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Construction Equipment Utilization Software for Smarter Fleet Decisions

Clue tracks every asset through telematics or meter readings. Teams see utilization rate and idle time. They compare each asset with its target to right-size the fleet.

Clue construction equipment utilization software comparing telematics and logged hours with idle time for a motor grader

Utilization management

One view for every asset. From work to idle.

Equipment utilization and hours reconciliation from telematics and manual readings

Track Utilization From Telematics and Manual Readings

One equipment utilization report combines telematics hours with odometer readings. It includes logged hours and manual meter readings. Teams compare every asset in one view.

Telematics hours: pull engine hours, odometer readings and usage data from supported GPS and OEM telematics sources.

Manual readings by asset: capture meter readings for equipment without connected telematics, so connected and untracked assets stay in one construction fleet utilization workflow.

Hours Reconciliation: compare telematics hours against logged hours to identify usage gaps.

Utilization report by project and asset against target

Review Utilization by Fleet, Project, Asset, and Target

Teams view utilization by asset, by project, and against each asset's target. They see which equipment meets its target, which sits idle, and which calls for a closer look before the next plan.

Asset-level review: review utilization by individual asset without losing the fleet-level view.

Project-level view: compare utilization across jobsites by day, week, month or a selected reporting period.

Utilization targets: set expected usage targets by asset and review equipment falling below plan.

Idle monitoring with idle percentage, idle fuel and idle cost for a motor grader

Track Equipment Idle Time and Working Hours

Idle time is one of the clearest signs that equipment utilization is drifting from plan. Fleet teams need to compare idle activity, working hours, fuel use and utilization targets to see which assets can put more of their hours to work.

Idle vs working hours: review idle activity across equipment and fleet groups next to active operating hours.

Fuel usage: review fuel rate, volume and cost alongside utilization and idle activity where supported.

Idle follow-up: Teams use equipment idle time software to compare equipment with high idle time against its target. The result guides a move, rental return, or service check.

Utilization trend and predictive maintenance card supporting fleet rightsizing

Use Utilization Trends for Fleet Rightsizing Decisions

Utilization targets, rental hours, and usage history show whether equipment sits for a short time or for weeks. Teams can move, return, or replace it. They can review its cost.

Underutilization review: identify equipment tracking below configured utilization targets.

Rental utilization: review operating hours on rented equipment before renewal, return or billing decisions.

Trend history: track utilization over time with fleet rightsizing software and build a review list of assets to redeploy, return, replace or evaluate further.

Fleet Financials linking utilization to rental and maintenance cost

Connect Utilization to PM, Rentals, and Cost Review

Engine hours guide PM plans. Rental hours show which rentals to keep or return. Fleet Financials puts revenue, cost, and profit beside utilization. Teams see whether each asset earns its keep.

PM planning: use engine hours and usage activity to support preventive maintenance scheduling and rental return decisions.

Fleet Financials: review utilization alongside revenue, cost and profitability by asset, fleet or project.

Asset history: keep usage, PM activity, repairs, rentals and cost signals tied to the asset record for fuel, maintenance, rental and ownership cost review.

AI Report Builder scheduling a weekly utilization summary

Schedule Equipment Utilization Reports for Fleet Review

Clue can email any report each day, week, or month. Saved filters keep the view the same. Operations, finance, and leadership get the same numbers each cycle.

Scheduled reports: send utilization reports to selected recipients on a daily, weekly or monthly cadence.

Filtered views: review utilization by asset, project, fleet group, date range or available reporting fields against configured target utilization.

AI Report Builder: create utilization reports from plain-language requests without SQL or an IT ticket, then share summaries with operations, finance and leadership.

Built for every role

Solutions for every team.

Field, shop, and office teams use the same system. Equipment managers, fleet managers, operations leaders, CFOs, and executives see equipment details for their work.

Abe Sharaf

Equipment Manager

“It's a single pane of glass where you see everything across your fleet, from the field to the phone to the computer.”

