Time saved / Set up the next job
Start a new job from a past one: people, plans and the order list
Bring the builder’s people, your inspection plans, the order list and the builder and site across from a past job in one press, as fresh drafts.
Most of your work comes from the same few builders. Each new job, you type the same site team, the same plans and the same order list again.
- By hand
- 3 h 20 min
- In Excel
- 2 h 15 min
- In YourCA
- 13 min
- Saved
- 3 h 7 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each new job. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- A new job starts with the last job’s signatures, dates or prices still on it.Copies come across as fresh drafts, with no signature, photo, date or price.
- The builder’s site manager is missing from the job, so your notice is addressed to the wrong person.The builder’s people from your other jobs are one tick away.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add the builder’s people again | 30 min | 20 min | 2 min | Same builder as before? Tick their people from your other jobs and add them. |
| Put your own team on the job | 20 min | 15 min | 1 min | Copy the team from a past job, each keeping their role there, and they can sign in to it. |
| Copy the order list from a past job | 60 min | 30 min | 3 min | Copies each line with its supplier and lead time, still to order, with no old price. |
| Set up the inspection and test plans again | 45 min | 30 min | 3 min | Brings the plans across not started, with no signature or photo. |
| Fill in the builder and the site | 15 min | 10 min | 1 min | Brings the builder and the site across from the past job. |
| Find the terms you had with this builder before | 30 min | 30 min | 3 min | A blank term shows what your last job with this builder had, and its clause. One press uses it. |
| Total, each new job | 200 min | 135 min | 13 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- Does a copy carry the old job’s signatures, dates or prices?
- No. Plans come across not started, order lines still to order with no price, and statements with no sign-ons.
- Does YourCA copy the contract or the claims?
- No. The contract, claims, variations, diary and photos belong to the old job and stay there.
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