LPS activates On Center's Digital Production Control on your active projects, giving you weekly visibility into budget vs. actual labor — by activity, in real time — while there's still time to act.
| Activity | Budget | Actual | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Framing | 420 hrs | 388 hrs | +32 hrs |
| Drywall Hang | 310 hrs | 341 hrs | -31 hrs |
| Tape & Finish | 180 hrs | 162 hrs | +18 hrs |
| Ceiling Grid | 140 hrs | 145 hrs | -5 hrs |
Most contractors find out they're over budget at month-end billing. By then, the margin is gone. DPC shows you where you stand every week — while you can still do something about it.
See hours gained or lost by activity every week — not at closeout. Weekly DPC reporting converts your Quick Bid budget into a live financial position you can manage.
Your foreman submits percent complete via Project Express — 15 minutes per week. LPS processes the data and surfaces variances within 24 hours. No guesswork, no delays.
Each report ends with a specific field recommendation — crew adjustment, sequencing, overtime — while your team still has room to execute it profitably.
Most contractors who own On Center Software have never consistently activated DPC — or activated it on an estimate that wasn't structured for tracking, and got unreliable data as a result.
LPS provides the expertise and ongoing management to run the system correctly. Our project managers operate on DPC PM licenses, interface weekly with your foreman via Project Express, and deliver a clean variance report — with a written recommendation — to your PM and ownership every week.
Your team's only requirement: a DPC Foreman license and 15 minutes of input per week.
Not yet on On Center? We can help you understand what licenses are needed to get started. The DPC platform is available directly from On Center Software (ConstructConnect®).
30-minute demo. We'll apply DPC to your current project scope.
Every service ties directly to labor margin protection. Start with setup, stay for weekly management, add performance incentives when savings are documented.
Tell us your project scope and On Center setup — we'll recommend the right entry point.
Our process follows the natural workflow of On Center Software — from OST takeoff through Quick Bid pricing to DPC field tracking. Here's exactly how it works.
We begin by auditing your On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid estimate. For DPC to work, the bid must be structured with proper labor cost codes and priced using Interactive mode in Quick Bid. If it is, we proceed directly to setup. If not, we work with your team to address the gaps — this is typically a half-day of work.
With a clean Quick Bid estimate, our project manager activates DPC mode on our PM license and configures the full tracking structure — labor cost codes, activity groupings, production rate targets, crew assignments, and weekly hour budgets. The DPC bid package is then pushed to the client's foreman via Project Express, ready for the first weekly submission.
The only software requirement on the client's side is a DPC Foreman license installed on the field foreman's machine. Our LPS project manager walks the foreman through Project Express — how to receive the bid package, how to assess percent complete by activity, and how to submit updates each week. This takes 15 minutes per week once they're up to speed. Our PM stays actively available through the first 2–3 submission cycles.
Each week, once the foreman's percent complete submission comes through Project Express, our project manager processes the update on the DPC PM license — running budget-vs-actual calculations across every activity. We look not just at this week's numbers but at trends: which activities are improving, which are deteriorating, and what the projected final hour count looks like if the current pace continues.
Every week you receive a clean, executive-level DPC report with current budget position, hours gained or lost by activity, trend projections, and a specific written recommendation. Not data for the sake of data — each report ends with an action your team can execute the following Monday.
LPS holds: DPC Project Manager licenses used to build, manage, and analyze all project tracking.
Client requires: A DPC Foreman license installed on the field foreman's machine — the only On Center software needed on your end. We help you get this set up if you don't have it. DPC Foreman licenses are available directly from On Center Software (ConstructConnect®).
We'll walk through a live DPC demo using your own On-Screen Takeoff numbers.
Our fee structure is designed around your project and your profitability. Every dollar you pay us should return multiples in recovered or protected labor budget.
No long-term contract required. Monthly management engagements are month-to-month after setup. Multi-project discounts available for 3+ simultaneous active projects.
Yes — DPC Mode requires licensed copies of On-Screen Takeoff, Quick Bid, and Digital Production Control from ConstructConnect. If you don't have them, we'll guide you through the licensing process.
Many estimates aren't — the OST/QB bid has to be structured with DPC in mind. We review the structure and work with your team to address compatibility gaps as part of the project setup fee. Typically a half-day of work.
About 15 minutes per week for your foreman to submit percent complete updates via Project Express on their DPC Foreman license. That's the only active requirement on your end. LPS handles all processing, analysis, and reporting from there.
We agree on the baseline Quick Bid budget and DPC tracking methodology at kickoff. Verified savings are calculated at milestone reviews from DPC data — not estimated. No guesswork.
