Irrigation contractor software, shown on a fictional irrigation company

Open the demo and you are inside Dewlantern Irrigation, a fictional irrigation company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for an irrigation company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The irrigation jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Okonkwo spring start-up, 9 zones — Spring start-up, 9 zones (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Zone map: zones 1-3 front lawn rotors, 4-5 side yard sprays, 6-7 back lawn rotors, 8-9 drip in the beds. Shut-off in the basement on the east wall; blowout point at the backflow..
  Schedule: Spring start-up, 9 zones.
  Daily log: “Water turned on slowly at the shut-off. Ran all nine zones; replaced two broken spray heads in zone 4 and turned the rotors on zone 7 back onto the lawn. Controller set and the rain sensor tested.”
• Faraday new 12-zone system — New 12-zone system, smart controller and backflow (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Use the side gate; dog in the back yard until 9. Water shut-off at the meter pit by the sidewalk..
• Brackenholt Garden Center backflow tests — Backflow tests and reports, three assemblies (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Backflow test notes: the reduced-pressure assembly on the greenhouse line and the two pressure vacuum breakers on the display beds. Readings written on the water utility's form and filed the same day; the confirmation is in the office binder..
  Schedule: Backflow tests, three assemblies.
  Daily log: “Tested the three assemblies and wrote the readings on the utility's form. Filed with the water utility from the truck; the filing fees go on the invoice.”
• Whitcomb smart controller and drip zone — Smart controller, rain sensor and a drip zone (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Install warranty letter sent with the zone chart: workmanship on the controller swap and the new drip zone..
  Schedule: Swap the controller, add a drip zone.
  Daily log: “Replaced the old controller with a smart controller and added a rain and freeze sensor. Converted the zone 6 beds from spray to drip with a filter and regulator, programmed the run times and walked the owner through the controller.”
• Larkmoor Greens HOA common-area repairs — Common-area repairs from the wet check (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Two controllers in the clubhouse utility room; the community manager approves repairs by email..
  Schedule: Wet check, common areas → Repairs: heads, valves and diaphragms.
  Daily log: “Wet check of eighteen common-area zones on two controllers. Found fourteen broken or sunken spray heads, six rotors not turning, two weeping valves and a wet spot over the mainline by the clubhouse. Priced repairs sent to the community manager.”
• Baptiste zone valve repair — Locate and replace a stuck zone valve (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Service visit: zone 5 will not shut off.
  Daily log: “Zone 5 would not shut off. Found the valve with the locator under the side-yard box; the diaphragm was torn and the solenoid weak. Replaced the whole valve, flushed the line and ran every zone.”

Walk through one irrigation job: Faraday new 12-zone system

Its schedule, in order:

1. Utility locate request and marks
2. Backflow permit
3. Pipe and spray heads ordered
4. Bore under the driveway
5. Trench mainline and laterals, set valves
6. Heads, drip zones and controller
7. Backflow install inspection
8. Restoration and owner walk-through

Change orders on this job: “Add a drip zone for the vegetable beds”.

Purchase orders on this job: “Pipe and fittings, Faraday”; “Spray heads and nozzles, Faraday”; “Driveway bore, Faraday”.

To-dos on this job: “Order rotor heads”; “Send the owner the zone chart and controller sheet”.

From its daily log:

• Locate marks checked and photographed. The boring crew ran a sleeve under the driveway. Laid out the valve manifold by the side yard. Weather: Sunny.
• Trenched the mainline to the manifold and pulled laterals for zones 1 to 5. The mainline pressure test is set for tomorrow morning, before backfill. Weather: Partly cloudy.

An irrigation proposal in the demo: New 8-zone system with drip beds

Dewlantern Irrigation sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Design and install an 8-zone system: five spray and rotor zones for the lawn, three drip zones for the beds, a pressure vacuum breaker with its permit, a smart controller with a rain and freeze sensor, a sleeve under the front walk, trench restoration and an owner walk-through with the zone chart.

The notes on that lead:

• Neighbor of the Faraday install; asked for a design
• Measured the lawn and beds, static pressure at the hose bib, 1 inch meter
• Sent the proposal with the zone layout

Other irrigation leads in the demo

• Zone 3 not running: Zone 3 does not come on, though the controller shows it running
• In-season wet checks and backflow tests: Walked the grounds: two controllers, twenty-two zones, two backflow assemblies
• Convert front beds to drip

What goes on an irrigation estimate in the demo

From Dewlantern Irrigation's price list, without the prices:

• Irrigation design and zone map
• Backflow permit
• Pressure vacuum breaker, 1 inch
• Backflow repair kit
• Smart controller, 12 stations
• Rain and freeze sensor
• Multi-strand irrigation wire, per foot
• Zone valve, 1 inch, with box
• Valve diaphragm and solenoid kit
• Pop-up spray head with nozzle
• Gear-drive rotor
• Drip line with emitters, per foot
• Drip zone kit: filter and pressure regulator
• PVC mainline pipe, 1 inch, per foot
• Poly lateral pipe, 3/4 inch, per foot
• Swing joints and fittings, per zone
• Sod for trench restoration, per square foot
• Trencher rental, per day
• Install labor, per zone
• Service labor, per hour
• Service call trip charge
• Spring start-up visit, first six zones
• Start-up, each additional zone
• Backflow test and report, per assembly
• Water-utility filing fee

Irrigation cost codes in the demo

Dewlantern Irrigation's own cost codes:

• Design & layout
• Permits, locates & fees
• Mobilization & equipment
• Trenching, pulling & boring
• Mainline pipe & fittings
• Lateral pipe & fittings
• Valves, manifolds & valve boxes
• Spray heads & nozzles
• Rotors & rotary nozzles
• Drip & micro-irrigation
• Controller, sensors & wire
• Backflow prevention
• Point of connection, tap & meter
• Pumps & wells
• Sleeving & hardscape crossings
• Restoration (sod, seed, backfill)
• Service & repair labor
• Seasonal start-up
• Seasonal winterization
• Wet checks & water audits
• Backflow testing & filing
• Subcontract (boring, concrete cutting, electrical)
• Disposal & cleanup
• Supervision
• Warranty callbacks
• Contingency

Questions about SelfConstruct for irrigation work

Is there an irrigation version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Dewlantern Irrigation opens with the business type “Irrigation & sprinklers”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can an irrigation job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Dewlantern Irrigation's “Okonkwo spring start-up, 9 zones” is a fixed-price job, and “Baptiste zone valve repair” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Your trade's recurring visits and agreements” for irrigation companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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Pricing is published on the site: $299/mo per company before sales tax, unlimited users, 50 GB of storage included.

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