Open Path Partners

We're Capacity Catalysts

Take on more jobs without adding office staff

Double entry, lost tickets and slow handoffs between the field and the office quietly eat into your margins. At Open Path Partners, we help civil and specialty contractors find the hours hiding in their day-to-day and win them back with proven automation.

Your crews are productive. Your paperwork isn't.

Most mid-sized contractors aren't short on work. They're short on hours, and a lot of those hours go missing somewhere between the jobsite and the office.

Typing the same thing twice

Someone in the office is re-keying material tickets, PDF quotes and daily logs into job costing and accounting. Every one of those keystrokes is a chance for a wrong line item.

Waiting on the office (or the field)

Change orders, approvals and crew handoffs sit on a phone call, a text or a pile of paper on someone's dash. The crew waits while the right person catches up.

Lost tickets and rework

A missing receipt, an entry that doesn't match, an old copy of the specs. Small misses turn into billing disputes, write-offs and crews redoing work that should have been right the first time.

None of it shows up as a line item on the job. You pay for it anyway, in overtime, rework and the jobs you didn't have room to bid.

How we help

Proven automation, set up around the way you already work

We don't start from a blank page, and we won't sell you a science project. We start with automation approaches that have already proven themselves, then set them up around your workflows, your forms and your back office. Field data gets entered once, checked automatically and lands where your PMs, estimators and accounting team need it. The admin work that used to eat your week starts giving you room to grow.

What we can help with

  • Pull the data out of the paperwork

    Field logs, PDF quotes, material tickets and jobsite photos become clean, checked data. Nobody has to re-type them or squint at handwriting.

  • One set of numbers

    Field activity, project reports and your accounting all line up, so your super and your controller are looking at the same numbers.

  • Handoffs that happen on their own

    When a change order comes in, an approval clears or a phase wraps up, the right people in the field and the office hear about it right away. Nobody has to chase it down.

  • Answers and documents when you need them

    Find site specs, change history and past decisions in seconds, and get a first draft of routine documents built from information you already have.

  • Show off your work without the extra effort

    Finished milestones and on-time closeouts turn into project updates, case studies and proof for your next bid, without anyone starting from a blank page.

From cost centre to profit centre

Getting hours back isn't only about saving time. It shows up in your people, your reputation and your margins.

  • Keep your best people. Less paperwork and fewer late nights fixing data make for happier supers and PMs, and happy people stick around. They're the ones you can least afford to lose.
  • Get more repeat work and referrals. Jobs that finish on time with clean paperwork give owners and GCs a reason to call you again and to recommend you to others.
  • Take on more without adding overhead. Run more projects through the same office team without hiring more admin staff.
  • Get paid for being reliable. When you're known for getting it right, you can win on value instead of being the lowest bid.
  • Let your experts do expert work. Your PMs and estimators get back to bidding, planning and growing the business instead of chasing tickets.

Hands-on from day one

We'll get to know your team and how your jobs really run, and we'll be honest with you about where we can help and where we can't. We do it all over video calls, so it fits around your schedule wherever you're based.

  1. 1

    Start with a Capacity Audit

    We meet with your office staff, PMs and field leads and map how information really moves today. You come away knowing where your hours are going and where automation makes sense (and where it doesn't).

  2. 2

    Set up what fits

    Where it's a good fit, we set up proven automation around your forms, cost codes and processes. We adapt what already works instead of building from scratch.

  3. 3

    Keep it running and keep it growing

    We help your crews and office get comfortable with the change, then look after everything so it keeps running reliably. When your team is ready for more, we add the next piece.

We look after it, so you don't have to

You shouldn't need to become a tech expert to run your business. We make the technical calls, keep everything running and are a phone call away when you need us. One straightforward support plan, and no lock-in.

Trusted to take the weight off

Our clients count on us to follow through and make their days a little easier. Here's what a few of them had to say.

"Working with Mike and the Open Path team was an enjoyable and highly productive experience. Mike played a pivotal role in standing up our Insights Engine and data platform, which i…"

"Working with Open Path Partners has been awesome! Their team helped us build several key features for CBA Pro and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. We worked closely w…"

"Open Path Partners provided a highly professional and collaborative service throughout their engagement with ISC/ERS. Their team demonstrated strong expertise, a pragmatic approach…"

Some of the teams we've worked with

SimpleSet
GasBuddy
Cova Software
Lumeca Health
BitCutter Studios
iQmetrix
Solus Guard
CbaPro
Offstreet
BudSense
GrasslandsVentures

Client Stories

Stories from the teams we've worked with.

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Limited spots this season

Reserve your Capacity Audit

We're taking on a small number of Capacity Audits with civil and specialty contractors. We'll walk through how work gets from your field to your office, show you where the hours are going and tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.

Reserving a spot is free and doesn't commit you to anything. We'll get in touch to set up a short intro call and go over timing, details and founding-client pricing.

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