Laborer running a trench compactor on a site work job

Concrete and site work

Concrete crews, pumps and rentals on one board

ControlBoard® schedules a concrete or site contractor’s form setters, finishers, laborers, operators, pumps, trucks and subcontractors on one board, so a pour that moves takes its crew and its equipment with it. Rented equipment and reusable stock carry their return dates, and the office sees what is on rent and idle. Crews get the schedule on ControlBoard Field, and the foreman records hours, weather, delays, quantities and photos in the day’s log. The labor forecast shows the pinch points weeks ahead, and job cost shows where each job will land.

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Sound familiar?

The pour moves to Thursday and the pump, the finishers and the trucks all have to follow.

Rented forms sit on a finished job for three weeks.

A weather day is never written down, so the delay claim has no record.

Every spring we find out we are two crews short.

A day on ControlBoard

The day, from the yard to the pay week

5:30 AM

Pour day, everyone told

The scheduler drags the pour a day on the job timeline and the crew, pump and trucks move with it. The change goes to everyone booked, by phone, text or email.

Job timeline: each job's span with scheduled, forecast and actual hours against weekly capacity

8:00 AM

Rentals and reusable stock

Rental agreements for equipment and reusable stock carry their on-rent and off-rent dates. Returns due and on-rent-but-idle counts show what to send back before it costs more.

Equipment rentals on rent, with the job, the off-rent date and the cost accrued

3:00 PM

The day on the record

The foreman logs the work performed, weather, delays, incidents, quantities and photos on the phone, beside the crew’s hours. The log is filed on the job for the office and the claim.

A crew's daily log: work performed, weather and quantities

Next month

See the pinch point

Each job’s labor forecast rolls into the company labor plan, so a shortage of finishers in May shows in March. Job cost compares budget, cost to date and scheduled work against the projected final.

Labor plan: forecast, scheduled and timecard hours by month against capacity

Concrete and site work on ControlBoard®

Facts
Daily log	Work performed, weather, delays, incidents, quantities and photos
Price	Published, per person, from $4 a month
Rentals	Agreements with return dates, idle counts and return-due alerts
What goes on the board	Crews, operators, pumps, trucks, rentals, material and subcontractors
Who it is for	Concrete, foundations, flatwork, excavation and site development contractors

The parts you will use

Scheduling: Labor, crews, equipment, subcontractors and material on one board, against each job's needs.
Dispatch and the field: The schedule to every phone by text, email or app, replies on the job's thread, trips and moves.
Time and payroll: Punch or type hours, the foreman's crew sheet, the office week, approve and lock, the payroll file.
Forms and daily logs: Your own forms and permits, the hazard library, and a daily log for every job-day.
Equipment and compliance: Licenses and certifications, service plans, GPS, rentals with return due, and the tool crib.
Labor planning: Forecast hours and heads per job, the company labor plan, plan health and the booklet.
Job cost: Budget, cost to date, committed, scheduled, cost to complete and projected final, by cost code.

“ControlBoard helps to enable further growth.”

Construction Crew Scheduling is much different than construction project scheduling. Control board offers a product that really doesn't exist anywhere else in the market. It's a super powerful tool able to forecast labor and equipment needs. You can really see your "pinch points". Self performing construction companies can only grow as big as they can manage their resources.

★★★★★

John B, PRESIDENTWickman Construction and Real Estate
Capterra review, 09/09/2024

Works with

QuickBooks OnlineCustomers, jobs, employees and vendors come in from QuickBooks Online; approved hours go back as time activities. Sage IntacctProjects, employees and their customers come in from Sage Intacct; approved hours and chosen project fields go back. Sage 100 ContractorA small read-only agent on your own server brings Sage 100 Contractor clients, jobs and employees in, on a schedule you set. KnowifyJobs come in from Knowify, matched to the jobs you already have, so the schedule follows the work you sold. HCSS HeavyBidA HeavyBid Detail Cost Report becomes the job's bid, then its budget and its resource needs once the lines are mapped. B2W EstimateA B2W Estimate export becomes the job's bid, then its budget and its resource needs once the lines are mapped. ADPApproved hours go to ADP as a payroll file, by person and pay period. SamsaraEngine hours, odometer, position and fuel come in from Samsara for the machines you already have. Komatsu KomtraxKomatsu machine locations come in from Komtrax and show on the map beside where each machine is scheduled. John DeereJohn Deere machine locations come in through a Deere sign-in and show on the map beside the schedule.

Common questions

Can ControlBoard move a whole pour when the weather changes?

Yes. On the job timeline, dragging a job moves it with its bookings and needs, and dragging one end changes one date. Moves can be tried on the plan before they are saved. Everyone booked is told the way their preferences say, so the finishers, the pump and the trucks all learn the new day at once.

What does a daily log record in ControlBoard?

A daily log records one job’s day: the work done, weather, safety incidents, delays, quantities, notes and photos. The foreman writes it on ControlBoard Field or in a browser, and photos taken without signal wait on the phone and send later. The log sits on the job, so the office has the record when a delay or a claim is argued.

How does ControlBoard help with rented equipment and forms?

Each rental agreement carries the vendor, rate, fees and expected on-rent and off-rent dates. Reusable stock such as forms or shoring can be rented in by quantity. The equipment view counts returns coming due and items on rent but idle, so they go back before the next invoice.

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