Abe Sharaf

Equipment Manager, Pulice Construction

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Julio Lopez

Fleet Manager

“Imagine receiving 2,000 spreadsheets that needed to be approved individually in an email. There were entire teams dedicated to that. Now the system is fully automated, completely automated from beginning to end.”

Julio Lopez

Fleet Manager, Fort McKay Group

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Darrin Sheriff

CFO

“You went from doing two services a day to six services a day. That right there is priceless to me.”

Darrin Sheriff

Director of Maintenance & Purchasing, Palmetto Corp

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Eric Sellman

VP of Operations

“The big thing with Clue is that we're able to bridge the gap between our field, our operators in our shop, and other departments. Everybody's bought into Clue now.”

Eric Sellman

COO, Brent Scarbrough & Co

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John Igel

Executive

“We had 20 different logins between all our different softwares and web platforms. Now all that information pulls into one spot and we're able to see it in a single place.”

John Igel

CEO, George Igel Co.

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Ben Benoit

Operations Manager

“The operator's in control of his own destiny. That was a huge reason why not only did I buy into it, but I'm also investing into it for the future.”

Ben Benoit

Operations Manager, Onshore Companies

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Across the fleet

Why Construction Fleets Track Utilization With Clue

Clue turns utilization data into clear answers for fleet planning and reporting.

Precise Hour Data for Better Decisions

Combine telematics hours, manual meter readings and logged hours so you can review connected and untracked assets in one utilization workflow.

More Hours Put to Work

Review idle activity, working hours, fuel usage and utilization targets to find equipment that can put more of its hours to work.

Smarter Rental Return Decisions

Use rental operating hours and usage trends to identify equipment to return, reassign or review before the next billing cycle.

Stronger Fleet Rightsizing Signals

Compare utilization targets, usage history, owned assets and rented assets to identify what to redeploy, replace, return or evaluate further.

Better Maintenance Timing

Engine hours and mileage sync from telematics. PM plans use that data. Service comes due based on how much the equipment works.

Repeatable Fleet Review

Schedule utilization reports and filtered views so operations, finance and leadership can review the same usage signals on a consistent cadence.

Equipment Data Stays
With the Plan.

Clue brings data from 80+ integrations into one utilization view. It connects OEM telematics, GPS, and aftermarket trackers. ERP, accounting, and maintenance systems feed that view. Equipment with manual meter readings joins the same view.

From the people who use it every day

What contractors say

“It was probably taking the better part of a day to combine all the data from the telematics.”

Derek Wolfe, Equipment Manager, George Igel Co.

“The big thing with Clue is that we’re able to bridge the gap between our field, our operators in our shop, and other departments.”

Brent Scarbrough & Company

“There were entire teams dedicated to approving spreadsheets one by one.”

Fort McKay First Nation

“The biggest difference has been the user friendliness.”

William A. Hazel

“It exposes dead cost or overhead that maybe we don’t know about because it gets lost in those three different systems.”

Moss Utilities

“Clue’s real-time data capability has completely changed the way we manage our assets.”

Darrin Sheriff, Director of Maintenance and Purchasing

“Clue allows us to effectively control our operations: financially, effectively and safely.”

Joseph Yammine, Project Manager, Graham

“QR codes have been a game changer for us with regards to operator inspections.”

Ben Benoit, Operations Manager

“It’s a single pane of glass where you see everything across your fleet, from the field to the phone to the computer.”

Abe Sharaf, Corporate Equipment Engineer

“Our field guys were tired of having a new product, a new something to learn each time.”

Rob Judge, Sr. Procurement & Program Manager

“Our equipment is in far better shape since we started using Clue, for sure.”

Jake Farley, Equipment Manager, Silver Star Construction

Igel
Brent Scarbrough & Company
Fort McKay First Nation
William A. Hazel
Moss Utilities
Palmetto Corp
Graham
Onshore Companies
Pulice Construction
Goodfellow Bros.
Silver Star Construction

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Common questions

Construction equipment utilization software FAQ.

What is construction equipment utilization software?

Teams use heavy equipment utilization software to track how much equipment works across jobsites, yards, and rentals, including operating hours and idle hours.

