Place & Finish + Manpower · Productivity

Man-hours per yard — actual vs. the rate you bid.

The pour side knows the yards. The crew side knows who stood on them. Put them together and you get the one number that tells you whether a job made money on labor — man-hours per cubic yard, actual against the rate you bid.

Labor-productivity analytics — man-hours per cubic yard, actual vs. bid, by job.

Why it matters

Labor is where a concrete job is won or lost.

Materials are mostly fixed; labor is where the margin moves. If you can’t see man-hours per yard until the job’s closed out, you find out too late to fix the next one.

How the hubs combine

Yards from Place & Finish, hours from Manpower.

Cubic yards roll up automatically on the pour board. Hours come off the crew timesheets. Planning Ops joins them so the productivity number builds itself — no spreadsheet reconciliation.

Productivity table joining cubic yards with crew hours by project.

Over / under by job

See where you beat the bid — and where you bled.

Each job shows actual MH/CY next to the rate you bid, so the wins and the bleeders are obvious. Take the lesson to the next estimate instead of guessing.

Per-job man-hours per cubic yard, actual against the bid rate.

Configurable

MH/CY or MD/CY — measure it your way.

Track man-hours per cubic yard or man-days per cubic yard, whichever your shop bids in. The metric matches how you actually price the work.

Labor productivity — common questions

How does it calculate man-hours per cubic yard?
The pour side knows the yards; the crew side knows the hours that stood on them. Planning Ops combines the two — man-hours divided by cubic yards — per job, so you see actual productivity, not an estimate.
Can I compare it to my bid?
Yes — that is the point. Set the rate you bid (MH/CY or MD/CY) and the actual lands next to it, job by job, so you see where you beat the bid and where you bled hours.
Do I need Place & Finish and Manpower for this?
It works best with both, because it joins yards from Place & Finish with hours from Manpower — all part of your one subscription.

See which jobs actually made money on labor.

Join your yards and your hours and read man-hours per cubic yard against your bid.

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