Conservative estimate based on an 8% efficiency gain on a 10,000-hour project. Results vary based on project type, initial estimate quality, crew performance, and baseline tracking maturity. We provide realistic projections specific to your scope before any engagement begins.
LPS holds DPC Project Manager licenses — no PM-level license purchase required on your end.
Clients need one thing: a DPC Foreman license on the field foreman's machine. This is the only On Center software required on your side. Foreman licenses are available from On Center Software (ConstructConnect®) — contact them at oncenter.com for current pricing. These fees are separate from LPS service fees above.
Tell us your project size and On Center setup — we'll put together a specific fee and ROI projection.
The examples below are based on real project conditions and workflow patterns. They illustrate how DPC tracking surfaces labor variances and informs field decisions.
A mid-size commercial drywall subcontractor with On Center licenses engaged LPS at project start. Their Quick Bid estimate was properly structured, allowing DPC to activate within two days. Prior to this engagement, the company received weekly payroll summaries but had no activity-level labor tracking between those and month-end billing reviews.
On a previous similar project, the PM realized at 55% complete they were roughly 600 hours over budget. With work that far along, recovery options were limited. The project finished 9.2% over labor budget — approximately $43,000 in unexpected overruns. They owned DPC but had never activated it consistently.
The DPC variance report flagged drywall hang tracking 12% over budget by Week 4. Root cause: a second-floor area with non-standard ceiling heights was being installed with the same crew configuration as standard areas — a mismatch not visible in payroll data alone.
Recommendation issued: shift 2 framing crew members to drywall for 3 weeks. Action taken. By Week 8, drywall hang was within 3% of budget. Without weekly DPC tracking, this would have surfaced at month-end billing — too late to course-correct profitably.
A GC self-performing all carpentry and millwork on a 3-floor healthcare renovation engaged LPS during pre-construction. Labor budget: 4,800 hours across 6 work packages. Their OST takeoff and Quick Bid estimate were complete but had not been structured for DPC.
During our audit, we identified that two QB labor cost codes appeared under-allocated relative to scope. We flagged the gaps to the project team, who revised the budget before the contract was executed.
With the revised budget loaded into DPC at project start, the tracking system had a realistic baseline from day one. The project finished with a total DPC-tracked labor variance of +2.1%.
DPC compatibility gaps identified and addressed before contract execution
We'll walk through a live demo using a project structure similar to yours.
LPS was not created in a consulting firm. It was built after 15+ years managing self-perform labor on commercial projects — and watching too many contractors lose money they didn't have to lose.
After more than 15 years managing self-perform labor on commercial construction projects — from office interiors to healthcare renovations — one thing became impossible to ignore: most contractors using On Center Software had only scratched the surface of what Digital Production Control could actually do.
They had the software. Their estimators used On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid. But DPC mode sat dormant — or worse, was activated on a poorly structured estimate and produced misleading data that eroded trust in the system entirely.
The losses weren't always catastrophic — but they were consistent. A few percent over on labor here. A few hundred hours unaccounted for there. Over the course of a year, on $2M–$5M in annual self-perform labor, that adds up fast.
Labor Production Services was created to solve that specific problem: taking the tool contractors already own and running it properly — week after week, on every active project.
The best foremen I've worked with always knew whether they were ahead or behind — they felt it. We built a process that makes that instinct visible to everyone from the foreman to the owner, using a system they already paid for.
We don't just understand DPC in theory — we've run it on active projects, resolved OST/QB compatibility issues, trained foremen who had never used Project Express, and managed weekly reporting cycles from setup through closeout.
Getting DPC to work right depends entirely on how the OST takeoff and Quick Bid estimate are structured. We know exactly what a DPC-ready estimate looks like — and how to fix one that isn't.
Part of our fee is tied to DPC-verified savings. We don't earn that portion unless your labor numbers improve. That alignment keeps us focused on results, not reports.
We work entirely within On Center's platform — the tools your team may already own. No proprietary dashboard, no subscription to a new platform, no data migration. Just the software running the way it was designed to.
Independent Consultants. Labor Production Services is an independent consulting firm. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or employed by On Center Software or ConstructConnect®. Digital Production Control®, On-Screen Takeoff®, and Quick Bid® are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
15 minutes is enough to know whether LPS is the right fit for your projects.
Fill out the form and we'll schedule a 30-minute demo. Come with your project scope — we'll show you exactly what DPC looks like applied to your On Center estimate.
We'll reach out within one business day to confirm your demo time. Come with your On Center estimate — we'll put it to work.
Reach out at info@laborproductionservices.com — we respond within one business day.