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MJ Church drives machine tech revolution with Sitech

Contractor MJ Church is driving a machine technology revolution working closely with construction technology specialist Sitech UK and Ireland over the last decade. The partnership between the two companies began when Sitech began fitting a widespread use of machine technology on the contractor’s machines with Trimble machine control systems. As well as providing the hardware/software, Sitech also provided access to Beta test new Trimble products.

So mutually beneficial has the relationship been, that MJ Church’s investment in increasing their knowledge of machine technology has led to the development of an industry-leading 3D machine modelling approach.

Sam Lemon, Construction Technology Lead for MJ Church said that the ‘old way of doing things’ with batter rails was a distant memory with technology enabling them to run ‘timberless sites’. He said, “Site technology has gone from a ‘nice to have’ to standard practice across all our projects – because we are utilising it to such a high standard with the support from the teams at Sitech and Trimble.

“When I started at MJ Church five years ago our technology was relatively small scale, but now, GPS enabled machines are standard across our fleet," Sam continued. "It includes Trimble Business Centre, Trimble WorksOS, Trimble Connect, Trimble Siteworks and Trimble Drawing. What’s really changed in the business is we’ve seen the value of machine control. It’s taken a lot of work to get to this point, and thanks to our relationship with Sitech we’ve been able to get involved in Beta testing new Trimble products and feedback with improvements so we can really unlock the full potential of our fleet.

“Having begun using machine control on a few excavators in 2015 it’s really ramped up and Sitech have been instrumental in that, supporting us with practical help in setting our machines up and keeping our machines running when core components need replacing,” Sam added.

Sitech technical sales consultant Carl Parsons said, “MJ Church is really driving a revolution in machine technology because they’re constantly looking for different ways to use it and develop their knowledge of it. We have continued to support MJ Church with frequent software training, hardware support and installation training, and we’re proud to act as a technology consultancy service for them. We’re very proud to support them on their journey and in their achievements which are encouraging innovation within the industry,” Carl said.

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