Excavation and site work software
Excavation is capital-heavy and time-and-material by nature. The machine costs money whether it is digging or sitting on a trailer, and a large share of the work is billed by the hour against tickets that have to be signed to be worth anything. WorksiteBase tracks equipment alongside crews and captures those tickets in the field, where the customer is standing.
- Equipment double-booked across two jobs
- T&M tickets on paper, signed sometimes
- Machine hours unknown until the service light comes on
- Utility locate dates tracked separately from the schedule
- Job cost per machine hour never actually calculated
Machines on the schedule
Equipment books to jobs like crews do, so a double-booked excavator shows up as a conflict rather than as a wasted morning.
// Job board · week of Jul 13
MonTueWedThuFri
North crewAlvarez · 3 techs
Reroof — 1420 Linden St. · 42 squares
South crewGarcia · 2 techs
Paver patio — Garcia residence
Deck build — Nguyen
East crewCramer · 2 techs
Roof replacement, Maple Way
1 job unassigned Thu/FriUtilization 84%
Signed tickets from the field
T&M work is written up and signed on the phone. An unsigned ticket is a donation.
// Time tracking · Tue, Jul 21 · South crew
7:00a–4:30pPaver patio — Garcia residence8.5 h
7:00a–4:30pPaver patio (2nd tech)8.5 h
9:15a–1:15pPlate compactor (rental)4.0 h
Job total21.0 h
T&M ticket #T-88Garcia residence
520 sq ft pavers set · extra 6" excavation (T&M)
signed off on site
Cost per machine hour
Hours book against equipment as well as jobs, so you learn what each machine actually costs to run.
Common questions
- Can I track machine hours for maintenance?
- Yes, with service intervals that warn before they are due.
- Does it handle utility locates?
- Yes. 811 locate requests and their expiry dates sit on the job alongside the schedule, so nobody digs on an expired ticket.
- Can I bill T&M and fixed price on one job?
- Yes — mixed billing on a single job record.