GRAniTET" 

6 May 2015 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Docket Management System 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

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Re: Application for Issuance of Section 333 Exemption Based upon 

Exemption 11110 Issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. 

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Granite Construction Company ("Granite") herewith applies for the issuance of an 

exemption under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 based 

upon Exemption 11110 issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. ("Trimble") on December 10, 

2014 in FAA Docket 2014-0367. The requested exemption would allow Granite to 

operate the UX5 aircraft manufactured by Trimble or other Trimble aircraft approved for 

commercial operations under Exemption 11110, as amended, such as the UX5hp for 

which an amendment has been filed. Granite notes that the FAA recently authorized 

use of the Trimble UX5 by a third party in Exemption No. 11257, Regulatory Docket No. 

FAA-2014-0889, on April 2, 2015, under updated conditions, and Granite hereby 

confirms that it will accept such conditions as well as those set forth in Exemption 

No. 11240, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0894. 

The name and contact information for the applicant are: 

Sergio Callegari 

Granite Construction Company 

1900 Glendale Ave 

Sparks, NV 89431 

Phone: (775)560-1587 

Sergio.Callegari@gcinc.com 

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strict compliance with the conditions set forth in Exemption 11110, as such conditions 

may be amended or modified by the FAA from time to time, as was done in Exemption 

Nos. 11240 and 11257, or such other conditions as the FAA shall specify, and the 

following manuals: 

1) Trimble UX5 Data Sheet; and 

2) Trimble UX5 Aerial Imaging Solution User Guide (User Guide) 

Copies of these manuals are attached. 

These manuals are very similar to the manuals submitted by Trimble in support of the 

issuance of Exemption 11110, updated to reflect changes reported in Trimble's 

March 4, 2015 amendment to Exemption 11110. The manuals will be updated by 
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Trimble, as needed to reflect any changes to Exemption 11110, based on amendments 

thereto. 

Granite acknowledges that under current FAA guidance a separate Certificate of Waiver 

or Authorization ("COA") is required to fly at altitudes in excess of 200 feet AGL, and it 

will apply for COAs where required. Granite hereby requests a blanket COA for flights 

up to 200 feet AGL in the form approved by the FAA. Granite will also file NOTAMs for 

its flights, as required. 

To the extent necessary, Granite refers the FAA to the original exemption and the 

amended exemption requests submitted by Trimble in Docket FAA-2014-0367 for 

demonstration of the public interest and an equivalent level of safety. Because the UX5 

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craft already approved in Exemption 11110, and Granite will operate the aircraft in strict 

compliance with the conditions in existing exemptions previously granted by the FAA, or 

as they may be amended, notice need not be provided in the Federal Register nor 

public comment solicited. 1 

If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned. 

Ve?J/o rn 

Kyl&rkin 

Granite Construction Company 

Enclosure 

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Applicant reads Section 333 as placing the duty on the Administrator not only to process 

applications for exemptions under Section 333 but, if he determines that the conditions set forth herein do 

not fulfill the statutory requirements for approval, to craft conditions for the safe operation of the UAS.