Underground Electrical

Whiteboard Scheduling Is Holding Your Crew Back

Dispatch by phone, whiteboard, or sticky notes. Double-bookings, missed appointments, and techs driving across town for nothing.

Uncle Steve on dispatch & scheduling in underground electrical

The Underground Electrical Industry at a Glance

Electrical contractors performing underground conduit installation, service laterals, transformer pads, and underground electrical distribution work.

90,000+

US Companies

$1M–$10M

Avg. Revenue

5–25

Field Crew Size

4.8%

Growth Rate

You pulled the permit, called 811, and the marks are on the ground. But where is the record? Locate tickets are printed and filed by project — not linked to work orders.

Underground Electrical Industry Data & Research

Key statistics shaping the underground electrical market today.

38+ million 811 locate tickets processed annually in the US
Common Ground Alliance, 2024

Does This Sound Like Your Underground Electrical Operation?

  • !Double-booked technicians
  • !Customers waiting because dispatch lost the ticket
  • !No visibility into who is where

The Cost of Doing Nothing

Every missed or double-booked appointment costs $150–$400 in lost revenue and customer goodwill.

What Underground Electrical Companies Typically Use

BOSS811ProcoreAccubidServiceTitan

These tools are great at what they do — but they don't eliminate the dispatch & scheduling gap. That's what we build.

Underground Electrical Operational Challenges

  • 1Underground conduit work requires locate verification before every trench
  • 2Locate tickets filed by project — not linked to daily work orders
  • 3No verification record that crew confirmed marks before excavation
  • 4Damage claims require weeks of paper reconstruction

Compliance & Regulations

  • A811 mandatory notification before excavation
  • BNEC/NFPA 70 underground installation requirements
  • CState electrical licensing board compliance
  • DOSHA trench safety requirements (29 CFR 1926)
Common roles:Owner/OperatorProject ManagerForemanJourneyman Electrician

How We Fix Dispatch & Scheduling for Underground Electrical — No ReKeying

1

Map Your Workflow

We study exactly where dispatch & scheduling happens in your underground electrical operation — the forms, the handoffs, the re-entry points.

2

Build a Working Prototype

Not a demo. Not a slide deck. A real, functional prototype that eliminates the pain point and works with your existing tools.

3

Prove It Before You Pay

You test the prototype on a real job. If it doesn't eliminate the dispatch & scheduling problem, you don't pay.

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Dispatch & Scheduling Problems for Underground Electrical Companies | Simply Connected Systems