Trimble Breaks Ground for New Rockies Colorado Campus

Putting Innovation to Work—Trimble Connected Site Solutions to be Used During Construction

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May 14, 2012, 02:33 ET

WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony today for its new Rockies campus in Westminster, Colorado. The ceremony was attended by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Colorado CIO-Secretary of Technology Kristin Russell, Jefferson County Commissioners Faye Griffin and John Odom, and Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally.

"Trimble has been in Colorado since 2000. This investment demonstrates our continued commitment to the region, which has become a primary corporate location for us. Westminster has proven to be an excellent location for our Trimble Rockies office because of its access to a high-technology workforce, business-friendly environment and diverse and cost-effective life style choices for employees," said Steven W. Berglund, Trimble's president and CEO. "In addition, the building project will provide us with an opportunity to showcase our broad portfolio of office-to-field Connected Site solutions during the planning, construction and operational phases of the new campus."

"We are committed to being the best state in the nation to do business. We want to welcome Trimble and congratulate them on expanding their operations in Colorado," said Hickenlooper. "Trimble demonstrates that our state's high-tech workforce and innovative business climate is where businesses can succeed."

Trimble's New Rockies Campus

Trimble's new Rockies campus will be a 125,000 sq. ft., 4-story building on 15 acres in the Westmoor area of the City of Westminster, located at 10368 Westmoor Drive. It will house existing employees, with space to accommodate up to 570 employees. The expected completion is May 2013.

Trimble initially opened its Colorado location in October of 2000 with 43 employees at the Church Ranch Office Center in the City of Westminster, occupying approximately 29,000 sq. ft. Today, Trimble leases approximately 98,000 sq. ft. in Westminster's Westmoor Technology Park, with more than 400 employees. Employees in the location primarily focus on marketing, testing and applications engineering in the construction, surveying, agriculture and mapping & geographic information system (GIS) markets.

JE Dunn Construction of Denver is the general contractor for the project; OZ Architecture of Boulder designed the building; and Cresa Partners of Denver served as the real estate broker.

Putting Innovation to Work—Trimble Technology to be Used to Construct New Campus

As part of the project, Trimble's broad range of Engineering and Construction (E&C) solutions will be used during construction of the new campus—from survey, site-prep, excavation and estimating to 3D design and Building Information Modeling (BIM), project management and construction layout. Trimble's Connected Site® solutions enable an integrated and seamless workflow to reduce rework and improve productivity on a construction jobsite. The building project is pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

To learn more, visit: http://newbuilding.trimble.com.

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: www.trimble.com.

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