Gaffer for
groundworkers.

Groundworks is the part of the job that gets covered up, which is exactly why the records matter. Nobody can see the compaction or the pour six weeks later, and the main contractor will still want the drainage test certificate before he pays. Gaffer keeps the excavation record, the utility strike assessment and the pour details on the job, photographed and dated. Quote, schedule, record the work, invoice and get paid — with the 18 trade documents groundworkers actually use already in the account.

Start free trial See the 18 forms

Where two names look alike they are different documents — a notification is not the certificate that follows it, and two schemes covering the same work each want their own form. If you think one is missing, or that one of these is redundant, say so and we will change the pack.

Trade packs and specialist workflows for groundworkers in Gaffer

Quote it from a template

Priced quote templates for groundworkers, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.

Quoting & Estimating →

Do the job with the paperwork built in

18 trade documents ready for groundworkers — 7 written for this trade, 11 shared with others — filled in on the phone, signed on site and emailed as a PDF before you leave.

Compliance & Certificates →

Invoice from the driveway

One tap raises the invoice from the accepted quote, nets off the deposit and sends a Pay Now link. Reminders chase for you.

Invoicing & Payments →

Come back to the customers you already have

Finished jobs surface follow-up work automatically — the room you did not do, the quote they never answered, the customer who has gone quiet.

Automations & AI →

A worked job

A foundation and drainage package, end to end

This is the shape of the work in Gaffer — the same job you already do, with the hand-offs taken off your plate.

See the same job in detail

Week 0Quote priced by stage off the drawings. Accepted online by the main contractor.
Week 0CDM construction phase plan and F10 notification filed against the project.
Week 1Utility strike assessment signed before the machine turns a sod.
Week 2Excavation and concrete pour records logged with photos and delivery tickets.
Week 3Compaction test and drainage test certificate issued; stage invoice raised.
Week 6Retention released as its own invoice when it falls due, and chased for you.

Certificates & forms

18 trade documents, ready for groundworkers.

7 of them are written for this trade and 11 are shared with others — an EICR is an EICR whoever issues it. Every one is a real digital form, not a blank template.

Each one is a proper digital form: the fields that document actually needs, signature capture, photo attachments, a PDF the customer can keep, and — where it has one — an expiry date Gaffer tracks. Completed on the phone, offline if it has to be.

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