Service Electric (SEC) · Electrical Contractor · Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR)
It’s a numbers game.
How SEC — a Quanta Services company — consolidated 11 applications, automated 20+ manual steps, and reclaimed 1,040 hours a year with YARDZ.
SEC — an electrical contractor specializing in the construction and maintenance of electric transmission, distribution, and substation systems — went looking for a platform to bring all fleet and warehouse operations into one place.
They also wanted a partner that would build custom workflows alongside them. With YARDZ, the wholly owned subsidiary of Quanta Services — the largest specialty contractor in the nation — got that, and more: the kind of tangible, measurable results most companies only dream of from their asset management software.
Eleven systems. Twenty manual steps. Whiteboards and paper.
SEC had been performing work orders, warehouse, logistics, and driver dispatch manually — with whiteboards, paper forms, and software that was ill-equipped for the job. What they wanted was a single central location for every rented and owned asset, plus tools, and a true development partner.
- 0111 separate software applications
- 0220+ manual steps across maintenance, work orders, call-offs & logistics
- 03Asset-assignment accuracy at just 45%
- 04Hours lost to daily documentation
“YARDZ came to us pitching the rental aspect of their tool, where they actually track all your rentals from all your suppliers. The platform gave us notifications when rental periods were over, so we didn’t have equipment hanging around when a job was complete — which helped reduce our overall rental spend.” Richie Gasaway — Vice President of Fleet & Services, SEC
After seeing the potential, SEC asked YARDZ CEO Jason Perez to add functionality around work orders, warehouse, logistics, and driver dispatch. SEC participated intimately in the design through YARDZ’s customer-voice development process — and the result was the ability to automate and create efficiencies across a range of fleet, equipment, and internal functions. What began as a regional pilot became a comprehensive, company-wide initiative on the Enterprise Plus plan.
Built around exactly how SEC works.
“The ability to document the entire lifecycle of an asset in one place — photos, repairs, telematics, financials, utilization, idle-time reporting, and replacement — gave us a single view to accurately budget our equipment refresh.”
Richie Gasaway, Vice President of Fleet & ServicesRental aggregation & alerts
Tracks every rental across all suppliers and flags rental periods ending — cutting duplicate and overdue spend.
rental spend ↓Work orders & QR codes
Field crews report repair needs via simple QR codes with photos and video; tasks are color-coded by priority so nothing is overlooked.
color-codedFull asset lifecycle
Photos, repairs, telematics, financials, utilization, and replacement — the complete history of every asset in one view.
single viewCustom dashboards
Work Order, Replacement Schedule, and Compliance dashboards turn data into performance by region, category, and technician.
custom reportsSafety dashboard
Weekly, monthly, and quarterly data ties risk to region, driver, and time period — reducing the time to identify driver safety risks.
risk ↓Fuel analytics & timesheets
SEC is working with YARDZ to flag theft and anomalies through fuel and proximity analysis — plus new employee and equipment timesheets.
Asset-assignment accuracy, up from 45%.
By standardizing how assets are assigned across regions and business units, SEC raised overall asset-assignment accuracy from 45% to an eye-popping 95% — standardized data for headquarters, with unique workflows preserved at the regional level.
From big data to usable data.
YARDZ built rental intelligence into the platform using logic and regression analysis to convert bad data into good. On the rental side, analyzing SEC’s Net Rate Variance identified $140,000 in rate overages over three years.
Integration with SEC’s BI tool and telematics/GPS provider associates corporate data down to the lowest variable — turning big data into usable data that drives behavior change at the source, across regions, divisions, projects, and people.
“YARDZ worked hard to incorporate our specific way of doing business. We were able to maintain tight control with the core program right away.”
Richie Gasaway, Vice President of Fleet & Services“I was able to say to YARDZ, ‘This is my vision, this is what I’m looking for.’ And they took my vision and made it a reality.”
Bruce Schwerin, former Fleet Manager, SECPatience, timing, and careful product vetting.
This implementation didn’t happen overnight. It began in SEC’s Florida office and grew, step by deliberate step, into a company-wide standard.
Rental management first
SEC’s Florida region began using YARDZ to manage its extensive fleet and equipment inventory, tracking rentals across suppliers.
Customer-voice buildout
SEC worked with CEO Jason Perez to design work orders, warehouse, logistics, and dispatch features around how the company actually operates.
Maintenance, then dispatch
About two months after the buildout, Florida adopted equipment maintenance, then logistics and dispatch, then full inspections and dispatch.
Enterprise Plus
Satisfaction led SEC to Enterprise Plus — unlimited users, assets, and projects — turning a regional pilot into a company-wide initiative.
“I was able to say to YARDZ, ‘This is my vision.’ And they took my vision and made it a reality.”
Bruce Schwerin · former Fleet Manager · Service Electric (SEC)