data separated by task.

A work order can include instructions for field personnel, outlining the work to be completed.

Work Order Instructions

If instructions have been created in Trimble Business Center, they are displayed automatically when the work order is selected in Siteworks.

When creating a work order directly in the field, instructions can be entered manually in the available instruction field.

Naming Work Orders

Use clear and meaningful work order names to make them easy to identify, particularly when multiple work orders exist within the same project.

Examples include:

• Building Pad Stakeout
• Topographic Survey
• Service Verification
• Final As-Constructed Survey

How Siteworks Stores Data

Measured data is stored within the individual work order where it was collected.

For example:

• Stakeout measurements collected during a building pad stakeout are stored within that specific work order.
• Topographic survey measurements collected in a separate work order are stored independently from the stakeout data.

This structure helps keep field activities organised and simplifies project management.

Exported Data

When data is exported from:

Home > Data Management

Siteworks automatically places the exported files into an Output folder within the associated work order directory.

This keeps exported information organised alongside the related field activity and helps maintain clear separation between different project tasks.

Best Practice

Create separate work orders for different site activities such as stakeout, topographic surveys, machine control verification, and as-constructed surveys. Keeping measurements and exports separated by work order makes project data easier to manage, review, and share with office staff.