Equipment tracking for general contractors
Tools spread across five jobsites and two yards, in one list
A GC's equipment moves between jobs, gang boxes and subs constantly. FlowNext gives every item a QR tag; whoever moves it scans it, and the custody trail builds itself.
No card. Unlimited field users. From $39/month.
FlowNextWhat a tech sees after scanning a tag with their phone camera
Where it goes wrong today
End-of-job sweep
When a job closes, the list of what's still on site — or still with a sub — is one filter away, not a walk-through with a clipboard.
Who had it last?
Every scan and move is recorded with the person and the time. When something is damaged or missing, you're asking the right person.
Inspections across many items
Ladders, harnesses and extinguishers each have their own schedule. Due dates roll up into the dashboard and a morning email.
What general contractors tag first
- Generators and compressors
- Laser levels and total stations
- Ladders and scaffold sets
- Fall protection harnesses
- Concrete saws and core drills
- Job-box tool kits
Locations are whatever matches how you work: “Main yard”, “Lincoln Elementary - Phase 2”, “Acme Framing (sub)”. Every move is recorded with who made it and when.
New accounts can start from a ready-made General contractor category set: Ladders, Scaffolding, Power tools, Generators, Fall protection, and Fire extinguishers, each with a typical inspection or service interval you can change.
Inspections and due dates
For example, OSHA 1926.502(d)(21) requires personal fall arrest systems to be inspected before each use; many contractors add a periodic documented inspection. Record inspections against each harness so the history is there when it's asked for.
Closing out a jobsite
Phase 2 at Lincoln Elementary wraps up on Friday. On Thursday, the project manager opens the jobsite in FlowNext: every item still recorded there is listed — the laser level, two generators, the gang box kits — with who moved each one there and when.
The equipment by location report shows the same thing across every job at once, with the superintendent in charge of each site and the last time anything there was scanned or moved. A site with forty items and no scans in three weeks is the one to walk first.
Gear lent to a subcontractor is its own location, so “what does Acme Framing still have of ours?” is a list, not a memory. When something comes back damaged, the chain of custody report, filtered to that item, shows every hand it passed through.
As the crew loads the truck, each item is scanned back to the main yard, which checks it in. Whatever is still listed at the jobsite on Monday is what's actually missing.
How tags, phone updates and reports work in detail: features. Plans and limits: pricing.
Questions
Can subcontractors use it?+
Make a subcontractor a location, and record what you loaned them. Their crew can also be invited as field users at no cost if you want them to scan.
We already have tags on our gear. Do we need yours?+
No. FlowNext's in-app scanner reads the QR codes and barcodes already on your equipment and links them to items. Or print ours free.
Can superintendents use it without seeing costs?+
Field users only see the tag pages — no purchase prices, repair costs or settings. They can move gear, log hours and report problems.
Tag your first ten items this afternoon
14-day free trial, no card. Unlimited field users on every plan, from $39/month after that.