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How Utility Contractors Ramp Up Performance Analytics

With the newest HeavyJob updates, utility work orders result in measured and improved revenue, profit, and utilization.

By Frank Baumgartner
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Frank Baumgartner

Product Manager, HeavyJob

frank.baumgartner@hcss.com

Frank Baumgartner is a Product Manager with 14 years of focus on software solutions for infrastructure construction and services companies. He is the Product Manager for HCSS HeavyJob, the industry standard for project management in heavy civil construction, and is laser focused on ensuring that field workers love using HeavyJob, project managers have decision support, people get paid on time, and customers achieve superior profits.

It can be a dog-eat-dog world for a company surviving as a utility contractor. Luckily, HCSS isn’t interested in helping these contractors survive – the technology is designed for you to thrive.

If you’re performing field services – in other words, you’re a utility contractor working under a master service agreement (MSA) with shorter project scopes – HCSS has heard your cry for enhanced performance analytics, which in return measure and increase revenue, profit, and utilization.

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HeavyJob is a powerful tool for superior work order management.

Problems Faced as a Utility Contractor

Short-cycle projects such as new gas service installations, solar and wind power generation, gas distribution, and electric distribution work are just a few of the uphill projects that utility contractors are winning bids for from coast to coast.

In fact, if you started out on the Santa Monica Pier and pulled your car onto I-10, driving through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, ending your 2,430-mile trek in Jacksonville, Florida, you would pass hundreds of contractors along the way who proudly wield HCSS software.

In addition to its heavy civil roots, especially being used to simplify even the most complex infrastructure-related projects, tech powerhouse HCSS has spent the past few years uniquely tailoring HeavyJob to also serve as a one-of-a-kind software solution in the utilities market.

In further developing HeavyJob operations software, the developers specifically sought out to help foremen and project managers with problems like cash flow and billing for all work performed, improving crew utilization and field reporting while collecting cleaner data. Stopping these problems ultimately prevents operations from running over, even connecting HeavyBid for estimating and using that data to prevent underbidding and permanently put a halt to losing money on jobsites.

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Wind power generation is a prominent form of utilities work that HeavyJob users tackle.

Revolutionary Solutions for Work Order Management

Due to all of the challenges faced when executing work orders, the need for precision is paramount, yet the complexity of juggling multiple aspects of a project tends to get overwhelming. Recognizing this need for easy-to-come-by efficiency, HeavyJob has emerged as a groundbreaking tool designed to complete work orders in a superior fashion.

Integrating extensive feedback from leading utility contractors, the functionality updates to HeavyJob make this software the first of its kind in the industry. Here are some of the ways this installs stronger work order management!

Track work in real-time: It is invaluable to view issues in real-time and squash problems immediately. The software also improves payroll and time card accuracy, reducing errors and administrative overhead. This efficiency translates into timely compensation for workers, boosting stakeholder confidence.

Enhanced field-to-office connectivity: HeavyJob facilitates the seamless flow of information between the field and the office, not only keeping employees informed and aligned but also removing frustration from their day-to-day duties.

Daily field reports: With custom reporting features accessed daily, project managers now have the ability to review estimator notes, understand the assumptions in the bid, and identify specific line items that are over budget, highlighting them for fellow leaders in the field. Additionally, securely leveraging historical data is an effective method to ensure more informed decision-making.

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A utilities contractor leverages HeavyJob from an iPad in the field.

Detailed cost analysis: HeavyJob enables an in-depth look of all costs by tracking worker hours, production quantities, and equipment utilization. This data-driven approach ensures more accurate budgeting and financial planning.

Streamline construction operations: helping to build safer, more modern communities, self-performing contractors are able to secure every job’s full profitability by maximizing worker productivity across numerous projects.

Reach your end goal of daily profits: at its core, HeavyJob is designed to help utility contractors achieve daily profitability. By addressing the specific needs of work order management and offering a comprehensive solution for field-to-office operations, HeavyJob sets a new standard in the construction industry.

Stay Ahead of the Rapidly Changing Times

HCSS has stopped at nothing to make HeavyJob a transformative solution for utility contractors, one that streamlines operations, enhances productivity, and ultimately drives profitability.

To make this an indispensable asset for your company, reach out to one of our construction software experts today!