For public EV charging work, where the trenching and the switchgear decide the margin.
Municipal, school district and transit charging projects are public works: prevailing wage, apprentice ratios, retention and change orders when the utility moves the service point. WorksPro tracks each site against its bid and keeps the compliance paperwork moving.
The problems
Where the margin goes on this work.
- 01
Utility changes and added transformer pads turn into unpaid work.
Extra work gets flagged on the daily report the day it happens and becomes a change order with hours and dollars attached.
Job cost and WIP - 02
Multiple sites on one contract blur together in the spreadsheet.
Each site's quantities roll into one contract, with earned hours and budget burn you can still see site by site.
Field app - 03
Apprentice ratio and certified payroll are tracked in someone's head.
A ratio gauge per craft over the whole project, reminders for DAS-140, DAS-142 and CAC-2, and certified payroll export.
Compliance
Your bid items
The schedule you already bid, line by line.
Each item maps to cost codes, so the quantities your foreman reports drive earned hours, the pay estimate and the history for your next bid.
- Charger pedestals and mounting pads
- Switchgear, transformer pads and service upgrades
- Trenching, boring and surface restoration
- Conduit and conductors
- Bollards, striping and accessible stalls
- Utility coordination allowances
Typical owners: Cities, counties, school districts, transit agencies and other public owners.
Bid margin
14.0%
Projected
10.9%
Fade
-3.1 pts
Budget spent by cost type · marker = % complete
Man-hours: planned, earned, actual
Sample data
Bring one bid and one live job. We will show you both in WorksPro.
30 minutes, on your own bid and one live job. No slides.