Each asset has a weekly target in hours. For a period, Clue divides that target by seven, then multiplies by the number of days. Clue divides operating hours by target hours, then multiplies by 100 for utilization rate. Telematics sends operating and idle hours. Clue divides idle hours by operating hours, then multiplies by 100 for the idle rate. Working hours equal operating hours minus idle hours. Teams view construction fleet utilization across assets, projects, fleet groups, or date ranges.

Yes. Clue supports mixed fleets where some assets have GPS or OEM telematics and others rely on manual readings or asset records. This keeps connected and untracked equipment in the same utilization workflow.

Yes. Set each asset's target in hours per week in its asset form. You can also set targets for many assets through the equipment import file. The utilization report compares each asset with its own target. Teams use the results to plan a move, rental return, or replacement review.

Teams can review operating hours, idle hours, idle rate, utilization rate, engine hours, odometer readings, fuel rate where supported, daily utilization and target performance. Available metrics depend on the connected data sources and reporting setup.

Yes. Equipment idle time software helps teams review idle hours, idle rate, excessive idling thresholds and usage patterns. Clue helps surface equipment that is idling, sitting or falling below expected utilization so teams can review reassignment, rental return, service follow-up or dispatch follow-up.

Clue tracks equipment hours from supported telematics sources, OEM data, manual meter readings and logged hours. Teams can use Hours Reconciliation to compare telematics hours against logged hours and identify usage gaps before they affect billing, job costing, maintenance timing or chargebacks.

Engine hours and odometer readings sync from telematics. Manual meter readings cover equipment that teams track by hand. PM plans run on engine hours, mileage, or the calendar. When an interval comes due, Clue creates the work order.

When a telematics source sends operating hours and idle hours, Clue shows them for rented equipment. Teams see which rentals work and which sit. Clue puts rented and owned equipment in one view. Teams decide to keep, return, or move a rental before the next billing cycle.

Yes. Fleet rightsizing software helps teams compare operating hours, idle activity, rental utilization, utilization targets and trend history. Clue gives fleet teams cleaner usage data to identify assets that may need reassignment, rental return, replacement review or closer evaluation.

Yes. Clue supports equipment utilization reports by asset, project, fleet group, date range and available reporting fields. Teams can schedule reports for daily, weekly or monthly delivery, export utilization summaries, and use AI Report Builder to create custom reports from plain-language requests without SQL or an IT ticket.

Yes. Clue supports exportable reports and API access for approved utilization data workflows. Enterprise teams can use historical utilization data in external dashboards, BI tools, ERP reporting workflows or other connected systems where configured.

Telematics dashboards show equipment activity, but utilization decisions often need more context from asset records, manual readings, logged hours, rentals, maintenance, fuel, cost review and reporting workflows. Clue brings those utilization signals into one construction-focused workflow.

Clue builds a personalized plan around your equipment, crew, and job requirements. You share your needs through a short pricing form. A team member follows up to review them and walk you through your tailored plan.

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Setup starts with your asset list and your usage sources. A Clue analyst works through telematics connections, manual meter readings and utilization targets with your team, so your first utilization reports run on your own data.

Construction companies measure it by comparing the hours each asset ran with its target hours for the same period. The software syncs engine hours and odometer readings from telematics. Teams enter manual meter readings for equipment outside a telematics feed. They can check logged hours against telematics hours. Each asset has a weekly target. The report shows daily utilization for each asset.

Contractors can raise the rate by moving underused equipment to the next job or returning rentals that sit. They compare each asset's rate with its weekly target in hours. The report marks idle and underused equipment with a status. Teams schedule a weekly email so the group reviews the report each week.

Managers can see one asset's daily utilization history from its profile page. The page shows how many hours the equipment ran each day. It lists each project where the equipment worked. The full daily record stays on the asset page for one clear view.

Review Equipment Utilization With Accurate Hour Data

See how Clue helps construction fleets track utilization, review idle time, reconcile hours, and make confident equipment decisions.

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