Excavation & Site Prep
Quotes on Napkins, Invoices Two Weeks Late
If your quote-to-cash cycle involves handwritten estimates, manual invoicing, and chasing payments, you are leaving cash on the table.
Uncle Steve on quoting & invoicing in excavation & site prep
The Excavation & Site Prep Industry at a Glance
Site preparation and general excavation contractors — grading, foundation excavation, utility trenching. Every job starts with an 811 ticket.
40,000+
US Companies
$1.5M–$12M
Avg. Revenue
5–30
Field Crew Size
5.5%
Growth Rate
First shovel = first locate ticket. If your morning routine is printing tickets, sorting by crew, and hoping the locates are done, you're running a paper process in a $30-billion-damage industry.
Excavation & Site Prep Industry Data & Research
Key statistics shaping the excavation & site prep market today.
- $30 billion annual cost of underground utility damage
- — Common Ground Alliance, 2024
- On-time locate delivery rate is only 30–70% across state 811 centers
- — CGA DIRT Report, 2024
Does This Sound Like Your Excavation & Site Prep Operation?
- !Invoices go out days or weeks after the job
- !Quotes are inconsistent between techs
- !No easy way to turn a quote into an invoice
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Late invoicing extends DSO by 15–30 days. Inconsistent quoting costs 5–10% in margin leakage.
What Excavation & Site Prep Companies Typically Use
These tools are great at what they do — but they don't eliminate the quoting & invoicing gap. That's what we build.
Excavation & Site Prep Operational Challenges
- 1Every grading and excavation job starts with a locate ticket
- 2Morning ticket distribution is a paper shuffle
- 3No real-time visibility into which locates are complete
- 4Wait time for outstanding locates burns crew and equipment hours
Compliance & Regulations
- A811 mandatory notification before excavation
- BOSHA excavation safety (29 CFR 1926 Subpart P)
- CState-specific locate ticket validity and positive response
- DStormwater/erosion control documentation
How We Fix Quoting & Invoicing for Excavation & Site Prep — No ReKeying
Map Your Workflow
We study exactly where quoting & invoicing happens in your excavation & site prep operation — the forms, the handoffs, the re-entry points.
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.
Prove It Before You Pay
You test the prototype on a real job. If it doesn't eliminate the quoting & invoicing problem, you don't pay.
Get No ReKeying for Your Excavation & Site Prep Operation — Free Prototype
Tell us about your operation and we'll build you a working solution — no commitment, no credit card.
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