Built for Ground-Disturbing Trades

Know Your Margin Before You Break Ground

Real-time job costing built for excavation, demolition, and site work — so you never finish a job wondering where the money went.

ACTIVE JOB — LIVE VIEW
Rt. 6 Commercial Grading
Bradford, PA  ·  Started Apr 14  ·  Est. 18 days
Current Margin
24.3%
▲ +2.1% vs estimate
$218,400 contract value
Labor
$68,200
Equipment
$47,800
Materials
$25,600
Subcontractors
$12,000

Total Cost to Date
$165,200
Projected Margin $
$52,940
35+
Years industry experience
$0
Hidden fees — flat pricing
Live
Real-time margin per job
100%
Built for site work trades only
The Problem
Most contractors find out too late.

Generic accounting tools weren't built for excavation. By the time your books tell you a job went sideways, there's nothing left to do about it.

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Estimates on paper, actuals in your head

Without real-time tracking, you're guessing at margin until closeout — when it's too late to adjust.

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One bad job wipes out three good ones

Unexpected soil conditions, equipment downtime, or scope creep can silently kill your margin mid-job.

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QuickBooks doesn't speak excavator

Generic tools don't understand mobilization costs, equipment hours, or per-unit dirt pricing.

How It Works
Margin clarity at every stage of the job.
01

Estimate to actuals in one view

Enter your bid breakdown by labor, equipment, materials, and subs. GroundMargin tracks actual costs against each line as the job runs.

02

Live margin alerts

Get flagged the moment a cost category starts tracking above estimate — before it becomes a problem you can't fix.

03

Job history that makes you smarter

Every completed job feeds your estimating baseline. Over time your bids get tighter and your margins get stronger.

04

Built-in trade vocabulary

Cut yardage, mobilization, soil classification, equipment hours — categories you actually use, not generic accounting buckets.

Active Jobs — Q2 2025
● 6 jobs live
Portfolio Margin
21.4%
▲ vs 18.1% last qtr
Revenue at Risk
$48K
1 job flagged
Total Contract Value
$1.24M
Active pipeline
Job Status Margin vs. Est.
Rt. 6 Commercial Grading Active 24.3% ▲ +2.1%
Pine St. Demo & Haul Active 14.8% ▼ −3.2%
Valley View Site Prep At Risk 7.1% ▼ −8.9%
Industrial Lot Clearing Complete 28.6% ▲ +4.3%
Bridge Abutment Excavation Active 19.2% ▲ +1.0%
AI-Powered Estimating
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Type your job in plain English — GroundMargin AI breaks it down into a full cost estimate in seconds.

The more detail you provide — square footage, soil conditions, haul distance, site access — the more accurate the estimate.

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