Plant Management Software for Construction Companies
Replace plant spreadsheets, standardise core workflows, improve visibility across contracts and manage hired and owned plant together across the business.
Different site processes make plant harder to control across the business
As construction businesses grow, each contract can develop its own spreadsheet, preferred suppliers and informal plant-movement process. Collectively, that makes it difficult to see what plant the company is paying for, where owned plant is recorded and what is allocated to each contract.
As the number of contracts grows, long-running hires, unrecorded movements and invoice discrepancies become harder to identify and compare.
One plant process across the whole company
Equipbase gives teams a consistent process: orders raised against supplier rates held centrally, off-hires requested through the same workflow, and owned-plant movements recorded with approvals and paperwork. User access is controlled by role, and the current access model can be demonstrated before rollout.
For the business, that consistency creates a shared view of plant and costs by contract, comparable across contracts and supported by activity records. Each new contract can use the same established workflow instead of starting another spreadsheet.
What standardising on Equipbase gives the business
One process, every site
Use consistent order, off-hire, movement and reporting workflows across the business.
Company-wide visibility
Every contract's plant and spend, comparable, current and in one place.
Hired and owned together
One picture of the whole fleet, supplier kit and your own, including the transfers between contracts.
Wasted hire reduced
Improve off-hire discipline and visibility of plant that remains on hire across contracts.
Costs recovered
Build eligible client recharges from plant records and track issued invoices.
History and audit trail
Who ordered, approved, moved and reported what, recorded as it happened, for every contract.
What the business gets
Directors
The plant numbers, trusted.
- Earlier visibility of plant spend by contract
- Long-running hire exposure easier to review
- A consistent plant process as the business grows
Operations
Consistency that sticks.
- New sites onboarded onto a working process
- Site autonomy within central control
- Disputes settled from records, not recollection
Frequently asked questions
How disruptive is the rollout?
Rollout depends on the data and workflows being brought across. Equipbase can be introduced in phases, for example hired plant first, followed by owned plant, servicing and recharges. See replacing plant spreadsheets.
We're a main contractor. Does it manage subcontractors' plant?
Equipbase manages the plant your business orders, owns and pays for. Plant that subcontractors supply within their own price stays theirs to manage.
Does it suit companies that hire plant out to customers?
No. Equipbase is for construction companies managing plant they hire in and own, not for hire companies renting fleets to customers.
What does company-wide pricing look like?
Pricing is tailored to your company, users, contracts and workflows. Request a demo and we'll quote for your actual shape.