STRACTA is AI-powered operations software built around how your construction company runs. Dispatch crews, equipment and trucks, keep the field and the office on the same page, and just tell STRACTA what you need.
Built for the field. Connected to the office.
The problem
Crews, equipment, trucks and job updates often live on a whiteboard, in group texts, in spreadsheets and on paper tickets. When the day moves, the news travels one phone call at a time.
The weather call moves the start. Two broker trucks never hear.
Change missedTwo foremen were both promised the same roller.
Double-bookedA truck reports to the wrong plant.
Wrong plantYesterday's tonnes still aren't in.
No daily reportAI-powered data entry
Tell STRACTA what you need, out loud or in a sentence. It builds the assignment, the truck booking, the equipment move or the task in your dashboard, so nobody has to punch in the details by hand.
STRACTATell STRACTA what you need
Operations manager says:
Assign Marco's crew and paver PV-03 to Harborview Corridor tomorrow, on site at 7.
Lands in Daily dispatch
Crew assignment
Harborview Corridor · Wed, Jun 17
Added to tomorrow's dispatch
Dispatcher says:
Book three Tallis trucks for Talbridge at 8:20, HL8 out of Stonefield North.
Lands in Broker trucks
Truck booking
Talbridge Logistics Centre
Booked on the dispatch
Operations manager says:
Move PV-02 to Bellwether Pointe tonight with Dev on the float, ready for 6:30.
Lands in Equipment moves
Equipment move
Move PV-02 to Bellwether Pointe
Move scheduled
Project manager says:
Add a task for Wes to confirm the catch basin frames by 3 today.
Lands in Tasks
Task
Confirm catch basin frames set to base-asphalt grade
Task created
Try an example
Say it from the truck or type it at the desk. STRACTA takes “Marco's crew”, “PV-03” and “on site at 7” the way your team means them.
Assignments go on the dispatch board, bookings on the broker trucks, moves on the move schedule and follow-ups in Tasks, filled in and ready to review.
Your version of STRACTA is set up with your projects, crews, unit numbers and roles, so a first name and a unit number are enough.
The crew, units, place and time your office used to key in by hand are filled in as you say them.
Plan, publish, work, record
Dispatch builds the day on one board and publishes it to the people on it. Acknowledgements, field issues and production come back to the same place.
Office
Owners, operations managers, dispatchers and project managers
Build the day on one dispatch board: crews, equipment, company trucks and broker trucks, job by job. Or tell STRACTA in a sentence, spoken or typed, and it's on the board.
Daily DispatchPublish the dispatch and crews see their assignments in My Day. When the plan changes, publish an update and the people it affects get an in-app notification.
My DayField
Foremen, operators, labourers and drivers
Foremen review the day in My Day on a phone and acknowledge it. They report a truck down or a site problem from the jobsite.
Field ReportingThe foreman records quantities, hours and photos at the jobsite. The office sees each project's progress against its baseline.
Daily ProductionA day with STRACTA
Dispatch publishes at 5:45 AM. A broker truck goes down at 10:20 AM. At 4:30 PM, tomorrow's paver move goes on the schedule.
5:45 AM
DispatcherDana K.Office
Dana K. reviews 4 project assignments, each with its crew, equipment and broker trucks, then publishes the daily dispatch. The draft becomes revision 1, and crews can now see their part of the plan.
Connects Daily Dispatch to My Day
Explore Daily DispatchThe plan goes out to the field
6:10 AM
ForemanMarco D.Field
Marco D. opens My Day on his phone: crew on site at 7:00 AM, first load at 9:30 AM and 320 t of HL3 planned on Harborview Corridor. He reviews it and acknowledges at 6:12 AM.
Connects Daily Dispatch to My Day
Explore My DayThe plan arrives in the field
7:50 AM
Operations managerPaul V.Office
Paul V. opens the overview: 4 projects on site, 24 people assigned, 12 pieces of equipment on jobs and 10 broker trucks booked. Nothing from the field needs attention yet.
Connects Daily Dispatch to Overview
Explore Overview and IntelligenceThe office sees the whole day
10:20 AM
ForemanMarco D.Field
Broker truck BT-02, Corrigan Bay CB-17, blows a hoist hose at the paver and can't dump its load. Marco D. reports it from his phone, and it appears in the office's Needs attention list.
Connects Issue report to Needs attention
Explore Field ReportingThe field reports back to the office
10:40 AM
DispatcherDana K.Office
Dana K. removes BT-02, moves BT-08 over from Ridgeline Road, where 3 trucks can keep up with the grader, and publishes revision 2. Marco D. and Frank O., the foremen on both jobs, get an in-app notification.
Connects Daily Dispatch to In-app notification to My Day
Explore Broker TrucksThe update goes out to the field
3:30 PM
ForemanMarco D.Field
From the Report tab, Marco D. records production so far: 140 t placed, 18.0 hours and a photo of the finished mat. Paving continues after this entry.
