Built from real civil construction daily reports used on active job sites.
TCC is construction cost control software that connects daily field
reports — labour, equipment, materials, and production quantities —
to project activity costs. Contractors detect cost drift within
24–72 hours instead of waiting for month-end reports.
Built by the creators of real construction tools
TCC was developed by the team behind Machloc and Projestim —
tools used by contractors and project managers in heavy civil construction.
TCC is a construction cost control
platform that captures daily field data —
labour, equipment, materials, weather — and structures it so you can see
cost drift within 24–72 hours instead of month-end.
On most construction projects, cost information flows from the field
to accounting on a weekly or monthly cycle. By the time project managers
see the numbers, the damage is already done. TCC closes that gap by
connecting the daily report
directly to your cost structure —
every worker hour, every equipment hour, every material delivery is
linked to the activity it supports.
The result is a live cost picture that updates every time a foreman
submits a daily report. You see which activities are trending
over budget, which crews are underperforming, and where
productivity
deviates from plan — all within one to three days
of the work happening on site.
Designed for small and mid-size civil contractors who need execution visibility
without enterprise complexity. No ERP integration required, no months of
configuration — your team enters daily field data and TCC does the rest.
Read our white paper on field-aware AI
to understand the theory behind TCC’s capture-first approach.
Construction Cost Control Guides
Practical guides built from real project data. Each article covers
a specific aspect of construction cost management — from tracking
daily field costs to understanding why projects exceed their budgets.
Traditional cost control relies on monthly accounting reports that arrive
weeks after the work is done. TCC replaces that cycle with a three-step
field-to-insight workflow that keeps project managers ahead of
cost drift.
1Foreman enters daily field dataWorkers • Equipment • Materials
At the end of each shift, the foreman records which workers were on site,
what equipment was used, which materials were consumed, and how much
production was completed. The form is designed to take minutes, not hours.
2TCC compares cost vs plan by activityDaily + cumulative tracking
Each entry is linked to a project activity with a budgeted unit cost.
TCC calculates the actual cost per unit of production and compares it
to the plan — both for the day and cumulatively since the activity started.
3Early signal appears in 24–72hBefore the drift becomes damage
When actual costs exceed planned unit rates, TCC surfaces the variance
immediately. Project managers can investigate root causes — wrong crew
size, idle equipment, material waste — while the activity is still in progress.
Who uses TCC?
TCC is built for civil construction teams that manage earthworks, road building,
infrastructure, and utility projects. Project managers use TCC to monitor
labour productivity
and cost performance across multiple activities. Foremen use it to submit
daily field reports
directly from the job site. Estimators use historical data from
completed projects to sharpen future bids.
Whether you run a single crew or coordinate dozens of subcontractors,
TCC gives you the cost visibility that spreadsheets and monthly reports cannot.
If you track workers, equipment,
and materials on civil construction sites, TCC is designed for you.
Real Construction Daily Report
A real construction daily report
inside TCC — structured so every field connects directly to activity costs.
Unlike generic project management tools, TCC captures the specific
operational inputs that drive construction costs:
crew composition, equipment hours, material quantities, and measured production output.
WorkersEquipmentMaterialsProductionSite Notes
Each field pill above represents a data entry tab inside TCC.
Workers are recorded with their trade classification and hours.
Equipment entries capture machine type, hours operated, and idle time.
Materials log deliveries with quantities and units. Production records
the measured output — cubic metres excavated, linear metres of pipe installed,
square metres of asphalt placed — so every cost can be expressed as a unit rate.
TCC is part of a broader ecosystem of construction intelligence tools.
Use Machloc to source and price heavy equipment. Use Projestim AI
to validate estimates, analyze schedules, and review cost structures.
Use Machloc AI to compare equipment specifications and get
selection recommendations for your project requirements.
Machloc
Heavy equipment marketplace — find, compare, and price construction machinery.
Most cost overruns begin with small productivity drift in daily operations —
labor hours, equipment utilization, and production quantities.
When these signals are not detected early, they accumulate into cost overruns.
How do contractors track construction costs?
Contractors track labor, equipment, materials, and production quantities.
Structured daily reporting connects these inputs to activity costs,
allowing teams to detect cost drift before it impacts the project budget.
What is construction productivity?
Construction productivity measures the amount of production achieved
per crew-hour or equipment-hour. Tracking productivity daily helps
identify inefficiencies before they affect overall project costs.
What is a construction daily report?
A construction daily report records workers, equipment usage,
materials delivered, and production quantities each day.
These reports provide the operational data required for accurate
cost tracking and project control.
How does TCC differ from accounting software?
Accounting software tracks invoices and payments after the fact.
TCC captures field data as the work happens — crew hours,
equipment utilization, material consumption — and compares
actual cost per unit of production against the budget in near
real time. This gives project managers early warning signals
that accounting reports cannot provide.
How do you detect construction cost overruns early?
Early detection requires linking daily field data — worker hours,
equipment usage, materials consumed, and production quantities —
to activity-level cost budgets. When actual unit costs exceed planned
rates, the variance appears within days instead of at month-end.
See our guide on detecting
cost overruns early.
What types of construction projects is TCC designed for?
TCC is designed for civil construction: earthworks, road building,
infrastructure, utilities, and similar projects where daily field
operations directly determine cost outcomes. Any project that tracks
workers, equipment, materials, and production quantities benefits
from TCC’s activity-based cost tracking.
What if you could see cost drift while the work is still happening?
Most construction cost overruns are discovered weeks or months after the
work is complete. TCC changes that by connecting daily field reports to your
cost structure in near real time. Start capturing workers, equipment,
materials, and production data today and see where your project stands
tomorrow.
No setup fee, no long-term contract — start tracking in minutes.
