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Turn inventory reports into daily wins
Streamline daily reporting with automated insights and real-time data from the field. Propeller transforms inventory reports from tedious tasks into high-impact tools, helping you gain clarity, confidence, and control across every phase of your project.
Streamline inventory reports
With Propeller, daily reporting becomes effortless. From automated data collection with DirtMate to real-time insights and customizable reports, you’ll save time and make smarter decisions every day.
Confidence in every report
Build trust and accuracy into your reporting workflows with data-backed insights your whole team can rely on. Whether you need detailed stockpile reports or high-level performance summaries, Propeller delivers data you can act on.
Real-time insights, fewer delays
Get real-time data on progress, operator efficiency, and positioning straight from the field to your dashboard, reducing the risk of costly mistakes or delays. Use Propeller’s construction site monitoring and reporting tools to spot issues early and keep things moving.
Make data work for you
Automate your reporting workflows to capture the data you need—whether it’s truck counts, progress tracking, or material movements. Generate automated site reports for civil projects instantly, tailored to your site’s unique requirements.
Track progress your way
Monitor your site’s performance daily with tools like DirtMate and Propeller’s intuitive platform, so you can see trends, identify issues, and adjust plans as needed. With built-in construction daily reporting software, Propeller helps you move from raw data to ready-to-use inventory reports in less time.
Automated daily email reports
- Receive daily updates with site data, including volume heatmaps, load counts, and cycle times
- Get inventory reports directly in your inbox—no manual compiling required
- Reduce admin time with construction site monitoring and reporting built into your platform
Features
- Scheduled reports
- Measurement report
- Platform analytics
- Utilisation view
Visualize site progress
- Easily track progress over time with interactive maps and visuals
- See changes between surveys and designs to better understand site evolution
Features
- Timeline
- Stockpile
- Surface comparison
- Takeoff map
Accurate data tracking
- Keep tabs on key metrics like stockpile volumes, material usage, and grade changes
- Use automated reports to assess progress and identify areas that need attention
Features
- Elevation difference
- Material properties
- Surface area
- Shrink/swell calculator
DirtMate machine tracking
- Track DirtMate machine performance with automated reporting on key metrics such as load count, cycle times, and machine utilization
- Monitor machine activity through daily reports, ensuring better fleet management and project efficiency
Features
- DirtMate surfaces
- Machine location and trails
- Utilization view
- Speed analysis
“DirtMate’s machine data and Propeller’s accurate drone surveys help us quantify earthmoving. We survey monthly or bi-weekly based on needs.”
– Thomas Loewen, Excavation Professional
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Capture real-time project updates with accurate site data. Keep stakeholders informed and make data-driven decisions with confidence.
Frequently asked questions
With Propeller, daily reports are generated automatically using real-time field data from DirtMate and your drone survey data. Scheduled reports land in your inbox each day — covering volume heatmaps, load counts, cycle times, and machine activity — with no manual compiling required.
A useful construction daily report captures progress against design, material movements, stockpile volumes, machine utilization, and any grade or elevation changes. Propeller’s automated reports include all of these, pulling from DirtMate machine tracking and drone survey data so nothing gets missed.
Automated reporting saves hours of admin time, reduces the risk of manual errors, and gives project managers and site supervisors a consistent, data-backed view of what’s happening on site. With real-time insights from Propeller, teams can spot issues early and make confident decisions without waiting on end-of-week reconciliation.
Drone surveys generate accurate 3D surface data that Propeller uses to calculate stockpile volumes, track earthworks progress, and compare current conditions against design plans. That data feeds directly into your reports, replacing manual estimates with survey-grade measurements.
When your team can see live machine positions, load counts, and progress updates as they happen, it’s much easier to catch problems before they compound. Propeller’s construction site monitoring and reporting tools give project managers, surveyors, and site managers a single source of truth — without waiting for someone to compile a report manually.
Frequently asked questions
Propeller combines drone-captured data, machine data from DirtMate, and terrestrial survey data from rovers, total stations, and other methods into a single 3D model. You’re not limited to drone data — any survey input becomes part of a unified site map you can visualize in 2D or 3D alongside orthophotos and point clouds.
Upload your design files directly into Propeller, then overlay them on your latest survey data. The surface comparison tool highlights differences between as-built and design in real time, color-coded by deviation. You can also run cross sections at any point on the site and use the grade check tool to verify conformance before issues become rework.
Yes. Propeller’s timeline feature lets you compare any two survey dates side by side, so you can see exactly how your site has evolved — useful for reporting progress to stakeholders, verifying subcontractor work, and spotting areas where earthworks are drifting from plan. Machine location trails from DirtMate also let you see equipment activity between formal surveys.
Propeller includes a takeoff map for quantity planning, a material properties editor, a shrink/swell calculator for accurate earthwork estimates, and a utilization view for understanding equipment efficiency. These tools let you use your 3D site data not just for reporting what’s happened, but for forecasting what’s coming.
No. While drone data is the most common input, Propeller also processes ground survey data from rovers and total stations, and continuous surface data from DirtMate machine tracking. Teams often combine all three for a complete picture — drone surveys for site-wide coverage, ground surveys for high-accuracy checkpoints, and DirtMate for ongoing production monitoring between flights.