Connects Report to Daily Production
Explore Daily ProductionProduction comes back to the office
4:15 PM
Project managerHelen A.Office
Helen A. sees Stage 2 of Harborview Corridor at 1,600 t of 2,880 t (55.6%), against a baseline of 1,780 t through today. Today's 140 t entry sits in the project's daily production record.
Connects Daily Production to Projects
Explore ProjectsField records reach the project
4:30 PM
DispatcherDana K.Office
Dana K. schedules move MV-0616-01: paver PV-02 goes from Talbridge Logistics Centre to Bellwether Pointe Ph. 3 on float tractor TR-02 and lowbed float FL-01, with Dev R. driving. It's due at the destination by Wed 6:30 AM, ahead of the 7:00 AM crew start.
Connects Equipment and fleet to Equipment Moves
Explore Equipment MovesThe office plans tomorrow
See a day like this built around your own crews, equipment and jobsites.
The platform
The modules are grouped the way the day runs: plan it in the office, run it in the field, and keep the chat, tasks and records with the job. Pick one to see its screen.
Projects, people and crews, company trucks, machines, trailers and broker trucks go on one plan, with the moves that set up tomorrow. The office builds it and publishes it.
Plan the day's crews, machines and trucks on one board, then publish it.
Plan by project. Each project gets a card for the day with its crew, equipment and fleet, and broker trucks. Every project sits on one board, so you see the whole day before anyone leaves the yard.
Tell STRACTA what you need. Say or type the assignment, such as “Assign Marco's crew and paver PV-03 to Harborview Corridor tomorrow, on site at 7.” STRACTA adds it to the board, filled in and ready to review and publish.
Draft, then publish. Build the plan as a draft. When it's right, publish it, and the people on it see their assignment in My Day.
Every job's details, baseline and daily progress in one record.
A production baseline. Each project carries a production baseline: the planned quantity the work is measured against.
Progress against the baseline. A progress indicator shows what has been placed to date next to where the baseline says the job should be.
Daily quantity reporting. Quantities recorded in Daily Production show on the project day by day. The project manager reads progress from the field's own record instead of calling the foreman.
Your people, their availability and the crews they work in, ready to dispatch.
One list of your people. Foremen, operators, labourers and drivers on one list, so the dispatcher plans from the same names every day.
Reusable crews. Save a crew once and assign it as a group. Change it when the job needs a different mix of people.
Crews on the dispatch. People and crews go onto each project card, with the foreman named on the card. Each foreman sees the crew in My Day.
Book hired trucks for the day, put them on the job and swap one when it goes down.
Daily bookings. Record each day's bookings, so you know how many hired trucks are coming and from whom.
Tell STRACTA what you need. Say or type the booking, such as “Book three Tallis trucks for Talbridge at 8:20, HL8 out of Stonefield North.” It lands on the dispatch with the broker, the report place and the time.
Broker trucks on the dispatch. Put each booked truck on a project card in the broker trucks section, next to the crew and the equipment.
Machine, truck, float, driver and the time it must be ready at the next job.
Plan the whole move. Pick the machine, the truck, the trailer and the driver, with the pickup and drop-off for the move.
Destination availability time. Set when the machine must be available at the destination, so the move is planned around the next crew start.
Tell STRACTA what you need. Say or type the move, such as “Move PV-02 to Bellwether Pointe tonight with Dev on the float, ready for 6:30.” STRACTA schedules it with the truck, trailer and driver.
Also in Plan the day: Company Fleet,Equipment,Trailers and Attachments
On site, crews open their assignment in My Day, record material deliveries and installed quantities, and enter the day's production.
Each foreman's assignment on a phone, where they acknowledge it and report issues.
Your own assignment. My Day shows the person's own assignment: project, on-site time, first load, planned quantity, crew, equipment and trucks. Their role decides whether they see anything beyond it.
Acknowledge the plan. Acknowledge the assignment from the phone, so there's a record that it was reviewed.
Report a field issue. Report a truck down or a site problem from My Day. The report goes to the office and appears in the operational attention workflow.
Quantities, hours and photos recorded from the jobsite, on the day the work happens.
Quantities. Record the quantity placed for the activity, such as tonnes of HL3 on a 40 mm surface lift.
Photos. Attach a photo of the work, such as the finished mat. The office sees it next to the quantity.
On the project. Each entry shows on the project, with progress against the production baseline.
Plan material deliveries, then record what arrived and what went down.
Plan deliveries. Plan the material each project needs for the day, such as 320 t of HL3 for a surface lift.
Record deliveries. Record the deliveries that arrive, so the office can see what came in against what was planned.
Record installed quantities. Record how much material was installed, so delivered and placed quantities can be checked against each other.
