Trimble Business Center

I am creating as builds for a large trench project in which we have three different layers of materials placed back in the trench plus pipe and manholes and bases.  I was wanting to create a solid shape that would represent the manholes and bases and the pipe and then be able to run the volumes for the different layers of materials and have the report exclude the solid 3D objects.  I wasn't sure if the utility module will do that or not.  I know TBC can't create solid figures but it would be nice if it did and you could classify them as items not to be included in volume reports.  I am paid off placed materials and need to show the volumes minus the structures and pipe.  This is the MH and base with just one of the surfaces shown.  Hopefully this give you an idea of what I am after.

The utility takeoff report excludes the volume of the pipe in the trench and reports the volumes occupied by the manholes separately - The report gives you two tabs - one with the trench quantities (excl. the pipe, the other the manhole quantities and their accumulated displacement volume. If you take the first qty and subtract the second quantity you get the net volume. What it doesn't do is break out the manhole displacememnt volume into the material layer quantities, so if you need that you need to pro rate the Manhole quantites based on the depth of materials placed in the trench (i.e. if the Manholes are 2% of the total volume then reduce each layer material by 2% and you will be very close. Since manhole quantities are a pretty small percentage of the totals anyway.

The utility Pipes and Manholes / Boxes are a solid and they do displace volume in the Takeoff reports for Utilities. They do not however affect the volumes in Earthworks Reports or Corridor Earthworks reports at this time.

Alan