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Infra Companies

Construction management software for infrastructure companies

Machinery, spread-out sites and remote reporting, under control.

Your cost sits in machinery and your sites are nowhere near your office. A single idle excavator burns money quietly for weeks, and the only person who knows is an operator filling in a log book that reaches accounts a month later.

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Infra CompaniesHow a day runs on buildcontrol
1
Machines are logged on site
Deployed, running and breakdown hours recorded per machine, per day.
2
Idle time is derived
What is not running and not broken down is idle, and it stops being invisible.
3
Progress is photographed
Daily worksheet captures the stretch completed with date and location.
4
Hire and diesel reconcile
Rented machine billing is checked against recorded hours, not against an invoice alone.
The problem

What actually goes wrong

These are the four things that come up in almost every conversation with a infra companies team.

Machine hours are self-reported and lateOperator log books arrive weeks after the fact, so hire billing and diesel reconciliation are always looking backwards.
Idle time is invisibleDeployed, running and breakdown hours are not separated, so nobody can see what idle time is actually costing.
Sites are too far to superviseLinear projects spread across districts mean a site visit is a full day, and reporting fills the gap badly.
Government billing needs evidenceMeasurement books and progress claims need dated proof that a phone call cannot provide.
Modules that matter most

Start with these four

buildcontrol has eleven modules, but you do not need all of them on day one. For your kind of work, these carry the weight.

Equipment Management

Rented and owned machinery with deployed, running, breakdown and idle hours separated, plus hire billing. This is the module that carries your cost.

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Daily Worksheet

Dated progress with photos from sites you cannot visit every week.

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Attendance Management

Geo-fenced attendance across scattered locations, so headcount matches the site.

Explore module

Material Management

Stock across multiple stores and remote sites, with issues tied to the stretch they were used on.

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Add later, once the first four are running
  • Payments for subcontractor packages
  • Reports for client and lender submissions
  • Petty Cash for remote site spend
Probably not for you: CRM is aimed at unit sales, which is not how infrastructure work is won, so it usually stays off.
How it runs

One day, end to end

1

Machines are logged on site

Deployed, running and breakdown hours recorded per machine, per day.

2

Idle time is derived

What is not running and not broken down is idle, and it stops being invisible.

3

Progress is photographed

Daily worksheet captures the stretch completed with date and location.

4

Hire and diesel reconcile

Rented machine billing is checked against recorded hours, not against an invoice alone.

5

Claims go out with evidence

Progress claims are backed by dated records rather than reconstructed later.

Who uses it

Every role, one system

Access is controlled by role, so people see what they need and nothing else.

RoleWhat they do in buildcontrol
Owner / DirectorEquipment utilisation, project cost, claim status
Project ManagerProgress per stretch, machine deployment, subcontractors
Site EngineerDaily worksheet, quantities, quality
Plant In-chargeMachine hours, breakdowns, maintenance, diesel
AccountsHire bills, subcontractor dues, client claims
Questions

Questions we get from infra companies

Idle is what remains once running and breakdown hours are taken out of deployed hours. Recording the first three gives you the fourth without anyone estimating it.
Yes, both sit in the same register. Rented machines additionally carry hire rates so billing can be checked against the hours you actually recorded.
Each site is tracked separately with its own labour, machinery and progress, and you get a combined portfolio view without travelling.
The mobile app captures entries offline and syncs once a connection is available, which is the normal case on highway and remote utility work.
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