Guide topic

Equipment management

Keeping machines, trucks, floats and attachments where the work needs them: availability, assignments across jobsites, breakdowns and equipment moves.

2 guides

Machines, floats and moves between jobs

Each guide stands on its own and takes a few minutes to read. The other topics are in the topic list.

  • Managing equipment moves between jobsites

    How to plan equipment moves between jobsites: what every move record needs, timing around crew starts, permits and road rules, securement and the handover.

    5 min read

  • Managing equipment across multiple jobsites

    How contractors keep machines, trailers and attachments working across jobsites: one equipment list, clear statuses, daily assignments and planned moves.

    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

    Equipment Moves

    Machine, truck, float, driver and the time it must be ready at the next job.

  • Plan the day

    Equipment

    Know which machines can run tomorrow and which job each one is on.

  • Plan the day

    Trailers and Attachments

    Floats, brooms and planer heads, kept as records of their own.

  • Plan the day

    Fleet and Equipment

    Company trucks, machines, trailers, broker trucks and moves, planned together.

Move MV-0616-01 takes paver PV-02 from Talbridge Logistics Centre to Bellwether Pointe on float FL-01 behind tractor TR-02 with driver Dev R., available at the destination at 6:30 AM Wednesday.

Know where every machine goes next.

See how STRACTA shows equipment status and assignments, and schedules each move with the machine, truck, trailer, driver and the time it must be available.