Chat, tasks and documents for the office and the field, plus the overview, the record of every day and who has access to what.
What's on site, what's outstanding and what needs attention, on one screen.
Today's operational status. Projects on site, people assigned, equipment on jobs and broker trucks booked, from the published plan.
Attention items. Field issues reported from My Day appear as attention items, with who reported them and when.
For authorized users. The overview is for the people whose role gives them access, as set in Team and Access.
Company, project and crew channels, so job talk stays with the job.
Project channels. A channel for each project, so everyone on the job reads the same thread.
Crew channels. Channels for crews, for the conversations that belong to one team.
On the phone and at the desk. Field users chat from the Chat tab. The office uses the same channels on the desktop.
Follow-ups with a name and a deadline, in the office and on the phone.
An assignee on every task. Every task names the person responsible, so it's clear who owns it.
A deadline on every task. Give each task a deadline, such as 11:00 AM today or noon tomorrow.
Tasks on the phone. Field users see their tasks in the Tasks tab of the field interface.
Look back at any day's plan, its revisions and what the field recorded.
Operational records. Look back at past days: the published dispatch and its revisions, production and other operational records.
Reconciliation. Check what was planned against what was recorded when you close out a day or answer a question later.
Export supported data. Export supported data from STRACTA for use in your own reports.
Also in Stay connected: Documents,Team and Access
Your version of STRACTA
Look at it by trade or by role: the work your crews do, and the part of the day each person sees.
Built around your operation. Every STRACTA client gets a version shaped to its crews, roles and workflow. See Team and Access
Your trade
The paving day is built around the plant and the trucks. Your dispatcher publishes crews, equipment and broker trucks on one board, and the foreman records tonnes placed, hours and photos at the end of the shift.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Crews, equipment and broker trucks
Each job's crew, paver, rollers and broker trucks on one board, with crew start and first-load times.
Daily DispatchMix planned and delivered
Planned and recorded deliveries for each job, alongside the quantities installed.
MaterialsTonnes placed, recorded
The foreman records tonnes, hours and photos from the phone when the shift ends.
Daily ProductionRoad jobs run on several sites and stages at once. Crews and machines are assigned across every project on one board, foremen report the day's issues from their phones, and each project shows production against its baseline.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Crew assignments across sites
Every project on one board, so you see who and what is already placed before you assign more.
Daily DispatchDaily issues in one list
Field issues reported from the phone appear as attention items for authorized users.
Overview and IntelligenceProduction progress
Each project shows daily quantities and progress against its production baseline.
ProjectsEarthworks moves at the pace of the machines and the trucks feeding them. Assign excavators, operators and crews, book broker trucks to the right pit or site, and track the quantities completed each day.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Excavators and crews assigned
Each machine, operator and crew placed on a job and published to the field.
Daily DispatchTrucks matched to the work
Daily broker bookings with report place and time, reassigned between jobs with a published update.
Broker TrucksCompleted quantities
Quantities, hours and photos recorded by the foreman each day, building up project progress.
Daily ProductionSite development runs in phases: servicing, grading, then roads. Each phase can be its own project with tasks and deadlines, and machines move between phases on planned equipment moves.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Each phase as a project
Set up phases as projects, each with a production baseline and progress you can follow.
ProjectsMoves between phases
Machine, truck, trailer, driver, ready time and when the machine must be available at the next phase.
Equipment MovesTasks with deadlines
Follow-ups, such as setting catch basin frames to grade, assigned to a person with a deadline.
TasksSite development is covered on the civil contractors page.
Civil work spreads small field teams across many sites. Coordinate each team's assignment, see which equipment is available, record materials against plan, and bring the day's reporting back to the office.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Every field team coordinated
Each team's people, equipment and trucks assigned on one board and published to their phones.
Daily DispatchEquipment availability
Operational availability for each machine, so dispatch places what is ready to work.
EquipmentMaterials planned and installed
Planned and recorded deliveries, and the quantities installed on each job.
MaterialsWhen you run many crews at once, the hard part is keeping one plan. Build reusable crews, publish one daily plan where each person sees their own assignment, and follow the day's status from the overview.
Terms from the job
Workflows in STRACTA
Reusable crews
Set up the crews you run most often and keep track of who is available.
People and CrewsOne plan, every crew
Publish once, and each person sees their own assignment in My Day.
Daily DispatchToday's status on the overview
Operational status, outstanding work and attention items for authorized users.
Overview and IntelligenceYour role
Your company decides what each role can see and do.
At a desk · office view
See what is on site, what needs attention and how each job tracks against its baseline.
What you see
What you do
At a desk · office view
Balance crews, machines and trucks across every job, and act on problems reported from the field.
What you see
What you do
At a desk · office view
Build the day on one board, publish it, and publish an update when the day changes.
