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Applied Intelligence briefApplied Intelligence for your Business

Illustrative sample · fictional company and figures · not a real customer

Earthworks and site development · Jobsite operations

Mesa Ridge Earthworks (fictional)

The goal Optimize operations: Equipment utilization · today 58% (Sep 2026) · target 68% within three months

Must not get worse No safety incidents; Prosper job cost per CY at or below the $4.00 bid

Records as of September 30, 2026 · Decision owner: Owner and general superintendent

A crew in hard hats and safety vests works beside a paving machine as a front loader refills it with asphalt.

Company snapshot

Base
McKinney, TexasCompany profile
People
85 employeesCompany profile
Operating area
North Dallas–Fort WorthIntake interview
Sites
McKinney yard · Prosper mass grading · Frisco retail pad · Denton drainage channel · Celina borrow pitAsset register
Revenue, Sep 2026
$1,346,200: 212,000 CY moved × $6.35Job cost report (fictional)
Sells
Mass grading · Building pads · Drainage channels and detention pondsIntake interview
Records we used
OEM telematics (hours, idle, location) · Daily production reports · Job cost reportIntake interview

The three biggest findings, in dollars

1

Money leaking

Cost per cubic yard (all jobs) up since Aug 2026

$74,200 a month

How it adds up: ($4.45 − $4.10) × 212,000 CY, all jobs (Sep 2026)

  • Sep 2026: $943,400 ÷ 212,000 CY = $4.45.
  • Prosper $420,480 on 96,000 CY ($4.38); other jobs $522,920 on 116,000 CY ($4.51).
  • Aug 2026: 184,000 × $4.10 = $754,400.

Source: Job cost report (fictional) · reported · First test: A fifth haul truck on Prosper

2

Opportunity

A fifth haul truck on Prosper

$42,240 a month

How it adds up: 96,000 CY a month × $0.44 lower cost per CY ($4.38 → $3.94)

  • Inputs (Sep 2026, Prosper): 96,000 CY in 224 engine hours = 428.6 CY an hour with 4 trucks (25 CY a load, 14-minute cycle), so the excavator waits 4 of every 14 minutes.
  • A fifth truck: +20% output assumed (not the full +25%, allowing for haul-road and spreading limits) = 514.3 CY an hour.
  • Hourly cost: $420,480 ÷ 224 h = $1,877, plus $150 for the rented truck, operator and fuel = $2,027 ÷ 514.3 = $3.94 a CY, from $4.38.
  • One rented 40-ton articulated truck and operator for the rest of the job (936,000 CY left); no purchase.
  • Payback: $5,000 one-off ÷ $42,240 a month = 0.12 months.

Source: Entered in the console (fictional) · reported

3

Money leaking

Prosper job cost per cubic yard above bid

$36,480 a month

How it adds up: ($4.38 − $4.00 bid) × 96,000 CY on Prosper (Sep 2026)

  • Sep 2026: $420,480 ÷ 96,000 CY = $4.38 against the $4.00 bid: equipment $1.45 (bid $1.40), operator labor $1.10 ($1.00), haul trucks $1.20 ($1.05), fuel $0.63 ($0.55).
  • If $4.38 holds for the 936,000 CY left, the job ends $406,720 under its bid margin.

Source: Job cost report (fictional) · reported · First test: A fifth haul truck on Prosper

The findings can overlap, so they aren't added together.

Where you are, where you could go

ShermanFort WorthAustinMcKinney yard

Where you are Where you could go next Lines beyond the US

The sample company's places (a fictional company, real towns). The white lines are directions to test, not forecasts.
5 places on the map
The sample company's places (a fictional company, real towns)
29 mi across your places today
Straight line from McKinney yard to Denton
213 mi to the farthest next place
Straight line from McKinney yard to Austin: a direction to test, not a forecast
$890,400 a year from the biggest finding
$74,200 a month × 12, if "Cost per cubic yard (all jobs) up since Aug 2026" holds for a year; the findings overlap, so they aren't added

Where the work could go next

  1. Sherman Up US-75, where North Texas building keeps moving
  2. Fort Worth West across the metro, with the same equipment
  3. Austin Down I-35 to the next growing metro

Mesa Ridge Earthworks · Applied Intelligence brief

KPI board

Cost per cubic yard (all jobs)

$4.45from $4.10

▼ Worse · Aug 2026 → Sep 2026

Company-wide direct cost (equipment, labor, trucking, fuel) per cubic yard, all jobs. Guardrail.

Sep 2026: $943,400 ÷ 212,000 CY = $4.45.

Job cost report (fictional) · reported

Prosper job cost per cubic yard

$4.38from $4.12

▼ Worse · Aug 2026 → Sep 2026

Direct cost booked to the Prosper job ÷ cubic yards moved there. The bid assumed $4.00. Guardrail.

Sep 2026: $420,480 ÷ 96,000 CY = $4.38 against the $4.00 bid: equipment $1.45 (bid $1.40), operator labor $1.10 ($1.00), haul trucks $1.20 ($1.05), fuel $0.63 ($0.55).

