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You bid it one way.
You built it another.

The distance between them is drift. And it's killing your margin.

What you bid
1,200
hours
$84,000
labor budget
What you're burning
1,580
hours (projected)
$110,600
at current pace
380 hours of drift = $26,600 walking out the door

You know the story.

You show up with 5 guys to start pipe. Drywall's not done. Framing's not done.

Access violation. Three hours lost before anyone installs a single fitting.

Happens every day. Compounds every week. By close-out, you've lost tens of thousands in scattered moments nobody documented.

At close-out, you try to reclaim it. The GC says: "Prove it."

Learn what causes drift →
This week's drift
Access — Area not ready +12 hrs
Material — Delay +8 hrs
Sequence — Out of order +6 hrs
Team Size — Crew stacking +4 hrs
Total unbid labor +30 hrs

$2,100 this week. No documentation. No change order.

Every drift has a cause.

We track 9 conditions that must be true for production to match your bid. When one breaks, drift happens.

Access Material Sequence Leadership
See the full framework →

Capture it. Document it. Get paid.

Your guy in the field hits record. Describes what's happening. That's it. We handle the rest.

01 — Field

Capture it when it happens

Recording...
"We're here with 2 guys instead of 5. Area 3 still has drywall debris blocking access..."

Voice note. Offline capable. No forms.

02 — Auto

AI extracts the drift

Condition Access Issue
Crew Impact -3 workers
Hours Lost +24 hrs
Est. Cost Impact $1,680

Transcribed. Categorized. Cost-estimated.

03 — Office

Create the change order

Change Order #047 Ready
Access delays (Area 3) $4,200
Material staging issues $2,800
Crew remobilization $1,400
Total $8,400

Three clicks. Documentation attached.

One guy with a phone can out-paper 10 guys in the trailer.

You don't need more people doing admin. You need better documentation from the field.

Customer Results
$50k
drift captured
30
days
4
person crew

Documentation that used to take hours now happens in the moment it occurs.

I ran a plumbing and heating company across Wyoming and the Dakotas. I know what it's like to walk into a trailer knowing you're right—and lose anyway.

The GC has the documentation. The GC has the schedule. And somehow, it's always your fault.

I built BlackHyve because I was tired of losing arguments I should have won. Tired of guessing whether we were making money until the job was over. Tired of the pit in my stomach every time someone asked about hours or costs and I had to say "I'll get back to you."

Not because you need more software—but because knowing where you stand is how you take control of your story.

Ryan Haught

Ryan Haught

CEO, BlackHyve

ryan@blackhyve.com

Trusted by contractors across the country

Great Lakes Plumbing and Heating
DC Construction
Langlas
LeJeune
Lone Mountain Land Company
Moncayo
OO
PRG
PSF
Siwek
Superior
Great Lakes Plumbing and Heating
DC Construction
Langlas
LeJeune
Lone Mountain Land Company
Moncayo
OO
PRG
PSF
Siwek
Superior

Know where you stand.

When you walk into the GC's trailer, you're not guessing. You're not defensive.

You have the paper. And now you control the story.

No long contracts. Start with one job. See value in the first week.