heavy civil field software
Heavy Civil Field Software Without the Enterprise Overhead
Heavy civil field software has been dominated by enterprise suites priced and scoped for ENR-list GCs. Gradelog covers the field layer — grade verification, compaction logs, daily reports, production vs bid, RFIs, timecards, material tickets, and QC reporting including FAA and UFC formats — as a platform a subcontractor can deploy in a day, starting at $29/month with a free plan below it.
The enterprise heavy-civil stacks are real — and so are their six-month implementations, per-project pricing, and training burdens that assume a project-controls department. Most self-performing civil subs need the field 80%: prove the grade, document the density, track production, file the daily, answer the RFI.
Gradelog is that field 80% without the overhead. Crews run it on phones the same day it is adopted. Every workflow lands on one job page, and the QC documentation — from standard grade verification to FAA and UFC formats on Enterprise — generates from data the crew was already logging.
Who this is for
- Self-performing heavy civil subcontractors
- Road, highway and airport crews with QC reporting specs
- Utility and structure crews on public works projects
- Contractors who bid DOT work without a project-controls office
The field layer, complete
Grade shots against design with pass/fail. Compaction lift by lift against the Proctor. Daily reports with voice entry. Production quantities against bid items with burnup. RFIs with priorities and photo threads. Timecards with cost codes. Material tickets with OCR. Safety observations and toolbox talks. One job page carries all of it — 20+ workflow tabs, used as needed.
QC documentation to public-works standards
Public owners want structured QC records: test results tied to locations and lifts, verification shots against design, contemporaneous dailies. Gradelog generates seven report types from the field record, including FAA airport grade reports and UFC government QC formats on the Enterprise plan — with share links reviewers open without an account.
Deployable this week, not next quarter
No implementation project. Crews install the app on their phones, jobs are set up in minutes, and the free plan means trying it on one job costs nothing. It works offline on remote alignments and syncs when coverage returns — in eight languages, for the crews you actually employ.
What's included
Grade verification, compaction, production, dailies, RFIs
FAA and UFC QC report formats (Enterprise)
Timecards with cost codes and OT approval
Material tickets with OCR tallies
20+ workflow tabs on a single job page
Offline-first PWA, 8 languages
Share links for owner/engineer review
Free plan; paid from $29/month
See it with real project data
Open the live demo — a fully seeded project you can explore without creating an account.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from HCSS HeavyJob?
HeavyJob is part of an enterprise estimating-to-field suite priced and implemented for large contractors. Gradelog is a self-serve field platform a sub deploys in a day, focused on verification and documentation — grade, compaction, as-builts — alongside dailies, production, and timecards. Different scale, different scope, radically different cost of entry.
Can it handle DOT and public-works QC documentation?
Yes — structured test and verification records tied to locations and lifts, contemporaneous daily reports, and formal report formats including FAA airport grade and UFC government QC on Enterprise.
Does it track production against bid items?
Yes. Daily quantities log against bid line items with percent complete, daily burnup, and rolling averages — the field-side production truth that job costing needs.
What is the realistic rollout time for a crew?
Same day. It is a progressive web app — no device management, no server, no trainer. Foremen learn the daily report and shot logging in minutes; everything else is there when needed.
What does it cost compared to enterprise civil software?
A free plan, then $29 (Field Pro), $79 (Supervisor), $249 (Company), and $499 (Enterprise) per month. Enterprise adds FAA/UFC formats and white-label reports. There are no per-project fees.
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Log it. Prove it. Build with confidence.
Free plan available. Works offline. Cancel anytime — your data is never deleted.