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Track plant costs in real-time.

  • Track hired plant day-by-day, as costs are incurred
  • Stop relying on disconnected spreadsheets

  • See accurate plant costs reflected in your project commercials

Does this sound familiar?

  • We lose track of what’s still on hire — and what it’s costing.
  • Spreadsheets are out of date before they’re even saved.
  • We only catch plant overspend when it’s too late to fix.

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Yes? Chalkstring can help!

No more hidden hire costs

Plant is one of the biggest fixed costs on site — but often the hardest to track efficiently.

Every day a machine stays on site, it costs you money.

If you’re not tracking it properly — or tracking it late — that cost adds up fast.

Chalkstring puts plant hire front and centre in your job controls, so it’s no longer hiding in emails or outdated spreadsheets.

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Total control - every day

Chalkstring brings it all together, giving you one place to manage, monitor and update your hired plant, with accurate costs calculated daily and reflected in your live project performance.

How it works

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Add hired plant to your project

Create fixed cost items for each piece of plant — with dates, rates and suppliers.

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Off-hire on time

Update off-hire dates easily — and stop charges for shutdown periods or holidays.

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See what it’s costing each day

Chalkstring calculates costs daily and shows you the current spend in real time.

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Stay on top of the spend

You see exactly what hired plant is costing the job — before it hurts your margin.

See Chalkstring for yourself

See how Chalkstring keeps your hired plant on the radar — and under control.

With Chalkstring you will:

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Centralise

Store all hired plant data — including rates, suppliers, dates and statuses — in one place. No more hunting through emails or chasing spreadsheets.

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Standardise

 Track, manage and off-hire plant the same way across every project. Make plant cost control as easy part of your team’s day-to-day workflow.

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Analyse

 See the real-time impact of hired plant on your margin, spot overspend early, and take action before costs get out of control.

See Chalkstring for yourself

Discover the full capabilities of our cost management module

  • Manage every commercial detail — from orders to valuations
  • Track spend, margin and cost-to-complete in real time
  • Ditch the spreadsheets and stay in control with one system
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