ROI Calculator

The math on better field data.

Independent reconciliation of contractor LEMs, daily tickets, and inspector reports recovers a meaningful share of T&M and Target Priced spend. Adjust the scenario below to model your own numbers.

Project Parameters
$120.00M
40%
18 months
Value Drivers
3.0%
40%
0.5% of TIC
Pipe-Up Fee (Per Project)
Net Value Per Project
$2.16M
22.6x return on $100K investment
Total Savings
$2.26M
Pipe-Up Cost
$100K
Overbilling recovery$1.44M
Labor savings$216K
Dispute prevention$600K
Total$2.26M
Payback period< 1 month

Illustrative only. Figures depend on project controls maturity, contractor behaviour, and contract type. Baseline reconciliation labor assumed at $25K/mo per $100M TIC (~2 dedicated cost-control FTEs). Overbilling recovery applies only to the T&M or Target Priced portion of spend.

Methodology

How the numbers work

Overbilling Recovery

Applied only to the T&M or Target Priced portion of your contract mix. Third-party audits of time-and-material pipeline contracts routinely identify 3–8% in recoverable charges — duplicate equipment hours, incorrect rate tables, uncaptured standby offsets, and phantom crew time. Default assumes the conservative end of that range.

Reconciliation Labor Savings

A mid-sized pipeline typically runs 2 dedicated cost-control or admin FTEs reconciling LEMs against inspector tickets. Pipe-Up's 4-panel variance workflow compresses that effort by auto-flagging line-item mismatches. Savings shown reflect reduction against the project-scaled baseline of $25K per month per $100M TIC.

Dispute & Claim Prevention

The single largest owner exposure on a construction project is a contested progress claim or change order at closeout. Independent field measurement with a time-stamped audit trail materially reduces both the likelihood and the defensible size of such claims. The default figure represents 0.5% of total installed cost — a modest estimate for most projects.

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