Productivity down 8%
Installed quantity trailed plan while labour and equipment hours stayed near the estimate.
Example project
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This sample project shows how TCC connects daily field reporting to productivity, variance and margin impact.
$5M project
4% margin erosion
= $200,000
Daily report data
What the field captured today
The report records the operational inputs that create cost movement: labour, equipment, materials, production and notes.
TCC
Daily Site Report
Project: P26-042 — Highway Footbridge · Date: April 22, 2026
Today's Signals
Budget overrun — 1000 Site setup
Cost to date $14,378 = 206% of $6,997 budget.
Budget overrun — 5010 Structural steel
Cost to date $565,540 = 220% of $257,320 budget.
Productivity below plan — 6070 Steel structure
Actual productivity 0.35 t/crew-hr vs plan 0.50 t/crew-hr (−30%).
Today's Summary
Labour: 55 h (4 workers) ·
Equipment: 15 h (1 unit) ·
Subcontractors: 20 h (1 firm)
Production: 500 m³ excavation and backfill · 500 LS earthworks · 500 m³ trench excavation
Production: 500 m³ excavation and backfill · 500 LS earthworks · 500 m³ trench excavation
Today's Costs by Activity
| Activity | Budget | Cost today | Cost to date | % consumed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5010 — Structural steel | $257,320 | $0 | $565,540 | 220% |
| 2050 — Excavation and backfill | $479,000 | $6,450 | $226,190 | 47% |
| 1000 — Site setup | $6,997 | $300 | $14,378 | 206% |
| 6070 — Steel structure | $22,927 | $1,950 | $12,430 | 54% |
| 1020 — Insurance and bonding | $2,572 | $0 | $0 | 0% |
| 1052 — Site fencing | $100,000 | $0 | $0 | 0% |
| 1460 — Site surveying | $1,610 | $0 | $0 | 0% |
Today's Productivity
| Activity | Planned productivity | Crew-hours | Output | Actual productivity | % of plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2050 — Excavation and backfill | 8.33 m³/crew-hr | 45 | 500 m³ | 11.11 m³/crew-hr | 133% |
| 5010 — Structural steel | 0.05 t/crew-hr | 8 | 0.4 t | 0.05 t/crew-hr | 95% |
| 6070 — Steel structure | 0.50 t/crew-hr | 12 | 4.2 t | 0.35 t/crew-hr | 70% |
| 1000 — Site setup | 0.01 hrs/crew-hr | 10 | — | — | — |
Labour
| Worker | Hours | Activity | Pay item | Work package |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Tremblay | 15.0 | Excavation and backfill | Trench excavation | Earthworks |
| Louis Bergeron | 10.0 | Site setup | Mobilization | Preparation and mobilization |
| Éric Gagnon | 15.0 | Excavation and backfill | Trench excavation | Earthworks |
| Sophie Lachance | 15.0 | Excavation and backfill | Trench excavation | Earthworks |
Unit cost +6.5%
The activity is still in progress, so the variance can be investigated before the month-end report.
$18,400 exposure
Small daily losses compound when the same crew pattern continues across the remaining quantity.
Timeline
How this becomes a month-end surprise
Crew productivity down 8%
Equipment idle waiting for materials
Production behind estimate
Cost report confirms variance
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