FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL & FORMWORK CONTRACTORS
Send us the Gantt you're given. In 48 hours you get your own crew 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.
$995 for your first project. Delivered in 48 hours, guaranteed.
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The big idea
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 jobs need the same crew in the same week.
We turn the GC's Gantt into your own crew schedule,
and keep it current daily.
The problem you're living
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.
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Send us the GC's schedule.
PDF, Excel or MS Project, plus your crew list. PDFs are fine, even large ones.
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Within 48 hours, you'll have your streamlined crew schedule, created from the 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.
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Day 2: a 30-minute walkthrough
We walk you through the schedule and the report.
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Days 3–30: your site super sends a one-minute voice note each day.
We update the schedule daily and send you a report every week.
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Day 30: a review.
You decide whether to continue with our service.
See your own crew schedule in 48 hours.
Book a 15-minute callProof
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
What an idle crew costs
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).
The Live Schedule costs $995 a month.
Workers per crew
3 workers
Idle days a month
1 day
All-in hourly rate
$65 / hour
The Live Schedule
$995 / month
Idle days cost you each month
$1,560
Prevent one idle crew-day a month and it more than pays for itself.
Pricing
Our guarantee: if your crew schedule and findings report aren't with you within 48 hours of receiving your payment and the GC's schedule, tell us and we refund your $995 in full.
First project
$995
Your crew schedule and findings report within 48 hours · 30-minute walkthrough · 30 days of daily updates from voice notes · a weekly report · a day-30 review
Then: Live Schedule
$995 / month
Daily updates from your site super's voice notes · a weekly report · a month-end report · a 30-minute call every two weeks, covering all your projects
Each extra project
$995 to build
Then $495/month.
No long contract; cancel with 10 days' notice. Paid up front, in your currency (CAD, USD or EUR, same numbers).
$995 for your first project. Delivered in 48 hours, guaranteed.
Book a 15-minute callWho this is for
This is you if
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You run a mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, electrical or formwork company with 30–150 staff
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You have several jobs running at once
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Your schedules come from the GC
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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
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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
Will this work for a company like ours?
Firm Formwork, a 20-person company in Halifax, finished a month ahead of the GC's schedule and on budget. If your schedules come from the GC and you have several jobs on, 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 30-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?
Each morning they get today's tasks. The voice note goes down the list: level, task, done or not, workers on site, anything that held them up. About a minute.
Is it worth $995?
One crew of three standing around for a day costs about $1,500. Save one idle day and the $995 has paid for itself.
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 note.
What's the risk to us?
If your crew schedule and report aren't with you within 48 hours of your payment and the GC's schedule, tell us and we refund your $995 in full. 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.
Book a 15-minute call. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.
OverVue Planning Systems Inc.
Crew schedules for trade contractors, built from the GC's schedule and kept current every day.
alan.uren@overvue.vision
Canada