SitesAI GuidesEarthworks takeoff, cut and fill, and running the job.https://sitesai.net/blog2026-10-10T00:00:00ZSitesAIhttps://sitesai.netMap background: your plan on satellite, to scalehttps://sitesai.net/blog/map-background-satellite-under-your-plan2026-10-10T00:00:00Z2026-10-10T00:00:00ZNew in SitesAI Estimate: type the job address and satellite imagery lands under your PDF plan, to scale. Line it up, check the site, measure off the photo.Docket apps for civil contractors in Australia (2026)https://sitesai.net/blog/docket-apps-for-civil-contractors-australia2026-10-08T00:00:00Z2026-10-08T00:00:00ZFive docket and timesheet apps for small civil crews in Australia: published prices, offline use and signatures, from each vendor's own page.Kubla Cubed alternatives for cut and fill takeoff (2026)https://sitesai.net/blog/kubla-cubed-alternatives2026-10-08T00:00:00Z2026-10-08T00:00:00ZFour alternatives to Kubla Cubed for cut and fill takeoff, what each costs and who it suits, including the case for staying on Kubla.The SitesAI App now works in six languageshttps://sitesai.net/blog/sitesai-app-in-six-languages2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Farsi, picked per person. What is translated, what is not yet, and how a wrong line gets fixed.Teach Claude or Codex to price jobs your wayhttps://sitesai.net/blog/teach-claude-or-codex-to-price-jobs-your-way2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZPut your rates, bulking factors and stage names in a skill once, so Claude or Codex prices every job your way through the SitesAI Estimate connector.Daily pre-start checklists for plant: what to check and recordhttps://sitesai.net/blog/daily-pre-start-checklists-for-plant2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZWhat a daily pre-start on an excavator, loader or truck should cover, what the regulators say about inspecting plant, and how to record it.How to run SWMS digitally for a construction crewhttps://sitesai.net/blog/how-to-run-swms-digitally2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZWhen a SWMS is required, what it must contain, and how to keep the current version in the crew's hands on a phone instead of in a folder in the ute.Earthworks estimate in Excel — strip, cut, fill, haul, compactionhttps://sitesai.net/blog/earthworks-estimate-in-excel2026-09-28T00:00:00Z2026-09-28T00:00:00ZThe lines an excavation estimate in Excel needs, which volume each line is priced on, and how to keep the quantities tied to the takeoff.Soil bulking and shrinkage factors — a working tablehttps://sitesai.net/blog/soil-bulking-and-shrinkage-factors2026-09-27T00:00:00Z2026-09-27T00:00:00ZTypical swell and shrink factors for clay, sand, gravel, topsoil and rock, and how to apply them to cut, fill and cartage.AI auto-takeoff: what it does and how you check ithttps://sitesai.net/blog/ai-auto-takeoff-and-how-to-check-it2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-27T00:00:00ZHow AI takeoff works in SitesAI Estimate: a first pass you review before it applies, what it is good and bad at, and why nobody should sell one-click.Point your AI at the job: 142 tools and a REST APIhttps://sitesai.net/blog/ai-connector-142-tools-and-an-api2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZThe SitesAI App hands its whole surface to an AI assistant. What the connector does, how scopes and audit keep it safe, and why sending stays human.Assignar vs the SitesAI App for a small civil crewhttps://sitesai.net/blog/assignar-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZA dated comparison for crews under about twenty people — dispatch-first operations software with quote-only pricing, against a free-to-ten-licence site app.How to calibrate a PDF site plan so the quantities are righthttps://sitesai.net/blog/calibrate-a-pdf-site-plan2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-27T00:00:00ZScale bars lie. How to calibrate a PDF or scanned plan, check it with a second dimension, and spot the reissue that was printed at the wrong size.Clock-in that works where there is no signalhttps://sitesai.net/blog/clock-in-with-no-signal2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZMost site apps fail in a black spot. How offline clock-in works, why the server referees every tap, and what geofence clocking does not track.Give your client a login: the customer portalhttps://sitesai.net/blog/customer-portal-for-clients2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZA portal login lets a client see their jobs, accept quotes, sign dockets and do the prestart on hired plant. And nothing else at all.Cut and fill from a PDF plan in about ten minuteshttps://sitesai.net/blog/cut-and-fill-from-a-pdf-plan2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-26T00:00:00ZStep by step: get cut and fill volumes from a PDF site plan in SitesAI Estimate — scale, boundary, existing and design levels, a 3D check, then export.Dashpivot vs the SitesAI App for small civil crewshttps://sitesai.net/blog/dashpivot-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZSitemate's Dashpivot turns site paperwork