Case Study: Gardner-Watson Decking saves over $60,000, secures fleet and goes paperless with Actsoft

This Company Saved Over $60,000 in Just One Year!

Gardner-Watson Decking, a 55+-employee roofing and decking contractor with 10–14 crews, needed to cut costs, optimize crew time and better track assets and paperwork. The company turned to Actsoft and adopted its GPS fleet tracking (Comet Fleet) and paperless forms solutions to address missing paperwork, vehicle misuse and the risk of theft.

Actsoft implemented Comet Fleet GPS tracking, real‑time movement alerts and a paperless forms system, ensuring 100% of forms returned to the office and enabling recovery of a stolen vehicle worth about $60,000. Combined with a 9 p.m. vehicle‑use policy and alerts, these changes reduced vehicle misuse and after‑hours risk, saved roughly 30 minutes per employee per day across about 50 employees (about $350–$500 per day) and produced savings of over $60,000 in one year.

Gardner-Watson Decking

Rick Vassallo

CFO / VP Operations