Software Selection
This company is a $50 million highway and precast concrete contractor. Though all operations were conducted from a common facility, the two divisions operated very independently, resulting in unique accounting and job cost challenges.
A Canadian highway contractor and aggregate producer in a central province generating approximately $20 million USD per year in revenues. They have a centralized equipment fleet and two primary asphalt plants. They also perform jobs for the Canadian government or Provincial government where aggregate materials are quarried from "Crown" owned land and put in place.
A medium-sized highway contractor based in Iowa with seven remote asphalt and concrete plants located in a three-state area. The company, a well-run organization, was growing and profitable.
This large civil contractor based in Northern California also has a related company that rents equipment not only to their own projects but also to third-party companies. The company has two offices located some thirty miles from each other with the contracting operations being based in one office and the equipment rental and maintenance shop located in the other. The company performs large earthwork projects for the states of California and Nevada, as well as for other private and public customers.
A highway and paving contractor performing in excess of $150 million has divisions performing many small jobs as well as some performing large complex projects. Material production and sales is also part of the business mix. A large equipment fleet and sophisticated approach to equipment management along with crew scheduling for the small jobs were important requirements for this company.