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Dispatching for Contractor Accounts With Multiple Job Sites

A good contractor account can be worth more than dozens of homeowner rentals. It can also be the hardest to dispatch: five active job sites, swaps on short notice, a project manager who orders and a foreman who actually needs the can, and a billing department that wants one invoice per month.

The driver app, covered in What the Driver App Shows on Every Roll-Off Job, gets the details to the cab. This guide is about organizing contractor work so those details are right in the first place.

Set Up Every Site Under the Account

In DumpsterBossPro, a customer can have multiple job sites. For a contractor, set each active site up under their account: the address, placement notes, access notes and the on-site contact. When a swap request comes in for "the Maple job," the dispatcher picks the site instead of retyping it.

That also keeps history together. You can see every delivery, swap and pickup at a site in one place, which helps when the contractor asks how many cans the project has gone through.

Name the sites the way the contractor names them. If the project manager calls it "the Maple job," label the site that way along with the address. When the request comes in, the dispatcher matches the contractor's words to the right site without a back-and-forth.

Know Who Orders and Who Is On Site

Contractors often split the roles. The office or a project manager places orders. The foreman or superintendent is on site. Put the on-site contact in the job notes so the driver knows who to talk to, and set alert choices so the right person gets the on-the-way texts.

Two-way texting with the foreman is often the fastest way to sort out placement and access on a busy site.

Some contractors want the office copied on everything; others only want the foreman to get texts. Ask once when the account is set up, and set it up that way. Getting this right early prevents both missed messages and annoyed contractors who get more texts than they want.

Standing Swaps and Rhythm

Active job sites often need swaps on a rhythm: every Tuesday and Friday, or every morning during demo. Planning those in advance puts them on the dispatch board early, protects them during busy weeks and makes them easy to auto-route with the rest of the day.

When the rhythm changes — demo ends, framing starts — the contractor will tell you, often by text. Update the jobs right away.

When you have several contractor sites on standing swaps, look at them together on the map. Two sites near each other can share a morning run. A site far from the others may be better on a different day, if the contractor is flexible.

Prioritizing Contractor Work

A full can on an active site can stop a crew. That is why many dispatchers put contractor swaps early in the day. It is also why honest timing matters: if a swap will be late, the foreman needs to know so the crew can plan.

Look at contractor work on the Waiting List map together. Several sites near each other can share a truck, chaining swaps and dump runs efficiently.

It also helps to know which of a contractor's sites are winding down. The last swap on a project is often followed by a final pickup, and catching that moment means the can comes back promptly instead of sitting on a finished site for a week.

One Invoice Per Month

Contractor and commercial accounts can be billed monthly on one invoice in DumpsterBossPro. Every delivery, swap, pickup, extra rental day and overweight charge across all their sites rolls up under the account. That matches how most contractors pay and keeps you from sending a dozen small bills.

For accuracy, make sure each job carries the right site, size, dates and scale-ticket weight. The monthly invoice is only as good as the jobs that feed it.

Monthly billing works best when there are no surprises. If a site's cans are coming back heavy or rentals are running long, let the contractor know during the month instead of letting them discover it on the invoice. That small heads-up keeps good accounts happy.

Quotes and New Projects

When a contractor starts a new project, they may want a price first. Send a quote they can approve online. Once approved, it becomes work on the Waiting List with the details already filled in, and a new site under their account.

When a project ends, ask the contractor to confirm the final pickup and close out the site. A site that stays open in your system long after the work is done invites confusion later.

Next in the series is how rental days and pickup dates keep dispatch and billing in sync. For the full dispatch toolkit, visit the DumpsterBossPro roll-off dispatch software page.