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Construction and home · Services
MatruOS for a shuttering and centering contractor
Set up the way a shuttering and centering contractor runs: formwork labour plus material per sq ft of slab (or contact area); column and footing boxes per piece; plate and prop hire without labour on idle stock. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a shuttering and centering contractor deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Plates and props lost or swapped across sites. Builders delay payment after de-shuttering.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 6 licences for a shuttering and centering contractor, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What changes
The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Where you sit
MatruOS starts from how your business earns
Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.
- Builder or contractor
- centering contractor with own plates and gang
- slab handed to RCC gang for steel and pour
Your suppliers
- Plate and prop makers
- Plywood and timber dealers
- Nails, binding wire and shuttering oil from hardware shops
- Transport tempos
Credit and cash
Advance per slab rare; bill on de-shuttering; builders pay 15-45 days and hold running balances
Capital locked in plates and props; cash comes slab by slab after stripping; gang paid weekly
Your screens use your words
CustomerPartyOrderSlabItemSq ftInvoiceSlab billSupplierDealerproductItem
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a shuttering and centering contractor
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Shuttering and centering contractor", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a shuttering and centering contractorRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
- Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.
Your AI team
What the AI team does for a shuttering and centering contractor
Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Keeps the balance of plates, props and spans at each site from challans, and suggests where freed material should go next
Works it out and shows you
Prepares the slab bill on the day props come out and the weekly gang pay sheet, and reminds builders of running balances
Asks you before sending and paying
Compares counted stock with challan balances site by site and drafts a recovery note to the builder for missing items
Asks you before sending
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How you run
Your routines, already on a timetable
Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.
Every day
7:30 amGangs and material to sites
- 1Decide which sites erect, which strip, and where freed plates go
- 2Challan for every load sent or shifted, signed by the site munshi
4:00 pmPre-pour formwork check
- 1Props plumb, on base plates or planks, braced both ways
- 2Slab level and camber checked with water level
- 3Gaps sealed; plates oiled
Every week
Mon, ThuStripping due list
- 1Slabs that have reached prop-removal age (7 or 14 days)
- 2Plan stripping and the next site for the freed material
SatBill on de-shutter
- 1Bill each slab stripped this week by sq ft
- 2Pay gang wages for the week less advances
Every month
28thMonth-end plate and prop count
- 1Count at every site and at the yard; compare with challan balance
- 2Missing and bent items listed per site to charge or recover
10thPlate straightening and repair
- 1Bent plates straightened, welded or scrapped
- 2Prop threads cleaned and greased
Every year
OctBuilding season start
- 1Confirm sites and slabs for the season; decide plate purchases
- 2Call gang members back; renew accident insurance
Workflows
Each stage goes to the person who handles it
Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.
Slab formwork
- 1Rate per sq ft agreedNeeds approval
- 2Material sent with challan
- 3Erected and checked by site engineer
- 4Slab poured
- 5Stripped after curing period
- 6Count back and bill
Registers and SOPs
Your registers and standards
Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.
Plates and props challan
Slab and de-shutter register
Gang hajri
Formwork safety before the pour
No collapse during the pour
Stripping time
Strip as early as is safe, never earlier
Items and licences
Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses
Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.
| Item | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Slab formwork with own plates and props (labour and material) | 995456 | 18% |
| Beam and column formwork (contact area) | 995456 | 18% |
| Footing and plinth beam box | 995456 | 18% |
| Staircase formwork | 995456 | 18% |
| Plate hire without labour (3x2 ft) | 997313 | 18% |
| Adjustable prop hire without labour | 997313 | 18% |
- GST registration
- Udyam (MSME) registration
- Shops and Establishments registrationIf it applies
- PF registration (EPFO)If it applies
- ESI registration (ESIC)If it applies
- Insurance policy
Your people
The people who run it, each with their own login
Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.
Centering contractorOwns plates and props, quotes per sq ft, plans material between sites, bills and collects.
Gang leader (head fitter)Erects and strips formwork, keeps counts, checks levels and props.
FitterFixes plates, props, runners and boxes.
HelperCarries, oils and cleans plates, loads tempos.
Not covered yet
- Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
- Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a shuttering and centering contractor?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Shuttering and centering contractor". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Do I have to type all of this in?
No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.
Can I change the routines and workflows?
Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.
What does the AI team do without asking me?
It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.
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Run a shuttering and centering contractor on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.
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