Your techs track materials on paper, hours on a clipboard, and overhead is allocated by gut feel. Job costing happens in a spreadsheet two weeks after the job closed — if it happens at all. Zero Double Entry means every cost is captured live so you always know your margin before the invoice goes out.
Key Finding: Independent workflow analysis indicates that unresolved job cost tracking issues in Directional Boring & HDD operations hinder efficiency. Research shows that Mid-sized contracting operations lose up to 18% of budgeted margins due to post-completion cost reconciliation lags [1].
Horizontal directional drilling contractors — trenchless underground utility installation crossing existing utility corridors daily.
12,000+
US Companies
$2M–$15M
Avg. Revenue
5–20
Field Crew Size
6.8%
Growth Rate
Bore logs on paper, locate verifications in camera rolls, 811 tickets printed and sorted by hand. The gap between the drill rig and the office is entirely paper.
Objective third-party statistics and research benchmarks relative to job cost tracking and directional boring & hdd workflows.
A boring contractor completes a $65,000 highway crossing bore. Drill mud, locating wire, and operator hours were tracked on paper daily logs. Fuel for the drill rig went on the company card without job allocation. The PM reconciles cost two weeks after project closeout.
Directional boring jobs with untracked consumables run 8–14% over estimated cost. On $800K/year revenue, that is $64K–$112K in unrecovered job cost annually.
On average, field service contractors underestimate job costs by 15–20%. On a $200K/month revenue base, that blindness costs $30K–$40K in unrecovered margin per year.
We study exactly where job cost tracking happens in your directional boring & hdd operation — the forms, the handoffs, the re-entry points.
Not a demo. Not a slide deck. A real, functional prototype that eliminates the pain point and works with your existing tools.
You test the prototype on a real job. If it doesn't eliminate the job cost tracking problem, you don't pay.
Step-by-Step Guide
A practical walkthrough of exactly how to eliminate this problem in your operation.
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