Case Study: Front Range Excavating streamlines operations and saves thousands with AppSheet

Leading construction contractor chooses to build a no-code solution over buying Procore software

Front Range Excavating, a 30‑year Colorado subcontractor with about 35 staff completing roughly 25 major projects a year, needed a reliable, real‑time way to track labor, equipment, trucking, materials and load counts. Off‑the‑shelf construction platforms like Procore were expensive, inflexible, and built for larger general contractors, forcing costly workarounds that didn’t capture subcontractor‑specific details such as tonnage and yardage.

Instead, VP Scott Nance built a custom no‑code app on AppSheet in about one month, using a single Google file (30 sheets) to automate reporting, payroll, maintenance, repairs and notifications. The app—now used by managers and shop staff and being rolled out company‑wide—has saved thousands of dollars, cut payroll processing from a full day to roughly 30 minutes, eliminated days of administrative work, and provides real‑time mobile tracking of equipment and safety compliance.

Front Range Excavating

Scott Nance

Vice President