Job cost report (fictional) · reported

Equipment utilization

58%from 61%

▼ Worse · Aug 2026 → Sep 2026

Working hours as a share of scheduled hours, all heavy equipment. Guardrail.

Daily reports and telematics (fictional) · documented

Idle share of engine hours

31%from 27%

▼ Worse · Aug 2026 → Sep 2026

Engine running without work as a share of engine hours. Guardrail.

On Prosper the excavator waits 4 of every 14 minutes for a truck (29%).

Daily reports and telematics (fictional) · documented

Cubic yards moved

212,000from 184,000

▲ Better · Aug 2026 → Sep 2026

Cubic yards of earth moved across all jobsites in the month.

Sep 2026: Prosper 96,000 CY; Frisco, Denton and Celina 116,000 CY.

Daily reports and telematics (fictional) · documented

The 30-day plan: who does what

WeekWatch Tower (your Console)The Norventus teamYou
Week 1Records in, goal agreedLoads OEM telematics (hours, idle, location) and daily production reports into your workspace, and builds the KPI board: Cost per cubic yard (all jobs), Prosper job cost per cubic yard, Equipment utilization.Kickoff with the general superintendent: agree the goal and check the inputs behind "Cost per cubic yard (all jobs) up since Aug 2026".Name one owner and send the records you have; tell us whether truck tickets linked to sites exist anywhere.
Week 2Findings checked, pilot writtenFlags "machine idle over 30% of engine hours" as soon as your records show it.Writes the pilot for "A fifth haul truck on Prosper", with its gate: go if utilization +8 points and Prosper job cost per CY at or below the $4.00 bid.Correct any input that doesn't match how the work really runs.
Week 3On the map, cards movingPuts your 5 sites and assets on one US map, and opens a work card for each pilot step, with an owner.Sets up the "Friday equipment review" (weekly) around the KPI board.Track truck cycles and excavator wait daily on Prosper, and adjust the truck count weekly.
Week 4First weekly reviewRe-measures the findings and writes your week-4 brief, with every input shown.Runs the first weekly review with you, and stays on it every week after.Decide go, revise or stop at the "Prosper pilot gate" (general superintendent, 15 Dec 2026).

How Watch Tower runs this

The same records, in the Console your team uses every week. Drawn here from this brief's records (fictional).

Console · Home

This quarter's goal

Optimize operations: Equipment utilization · today 58% (Sep 2026) · target 68% within three months

Cost per cubic yard (all jobs)$4.45▼ worse from $4.10
Prosper job cost per cubic yard$4.38▼ worse from $4.12
Equipment utilization58%▼ worse from 61%
Biggest findingCost per cubic yard (all jobs) up since Aug 2026$74,200 a month
Console Home: the goal, the KPI board and the biggest finding, checked every week.

Talos · Map

1234520 mi
  1. 1McKinney yard
  2. 2Prosper
  3. 3Frisco
  4. 4Denton
  5. 5Celina pit
Talos: every place on one map, zoomed to your region, with county lines and a scale.

Atlas · Discover

NeedBring cost per cubic yard back to the bid

  • Tri-County Aggregate SupplyExample listing

    Aggregate supplier

    Crushed stone, base rock, sand and rip-rap from two pits, with scale tickets on every load.

    Ask for a quote

  • Longspan Hauling Co.Example listing

    Hauling subcontractor

    End dumps, belly dumps and lowboys for dirt, aggregate and equipment moves between jobsites.

    Ask for a quote

  • True North Survey & StakingExample listing

    Survey and staking

    Construction staking, as-builts and drone topo surveys, with files delivered in your CAD format.

    Ask for a quote
Atlas Discover: suppliers and services for the biggest finding. These are example listings, not endorsements.

Work Tracker

This week 1

Week 1 · Records in, goal agreed

Name one owner and send the records you have; tell us whether truck tickets linked to sites exist anywhere.

Owner: you · with the Norventus team

Next week 1

Week 2 · Findings checked, pilot written

Correct any input that doesn't match how the work really runs.

Owner: you · with the Norventus team

Later 2

Week 3 · On the map, cards moving

Track truck cycles and excavator wait daily on Prosper, and adjust the truck count weekly.

Owner: you · with the Norventus team

Week 4 · First weekly review

Decide go, revise or stop at the "Prosper pilot gate" (general superintendent, 15 Dec 2026).

Owner: you · with the Norventus team

The Work Tracker: the 30-day plan as cards, one owner each, moved on every week.

The next step

Decision on the table: Run a 60-day truck-cycle pilot on Prosper from 20 October, owned by the general superintendent. Review: 15 Dec 2026.

Go: Utilization +8 points and Prosper job cost per CY at or below the $4.00 bid · Stop: No change, or any safety incident linked to the change

Records that would sharpen these numbers: Truck tickets linked to sites · Paper reports from the Denton site

Start on Know your business: your own workspace and your first brief within four weeks. Every plan and price is on /pricing.

Questions: Adi, COO at Norventus · maverick.speedlooptech.app