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08 / 09Earthworks and site development

AI for earthworks and site development.

Yards moved, hours run, days rented. Counted once.

The problem
The problem

Counted on paper. Texted in.

Loads to the fill site, excavator hours and rental days get counted on paper and texted in. Rentals arrive and leave on a random message, and the days go unbilled.

A typical two-week rentalDays on site
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Day 2"Excavator showed up, on the north cut"

Day 11"Sent the excavator back this morning"

  • On site, from the texts10 days
  • Billed, from the paperwork that made it in7 days

With Big Dog Both texts are read the day they arrive. All 10 days reach the invoice.

The outcome

Every rental day billed.

Yards moved against plan every morning, and every rental day billed for the days the machine was on site.

Book a call A 20-minute call. We tell you straight if AI fits.
Try the Truck Cycle Time tool Cycle time and fleet match, in a minute.
Equipment view: every machine on site with its hours, one down and eleven running
Phone Maintenance: the haul truck, loader and rig on site, with hours and what is due next

Equipment Every machine on site, its hours and what is due next, built from the texts that come in.

A typical rental3 of 10days on site never reach the invoice, as in the two-week rental above. Put your own rental and standby hours into the job cost tool and see what they are worth.

Fix your reporting See how the daily becomes the invoice.

Work out your standby costEvery ROI tool

What we build first

Three things, in this order.

  1. 01Daily to invoiceLoads and hours from the daily, straight onto the invoice.Daily reporting
  2. 02Equipment and rental trackingOn site, off site, and every day in between billed.Cost and margin
  3. 03Production against planYards moved against plan, every morning.Daily reporting
30+ years combined experience

Dan spent ten years underground. Ben spent twenty in heavy civil, underground and mining. We know what your daily report looks like because we wrote them.

Who we are
Hard questions

What they ask us first.

Big Dog

We are small.

Small is fine. If we do not see a fit, we tell you on the first call.

Our answerOwner
Big Dog

Our crews will not use a new app.

They do not have to. A voice note, a photo of the paper sheet or a text, same as now.

Our answerSuperintendentSafety
Big Dog

How do we know it pays back?

The audit puts hours and dollars on three activities from your own numbers. The proof of concept measures them on your own data. You decide from results.

Our answerFinanceOwner
All 25 questions
Field tools and reading

Work it out yourself first.

Back on the surface

Talk to the people who wrote the daily reports.

A 20-minute call. We ask how your daily report moves today, and we tell you straight if AI fits. If it does not, we say so on the call.

Book a call A 20-minute call. We tell you straight if AI fits.
Watch the presentation The deck Dan shows owners. Sound on.
How we work Find the money. Prove it. Run it.

We sign your NDA before we see anything. Rather write? dan@bigdogmining.com