Trimble Acquires Accubid Assets to Expand Its Building Construction Solutions


SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 13 - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired the assets of privately-held Accubid Systems based in Concord, Ontario, Canada. Accubid is a leading provider of estimating, project management and service management software and services for electrical and mechanical contractors. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Accubid's family of software products allow electrical and mechanical contractors to analyze their estimates in great detail including CAD-based estimating and takeoff and then export the data into project management, accounting, and procurement applications. The acquisition of Accubid broadens Trimble's industry leading "BIM to field" solutions for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contractors to automate project estimating and management, modeling, detailing, layout and construction.

"BIM collaboration processes are transforming the way building construction projects are planned, managed and executed," said Pat Bohle, general manager of Trimble's Building Construction Division. "Combining Accubid's deep understanding of the electrical and mechanical trades and their detail rich application data with Trimble's field solutions will provide contractors additional tools to become more productive, efficient, and prepared to meet the demands of the industry in the future."

"In today's world, construction projects have become more complex and sophisticated, yet at the same time contractors are expected to build them faster than ever before," said Giovanni Marcelli, founder and CEO of Accubid. "By combining the strengths of Accubid's project management and estimating expertise with Trimble's powerful MEP field solutions, we can better enable clients to address these challenges head-on."

The Accubid business will be reported as part of the Engineering and Construction segment.

About Accubid
Accubid Systems is the leading provider of estimating, project management and service management software for electrical and mechanical contractors. Accubid's software solutions are used in over 5,400 companies across North America. Accubid's estimating and project management educational programs are unique, innovative and are geared specifically for electrical and mechanical contractors. Accubid also offers a number of training labs and professional development courses. For more information, please visit www.accubid.com.

About Trimble's Building Construction Business
Trimble's Building Construction Division is a leading innovator of productivity solutions for the building construction contractor. Trimble's solutions target site prep, general, concrete, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors on large and small commercial, industrial and residential jobsites. Trimble is focused on delivering solutions that tightly link office based process and information with the field crew--including taking Building Information Modeling (BIM) and other design data to the field for highly accurate positioning and layout of foundations and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Trimble solutions provide a high-level of process and workflow integration from the design phase through to the finished project--delivering significant improvements in productivity throughout the building construction lifecycle.

About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location--including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, visit Trimble's Web site at www.trimble.com.

CONTACT: Investor Relations, Willa McManmon, +1-408-481-7838, willa_mcmanmon@trimble.com, or Media, Lea Ann McNabb, +1-408-481-7808, leaann_mcnabb@trimble.com, both of Trimble

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