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A parts list and stock tool for scaffolding hire that turns dimensions into a price
In scaffolding hire the whole job is one calculation: from wall dimensions to a parts list, a weight, a number of trips and a price. Anyone doing that by hand is doing it in the evening.
A parts list and stock tool for scaffolding hire starts at €1,400. From wall dimensions it works out material, weight, number of trips and price, and produces a priced document. Migrating from the spreadsheet surfaced ten errors in the original formulas that the company did not know about.
How it usually gets calculated
Quotes happen at night
You measure up, go home and spend an hour on parts. In the morning you send a price you are not quite sure about.
One person understands the formulas
That spreadsheet has formulas you wrote. When you are away, the business slows down or guesses.
You do not know what is really in stock
Some material is on site, some in the yard and some with a customer who was supposed to call last week.
Transport is an estimate
The number of trips is guessed from a weight nobody actually added up, and when it is wrong the margin pays for it.
What such a tool includes
You enter wall dimensions and get a parts list: which parts, how many, total weight and how many trips that means. No manual arithmetic and nothing to remember.
Stock that knows what is free, what is out and when it is due back. Priced documents for issue and return, so it is clear what the customer took and at what price.
The same principle works for formwork, platforms or construction equipment hire. The parts catalogue changes, the logic does not.
- You enter the wall dimensions and height Not a part count. Nobody gets that right in their head.
- The system builds the parts list Frames, decks, guardrails and ties in quantities that add up.
- It works out weight, trips and price Transport comes from the weight, not from a guess.
- Dispatch and return are tracked per item The gap between what went out and what came back falls out on its own.
Proof, not a promise
This tool exists and is finished. It is not a platform and I will not pretend it is; it is a small tool that does one thing properly.
The most interesting part was what surfaced during migration. The original spreadsheet, the one the company had been quoting from for years, contained ten formula errors. Not because whoever built it was careless, but because after years of edits that is how it goes.
Common questions
We have our own catalogue and prices. Can it be configured?
Yes, the parts catalogue and the prices are data, not hard-coded. That is exactly why the same principle works for formwork or platforms.
Do we lose what is in the spreadsheet?
No. A spreadsheet is a good source of both data and logic, and migrating from one is the usual starting point. The side effect is that errors sitting there for years become visible.
How long does it take?
The first working version is usually ready within a week. Tuning it to how the business actually works takes a few more days after you first use it for real.
What if some of the material comes back damaged, or does not come back at all?
That is more common in hire than anyone admits, and a spreadsheet cannot track it. The system records what went out and what came back per job, so the difference falls out on its own and can be charged straight away instead of surfacing a month later at stocktake.
Can we see how much each type of part actually earns?
Yes. Once dispatch and return are tracked per item, you can work out how many days a year a given part was out on hire and how many it spent sitting in the yard. In a hire business that is the only number worth buying stock on.
Do you hire out scaffolding or equipment?
Tell me how you calculate a quote today. A quote then takes a few minutes, and the numbers still hold up a month later when you go back to them. The first call is free and I will say so if it is not worth it for you.
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