One number every foreman already has, on the iPhone already in their pocket. Route sheets, spec drawings, safety answers, locate status — without a call to the GF, a binder, or a hunt through Teams.
This page is the field-level answer: a small, controlled pilot with one work unit in Indianapolis — proven in ninety days, measured in hours returned to the field, built so IT never has to hand over the keys.
Every morning, 8 foremen text their work order and location to the GF. The GF compiles it into the route sheet AES requires — by hand, before the day starts. Live circuits mean it can't be skipped and it can't be late.
A print calls out framing 470.01. The foreman opens Teams, finds the right channel, scrolls the overhead standards folder until the number appears — then shows his phone to the crew. Multiply by every callout, every job.
A crew asks about lightning. The answer exists — two pages in the manual — but finding it "took forever." QR codes and binders don't answer questions; they store them. Slow answers on a live circuit are a safety problem, not a paperwork problem.
Foremen must verify locates before digging — so they text the GF, the GF checks 811, the GF texts back. Every check interrupts supervision. Every delay holds a crew that's ready to dig.
No app to install, no portal, no new login. Blue is a contact on the company iPhones the foremen already carry. If they can text, they're trained.
AES overhead & underground standards, the safety manual, the work order flow — loaded once, version-controlled, and answered with the exact page cited every time.
Blue drafts; Gage approves. Route sheets, locate submissions, anything that leaves the building goes through a human first. The GF stays in command — with 50 fewer hours of admin a month.
"We've got all of this stuff. What ties it all together? You tie it together with Blue. You've got a question about locates — text Blue. Question on a spec — text Blue. Don't call me. Text Blue."
DEMO CONTENT IS ILLUSTRATIVE · REAL DEPLOYMENT ANSWERS FROM HWC'S ACTUAL STANDARDS & MANUALS, WITH PAGE CITATIONS
Route sheets, locate submissions, anything that leaves the unit — the GF signs off first. Blue never submits an 811 ticket, ever, without explicit approval on that ticket.
Every safety and spec answer names the document, section, and page — and attaches the source. If Blue can't cite it, Blue says so and routes the question to the GF. No citation, no answer.
Standards and manuals load as controlled drops. When AES issues a change, the new version is loaded deliberately and Blue reports which revision it's answering from. No silent drift.
Complex pole-to-pole locates stay with Gage. COINS, payroll, timesheets, Samsara, Ariba — out of scope, full stop. The pilot does three things well instead of ten things halfway.
Written brief filed with the helpdesk. Forge on call for any question IT has.
Document drop, unit build, and measuring today's actual route-sheet and lookup times.
Foremen add one contact. Five-minute onboarding at the morning meeting. That's the training.
Daily route sheets, field Q&A, locate status. Gage approves everything outbound.
Baseline vs. actual: hours returned, answer accuracy, foreman adoption.
Real numbers in front of HWC leadership. Scale, adjust, or stop — their call.