Assets
£19/mo · included with ProPlant and equipment, owned or on hire
Estimark’s Plant & Equipment module tracks each plant item as owned, hired or both, with a hire rate and an owned rate, a serial number, a QR code, a current location and an asset status. It holds recurring maintenance schedules with a next-due date, logs each service done with its cost, and records check-out and check-in against a job with hours used. It is included from the Pro plan (£249/month) up.
What the Plant & Equipment module does
- Records plant as hired, owned or both, with a hire rate and an owned rate per unit.
- Holds serial number, QR code, category, current location and asset status.
- Links a plant item to a price book item and a supplier reference, so hire cost on an estimate matches the real rate.
- Defines recurring maintenance schedules per item with a service type, an interval in days, the last done date and the next due date.
- Logs each service with the date, who did it, the cost and the next due date.
- Records usage per job: operator, location, checked-out and checked-in timestamps and hours used.
- Can be referenced from a purchase order line, so plant hire ordered is plant hire tracked.
Plant & Equipment — how it works
How does Estimark handle plant maintenance intervals?
As a schedule per item: a service type, an interval in days, the date it was last done and the resulting next-due date. Each completed service is logged with the date, who did it, the cost and the new next-due date, so the schedule advances from a record rather than from a reminder someone reset.
NoteThe schedule is a general recurring service and inspection mechanism driven by a service type and an interval in days. Set it up to match whatever regime applies to the item — Estimark does not encode a specific statutory inspection regime for you.
How is plant charged to a job?
Through the usage log: an item is checked out against a job with an operator and a location, checked back in, and the hours used are recorded. Combined with the item’s hire or owned rate, that is the plant cost line on the job. Timesheet entries can also be categorised as plant.
What is the QR code on a plant item for?
Identifying the asset in the field. Each plant item can hold a QR code alongside its serial number, current location and asset status, so the physical item on site resolves to the record that knows its service history and where it is supposed to be.
Plant & Equipment — at a glance
- Plan
- Included with Pro
- Add-on price
- £19 / month
- Ownership
- Hired, owned or both
- Usage
- Check-out/in, hours used
Plant & Equipment
£19per month
Plant & Equipment is a bundled module. Plans are a ladder, so it is included on Pro and on Enterprise. On a lower plan you can activate it on its own for £19 a month.
Included from Pro — £249 a month
- Included on Pro and above at no extra cost.
- £19 per month as an individual module on a lower plan.
- Included in full during the 14-day free trial.
- No implementation fee and no minimum term.
Questions
Plant & Equipment — frequently asked
Which plan includes plant and equipment?
Plant & Equipment is included from Pro (£249 a month) upward and with Enterprise, or £19 a month individually on Solo or Core.
Can I track hired plant as well as owned?
Yes. An item is marked hired, owned or both, with a separate hire rate and owned rate, plus a supplier name and reference for hired items.
Does Estimark record who has a piece of plant right now?
Yes. A usage log records the operator, the job, the location, the check-out and check-in times and hours used, and the item itself carries a current location and asset status.
Related
Fleet Management
Vehicles, MOT and service dates, mileage and daily checks.
Purchase Orders
Order plant hire against a PO line linked to the item.
Job Costing
Plant as one of six cost categories against the budget.
For builders & contractors
Pro at £249/month — job costing, payment applications, CIS and site safety.
Job costing & CVR
Actual, committed and forecast cost per job, with a cost value reconciliation pack.
Pricing & plans
Solo £29, Core £99, Pro £249, Enterprise £999 a month. Bolt-ons priced separately.
Try it on a real job.
Fourteen days, full access, every plan. No implementation fee.