When Should you Make the Switch?
“If you still have a paver without 2D control, you’re pretty far behind the times,” says Kevin Garcia, paving segment manager at Trimble Navigation.Evan Monroe, Topcon Positioning machine control/construction software specialist, estimates about 90 percent of the standard paving market is using 2D control, and about 95 percent of the pavers now come from manufacturers with some type of 2D system on them. The demands of the job have driven the conversion.
“You basically don’t have a choice unless you’re just doing driveways and things of that nature,” he says.Specifications for road projects continue to become stricter as departments of transportation and road owners seek ways to improve accuracy, road quality and make tight budgets go further. And just as the job specs drove contractors to 2D, many are also finding the same is holding true for making the switch to 3D machine control.
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