into digital forms. The SitesAI App models the job itself. A dated, sourced comparison of two very different answers.Plant hire dockets: from a paper book to a signed PDFhttps://sitesai.net/blog/dockets-from-paper-to-signed-pdf2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZWhy paper dockets cost you money, and how a digital docket works — one per truck, signed on site by the customer with a QR code, out as a branded A4 PDF.DWG and DXF takeoff in the browser, not just PDFhttps://sitesai.net/blog/dwg-dxf-takeoff-in-the-browser2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-27T00:00:00ZEngineers send DWG and DXF, not PDF. SitesAI Estimate opens both in the browser with layers, units and levels, so you measure from the real drawing.Earthworks takeoff software in Australia: an honest 2026 listhttps://sitesai.net/blog/earthworks-takeoff-software-australia2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZFive earthworks takeoff tools an Australian contractor actually shortlists, what each costs, and who each one suits — written by a vendor, and saying so.Fieldwire vs the SitesAI App for a civil subcontractorhttps://sitesai.net/blog/fieldwire-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZFieldwire organises plans, tasks and punch lists on a build. The SitesAI App runs crews, plant and claims for a civil sub. A dated, sourced comparison.Guided Flows: the SOP your crew actually followshttps://sitesai.net/blog/guided-flows-sops-on-a-phone2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZA procedure nobody reads is not a procedure. How guided Flows walk a worker through the job, and why each step writes a real record.Kubla Cubed vs SitesAI Estimate: which suits your jobshttps://sitesai.net/blog/kubla-cubed-vs-sitesai-estimate2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZA dated, sourced comparison of two earthworks takeoff tools — a Windows desktop package with a genuinely free edition, and a browser tool with AI and export.MudShark vs SitesAI Estimate for earthworks takeoffhttps://sitesai.net/blog/mudshark-vs-sitesai-estimate2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZTwo earthworks takeoff tools compared on price, plans, trenches and 3D — one Australian desktop incumbent at $230 a month, one browser tool at US$39.Quote, scope, variation, claim — all one recordhttps://sitesai.net/blog/quote-scope-variation-claim2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZHow the accepted quote becomes the agreed scope, variations get approved by a link and a typed name, and a progress claim freezes exactly what it reported.Record TIME vs the SitesAI App for a civil crewhttps://sitesai.net/blog/record-time-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZTwo Australian apps for dockets, timesheets and plant. One sells modules you add up, one sells licences. A dated, sourced comparison for small crews.Run your earthworks takeoff from Claude or ChatGPThttps://sitesai.net/blog/run-your-takeoff-from-claude-or-chatgpt2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZSitesAI Estimate has an MCP connector. Ask an AI assistant to open a plan, set the scale, draw the takeoff and price the estimate — while you watch and approve.Running a small civil crew from one apphttps://sitesai.net/blog/running-a-small-civil-crew-from-one-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZHow a 3–20 person earthworks contractor runs leads, jobs, shifts, dockets and compliance in the SitesAI App, with an AI assistant on the same records.SafetyCulture vs the SitesAI App for site compliancehttps://sitesai.net/blog/safetyculture-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZBoth are free for ten users and mean different things by compliance. Inspections at global scale against a register of tickets, sites and expiry dates.ServiceM8 vs the SitesAI App for an earthmoving businesshttps://sitesai.net/blog/servicem8-vs-sitesai-app2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZServiceM8 quotes, schedules and invoices, and charges by jobs not users. The SitesAI App runs the site and never invoices. Which one suits an earthmoving crew.Site compliance: a document wallet, not a folder of PDFshttps://sitesai.net/blog/site-compliance-document-wallet2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZTickets and insurances belong to whoever holds them. How a wallet, per-site requirements and one compliance report replace the folder nobody trusts.The site diary: what to record daily, and why it payshttps://sitesai.net/blog/site-diary-for-civil-crews2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZWhat belongs in a civil site diary, why weather and standing time are worth money later, and how to keep one on a phone without it becoming a second job.Work management apps for small civil crews: six comparedhttps://sitesai.net/blog/work-management-apps-small-civil-crews2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZSix apps an Australian civil crew actually shortlists, what each publishes for pricing, and who each one suits. Written by a vendor, and saying so up front.