What you see
What you do
At a desk · office view
Follow each job against its production baseline, from the field's own daily records.
What you see
What you do
On a phone · field view
Your crew's published assignment on your phone, and a direct line back to the office.
What you see
What you do
On a phone · field view
Where to be, when, and with which truck or machine, on your phone.
What you see
What you do
Desk and phone
The dispatcher plans at a desk. The foreman checks the day on a phone at the tailgate. Both look at the same assignment, laid out for the work in front of them.
Match the two views
Pick a number to see the match on both screens.
In the office
The daily dispatch board
In the field
My Day on a phone
The overview
Owners and operations managers open the overview to see who and what is on site today, which issues are still open and how each job stands against its baseline.
How many projects are on site today, and how many people, machines and broker trucks are assigned to them.
A truck or machine reported down from the jobsite appears as an attention item for follow-up, alongside other outstanding work such as open tasks.
Each project shows the quantity placed to date against its production baseline, with the day's recorded production.
The overview and attention items show only for the roles your company allows.
Explore Reports and IntelligenceWhy STRACTA
STRACTA is AI-powered operations software, set up around the way your construction company already runs its day.
AI-powered
Say “Book three Tallis trucks for Talbridge at 8:20, HL8 out of Stonefield North” and the booking goes on the dispatch with the broker, the plant and the report time. Nobody keys it in by hand.
See more examplesYour version of STRACTA
One system does not fit all. Every client gets a version of STRACTA shaped to its crews, roles, equipment and the way it runs a day.
See it by trade or roleSite to office
The office publishes the day once. Foremen and crews see it in My Day on their phones, report back from the site, and the office sees what got done.
See My DayRole-based access
Owners, dispatchers, project managers, foremen and drivers each see the part of the day they're responsible for. Your administrators decide who sees and changes what.
See Team and AccessIndustry solutions
Pick your trade. Each page is written in its own terms: HL3 and tonnes placed for paving, stations and lifts for road work, cut and fill for earthworks.
Crews, plant timing, broker trucks and tonnes placed, on one published plan.
Several sites, shared crews and machines, and progress you can see each day.
Field teams, equipment, materials and reporting across many small sites.
Excavators, operators, trucks and float moves, planned and recorded.
Many crews, many jobsites, and one plan where everyone sees their part.
How the day adds up
Each figure is from the paving day above, taken from an assignment, a dispatch update or a production entry.
Where it lives in STRACTADaily DispatchProjectsDaily Production
FAQ
Answers to the questions contractors ask us.
STRACTA is AI-powered operations software for construction companies, built around how each company works. The office plans and publishes the daily dispatch for crews, equipment and trucks. Foremen and crews see their part on a phone, report field issues and record daily production.
Tell STRACTA what you need, out loud or in a sentence, and it builds it into your dashboard. Everyone works from the same plan, and every day leaves a record.
Construction companies across Canada that coordinate crews, heavy equipment and trucks across active jobsites: asphalt paving, road construction, civil, excavation and earthworks, and multi-crew contractors.
It serves the office (owners, operations managers, dispatchers and project managers) and the field (foremen, operators, drivers and labourers).
STRACTA is built around your workflow. Every client gets a version shaped to its crews, roles and workflow, because no two construction companies run the same way.
Your version is set up with your projects, people, crews, equipment and trucks, and with the terms your team already uses, so the board looks like your day. A paving company leans on broker trucks and plant timing; an earthworks contractor on equipment moves.
Tell STRACTA what you need, out loud or in a sentence, and it creates the record in your dashboard.
For example, “Assign Marco D.'s crew and paver PV-03 to Harborview Corridor tomorrow at 7:00 AM” becomes an assignment on the board, so nobody punches in the details by hand.
Yes. STRACTA is web-based. Office teams work on a computer, and field users sign in on their phones and use the field interface, built around five tabs: My Day, Report, Chat, Tasks and More.
Yes. STRACTA uses role-based access. Administrators invite users, assign roles and manage permissions, and each person sees what their role allows.
Your version of STRACTA is set up with the roles your company actually uses, such as owner, dispatcher, foreman and field crew.
Start with a demo. Bring a recent busy day and we'll walk through how it would run in STRACTA.
From there, we shape your version of STRACTA with your team: your projects, people and crews, company fleet, equipment, trailers and attachments, the broker trucks you book and the roles your company uses. Setup steps and timing depend on your operation, so we plan them with you.
Every version of STRACTA is built around the company using it, so we walk through pricing for your operation in your demo.
We'll walk through a day at your company in STRACTA, with your own crews, equipment, trucks and jobsites.
Built for the field. Connected to the office.
Tell us about your operation
Your trade, team size and main challenge, on one short form.
We reply by email
We agree a time that suits you and your team.
We walk through a day like yours
Dispatch, the foreman's phone and telling STRACTA what you need, shown for your trade.
