Automated Cabling Labor Variance Reports
Every Monday, WebRun reads the estimated labor hours for each active job in Conest IntelliBid, pulls the actual hours booked against each job in QuickBooks, calculates the variance and percent complete, and posts your team a Slack report ranking cabling jobs from most over to most under the estimate so overruns surface early.
How do I compare actual labor hours to my cabling estimate automatically?
Every Monday, WebRun reads the estimated labor hours for each active job in Conest IntelliBid and pulls the actual hours booked in QuickBooks. It calculates the variance and percent of budget used, then posts your team a Slack report ranking jobs from most over to most under the estimate, so labor overruns surface early instead of at closeout.
- Labor overruns surface weekly, not at closeout
- Every job shows percent of budgeted hours used at a glance
- Estimators see which assumptions the field is beating or missing
Built for low-voltage contractors · cabling project managers · estimators · construction finance
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
conest.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Conest IntelliBid - read estimated labor hours
conest.com
WebRun reads the estimated labor hours per job from Conest IntelliBid. - Open each active job estimate in Conest IntelliBid and read the estimated labor hours
- Capture the labor hours by phase or system where the estimate breaks them out
- Note the total budgeted hours for each job
Done when Every active job has its estimated labor hours captured.
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QuickBooks - pull actual hours booked
- Pull the actual hours booked against each job in QuickBooks
- Total hours to date per job and per phase where tracked
- Match each job to its Conest IntelliBid estimate by job name or number
Done when Actual hours to date are totalled for every active job.
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Slack - report the variance
slack.com
WebRun posts the team a labor variance report in Slack. - Post the team a variance report of estimated versus actual hours per job
- Rank jobs from most over to most under and show percent of budget used
- Call out any job past its budgeted hours before it is complete
Done when The team has this week's labor variance report in Slack.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Does it change anything in QuickBooks or Conest IntelliBid?
No. WebRun only reads estimated hours in Conest IntelliBid and actual hours in QuickBooks. It posts an internal Slack report, so no timesheet, estimate, or ledger entry is edited.
How does it match a job across both systems?
It matches each job by the job name or number shared between Conest IntelliBid and QuickBooks, so estimated and actual hours line up for the same project before it reports the variance.
Will the report go to anyone outside the team?
No. It posts only to your internal Slack channel, never to a GC or client, so the labor and margin picture stays private to your team.
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