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Trade contractors General contractors

FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL & FORMWORK CONTRACTORS

WITH MULTIPLE PROJECTS ON THE GO

Know where every
crew needs to bethree months out

Send us the Gantt you're given. In 48 hours you get your own master schedule, updated daily for 30 days.

Firm Formwork in Halifax used OverVue and finished a month ahead of the GC's schedule and on budget.

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Projects delivered for

The big idea

GC schedules are built for GCs. What if yours was even better?

The Gantt you get handed shows when the building will be ready. It doesn't show where your crews need to be, how many workers you need each week, or what you're waiting on from other trades.

So most trade contractors make it up as they go. It works until two or more projects need the same crew in the same week.

We turn the GC's Gantt into your own master schedule,and keep it current.

The problem you're living

Sound familiar?

You get a 20-page Gantt PDF from the GC, and nobody has time to turn it into a plan.

One job is over on labour while another is short.

Your crews show up and the job isn't ready, because another trade isn't done.

You bring in subs at the last minute and pay extra for it.

Payroll next month is a guess.

You're tradespeople, not coordinators. Doing this in-house would be a full-time job.

How it works

Why this works

when software didn't.

Scheduling software fails because nobody has time to keep it updated. We keep it updated for you. All we need is a daily 1-minute voice note from your site super. You never touch the software.

Day 1: send us the GC's schedule.

PDF, Excel or MS Project, plus your crew list. PDFs are fine, even large ones.

Within 48 hours, you'll have your own master schedule, created from your GC's.

A short report shows what your crews are waiting on, how many workers you need each week, and the gaps in the GC's schedule.

Day 3: a 60-minute walkthrough

We walk you through the schedule and the report, and fill in any information that's missing.

Days 4–30: your site super sends a one-minute voice note each day.

We update the schedule daily. Every two weeks we send you a report and walk you through it on a 30-minute call.

Day 30: your month in review.

We show you what the schedule caught and where your crews were waiting. We discuss which project comes next. You decide how to carry on.

See your own master schedule in 48 hours.

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Proof

Evidence, always precise.

Numbers over adjectives. These are the receipts.

1 month

Joe Stone · Firm Formwork. “I was able to finish the project with my team a month ahead of schedule and on budget.”

18 months

Tom St. Onge. “Much more intuitive… much easier to track what's going on.”

$10B+

Alan Uren, founder. $10B+ in projects, including Transocean's Deepwater Titan: 48 days recovered on a $24M design change.

Joe Stone — General Manager

Tom St. Onge — Independent Project Leader

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What an idle crew costs

Days your crews stand around cost more than the schedule.

One crew of three with nothing to do for a day costs about $1,500 (3 workers × 8 hours × $55–70 an hour, all-in).

Workers per crew

3 workers

Idle days a month

1 day

All-in rate per worker

$65 / hour

Idle days cost you each month

$1,560

One idle crew-day a month is about $1,500 you didn't need to spend.

Work with us

Start with one project.

Your master schedule and findings report, within 48 hours of receiving the GC's schedule.

First project

Custom quote

Your master schedule in 48 hours
Daily updates from your site super's voice notes
A bi-weekly report, with a 30-minute call every two weeks

Additional projects

Custom quote

Same 48-hour master schedule
Same daily updates and bi-weekly report

No long contract; cancel with 10 days' notice.

Priced per project. We scope it on a call.

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Who this is for

Built for one kind of company.

This is you if

You run a mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, electrical or formwork company with 30–150 staff

You have several jobs running at once

Your schedules come from the GC

You don't have a master schedule of your own

We're probably not your fit if

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You already have a full-time scheduler or project controls person. See our offer for general contractors →

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Several people have to approve

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You don't have a job running right now

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You only take jobs less than 3 months long

FAQ

Questions

Will this work for a company like ours?

Firm Formwork in Halifax finished a month ahead of the GC's schedule and on budget. If your schedules come from the GC, it's built for you.

How much of my time does it take?

Send us the GC's schedule and your crew list. Then a 60-minute walkthrough. After that, your site super's one-minute voice note a day, and a call every two weeks.

We only have a PDF of the GC's schedule.

That's what most trades get. PDFs are fine, even large ones. Excel and MS Project work too.

Will the GC be able to read it?

Yes. It's a picture of the job, not a spreadsheet. On Tom St. Onge's project, the director asked for the schedule in OverVue.

What does my site super actually do?

Once a day, they send us a one-minute voice note about what happened on site: progress, what's finished, any delays, and which crews and workers were there. We update your schedule from it.

How much does it cost?

It depends on the size of the job and how many projects you run. Book a call and we'll quote before you commit.

Does it stay current after you build it?

Yes. That's the point. We update it every day, including key resources, from your super's voice notes.

What's the risk to us?

Very little. You see your master schedule and detailed report on a 60-minute walkthrough. Like it? We carry on for the rest of the month. No long contract: cancel with 10 days' notice.

How long have you been doing this?

Clients since 2023. Alan has 30 years on major projects.

See your own master schedule in 48 hours.

Book a call. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.

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OverVue Planning Systems Inc.

Master schedules for trade contractors. Schedule analysis for general contractors.

alan.uren@overvue.vision

Canada

Terms and Conditions

Know where everycrew needs to bethree months out

GC schedules are built for GCs. What if yours was even better?

Sound familiar?

Evidence, always precise.

Days your crews stand around cost more than the schedule.

Start with one project.

Built for one kind of company.

Questions

See your own master schedule in 48 hours.

Know where every
crew needs to bethree months out