Coordinating broker trucks on paving projects
How paving contractors size, book and manage broker trucks: counts from the round trip, clear bookings, staggered report times and same-day reconciliation.
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Guide topic
Construction operations guides
Practical guides to running the construction day: planning crews, equipment and trucking, keeping the office and field aligned, and choosing the right tools.
2 guides
Trucking, the office and the field
Each guide stands on its own and takes a few minutes to read. The other topics are in the topic list.
Improving communication between office and field
Practical ways to keep the office and the field on one plan: a single published dispatch, clear change rules, confirmed hand-offs and a daily report loop.
6 min read
In STRACTA
Where STRACTA fits.
The guides in this topic describe practice that works with any tool. Here are the parts of STRACTA that support it.
Plan the day
Daily Dispatch
Plan the day's crews, machines and trucks on one board, then publish it.
Plan the day
Broker Trucks
Book hired trucks for the day, put them on the job and swap one when it goes down.
Run the field
Daily Production
Quantities, hours and photos recorded from the jobsite, on the day the work happens.
Plan the day
Fleet and Equipment
Company trucks, machines, trailers, broker trucks and moves, planned together.
One plan for the office and the field.
See how the daily dispatch, the foreman's phone, field reports and production records connect for your crews, equipment and trucks.