A new app has been developed to eliminate the human error in checking grades off grade stakes.
Grade Stake Pro is designed to quickly solve the disconnect between the physical stakes on a jobsite and the GPS machine control system, says its creator Matthew Schwarz.
Schwarz comes on The Dirt to show how the app works and how contractors can save time and money by using it.
He notes that even when using GPS machine control there can still be costly errors. Operators fail to check and recalibrate their systems for blade wear. There can be signal interference that sets blade depth incorrectly. The tip of a rover can slip too deeply into the surface it's measuring.
He also notes that with many younger, less-experienced workers on the job, such errors can be more frequent.
To solve that problem, Grade Stake Pro takes your jobsite and grade stake information to calculate to a hundredth of an inch where you need to be at all times on the job.
So to find out more about this new tool to ensure accuracy on the jobsite, check out the latest episode of The Dirt.
