Tekla PowerFab Automatic Erection Crew Schedules
Every Monday, WebRun opens Tekla PowerFab, checks which piece marks are fabricated and scheduled to ship this week, blocks the erection crew's dates on Google Calendar, and drafts a schedule notice to the site superintendent in Gmail, holding it unsent so your PM can review it before it goes out.
How do I turn this week's steel shipping schedule into a booked erection crew calendar?
WebRun checks Tekla PowerFab's shipping schedule every Monday, finds which piece marks are set to ship and erect that week, and books the crew's dates on Google Calendar. It also drafts a schedule notice to the site superintendent in Gmail and leaves it unsent, so your project manager can review the dates before anything goes to the job site.
- The erection crew's calendar is booked before the week starts, not the morning of
- Slipped loads get caught and re-scheduled automatically each Monday
- Nothing reaches the site superintendent until your PM reviews and sends it
Built for structural steel erectors · fabrication shop PMs · field superintendents · steel dispatch coordinators
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
www.tekla.com/products/tekla-powerfabin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Tekla PowerFab - check which piece marks ship this week
tekla.com
WebRun opens Tekla PowerFab to check which piece marks ship this week. - Open Tekla PowerFab and filter the shipping schedule to loads planned for this week
- Capture the job, the piece marks on each load, and the planned ship date
- Note any load that slipped from last week's plan
Done when Every load planned to ship this week is listed with its piece marks and date.
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Google Calendar - block the erection crew's dates
calendar.google.com
WebRun opens Google Calendar to block the erection crew's dates. - Create a calendar hold for the erection crew for each planned ship and erect date
- Include the job name and piece mark count in the event details
- Invite the crew lead to each hold
Done when The erection crew's calendar has a hold for every load planned this week.
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Gmail - draft the schedule notice to the site
gmail.com
WebRun opens Gmail to draft the schedule notice to the site. - Draft a schedule notice to the site superintendent listing the loads and dates
- Leave the email as a draft in the outbox for your project manager to review
- Never send the notice on its own, a human always approves it first
Done when A reviewable draft notice is waiting for your PM for every week with a planned erection load.
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
Will it email the site superintendent without me seeing it first?
No. The schedule notice is always left as a Gmail draft. WebRun never sends it, your project manager reviews and sends it themselves.
What if a load slips after the calendar hold is made?
The next Monday run reads the live shipping schedule again, so a slipped load gets a new hold and the draft notice reflects the updated date.
Does it book the crew's time off or PTO?
No. It only creates holds for planned erection dates pulled from Tekla PowerFab. It never touches existing personal or time-off events on the calendar.
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