Custom software for soil balance and soil flows across projects
Appfront builds software for planning and financing soil flows across projects. Which soil becomes available where, with what quality and when, and where soil is needed. The software sets supply and demand side by side, keeps the soil balance per project, monitors depot capacity, and shows costs and revenues per batch. We describe the registration of batches, notifications and loads on the page about the app.
What is soil balance and soil flow software across projects?
In construction, infrastructure and area development, soil becomes available, and soil is needed somewhere else. The more soil is reused within or between projects, the less is removed and purchased. Under the Dutch Soil Quality Decree, each batch of soil requires a quality classification, a notification and a registration; site staff handle this using an app. But the question of which soil can go where, and what that costs or yields, is answered in the office.
In practice, the soil balance per project lives in a spreadsheet kept by the planner. Nobody knows that another project will need soil of the same quality in three months. One depot is full while another stands empty. Costs for removal, storage and testing are booked per project, but what a batch of soil ultimately cost or yielded is not visible.
We build custom software because companies and municipalities differ: how many projects, which depots, how quality is recorded, how costs are allocated, and which app and accounting package you use. Which rules apply to the application of soil is for you to determine with your environmental adviser or the competent authority; the software plans and calculates with what has been recorded.
Supply and demand
Per project, which soil becomes available and which is needed, by quality and period, and where they meet.
Balance and depots
The soil balance per project, and the capacity and stock of depots per bay.
Costs per batch
Removal, storage, testing and delivery per batch, so you can see what soil costs or yields.
How we build your soil balance and soil flow software across projects
We start with your projects: how many, which depots, how the soil balance is currently kept, and where soil is lost.
Your projects, depots, quality classes, cost items, app and accounting system.
Soil becoming available and soil needed per project, quality and period.
Matching supply and demand, soil balance per project and depot capacity.
Costs and revenues per party, reporting, integrations, and then maintenance.
What soil balance and soil flow software across projects actually does
The components below feature in almost every organisation with high soil volumes. Which ones you need depends on your projects.
Projects
Soil becoming available and needed per project and period.
Matching
Supply and demand of the same quality across projects.
Soil balance
The balance per project over its duration.
Depots
Capacity and stock per depot and bay.
Cost
Removal, storage, testing and delivery per batch.
Reporting
Reuse and costs per project and client.
Who we build soil balance and soil flow software across projects for
The software is intended for anyone planning soil across multiple projects.
Soil banks
Many batches and depots. Matching is the core.
Earthmoving
Projects running simultaneously. The balance per project matters most.
Municipalities and water boards
Own projects and depots. Reuse is what matters.
Developers
Area development in phases. Supply and demand over time are the core.
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This page is about the planning and finances of soil flows. For registering parties, notifications and loads, see our page on a soil flow administration app, for quantities see our page on a quantity determination app, and for disposal of demolition waste see our page on demolition waste disposal tickets. You can read about our approach at custom software development.
If you want to supply subsurface data to or retrieve it from the BRO, have a look at our page on a BRO integration.
Why choose Appfront for your soil balance and soil flow software across projects?
Soil that is removed while another project needs it costs you twice. That is where we come in: supply and demand side by side, balance and depots in view, and costs per batch.
More reuse
Surplus soil finds the project that needs it.
No full depot
Capacity can be seen in advance.
Knowing what soil costs
Costs and revenues per batch.
Security and privacy in soil balance and soil flow software across projects
The software holds data on projects, locations, soil quality and costs. Access is set up by role, and a client only sees their own projects.
The software runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage, daily back-ups and sign-in with a second factor.
Frequently asked questions about soil balance and soil flow software across projects
Questions that soil banks and contractors ask before getting started.
For each project it sets the surplus and required soil against each other by quality and period, looks for matches between projects, keeps track of the soil balance and depot capacity, and shows costs and revenues per batch.
The app is for registration on and around the site: batches with declarations, notifications, loads and depot management. This software is for planning and finances across projects. The two work together with the same parties.
For each project you record which soil becomes available or is needed, with quality, quantity and period. The software looks for parties that fit together, taking quality, timing and distance into account. Whether an application is permitted remains a judgement under the rules; the software makes a suggestion.
The Soil Quality Decree and the rules of the competent authority determine, among other things, which quality may be applied where and what must be reported. What applies to a project is decided with your environmental adviser; the software works with what has been recorded.
Yes. For each depot and bay it tracks capacity and stock per quality, and looks ahead at what is due to arrive or leave according to the schedule. That way a depot does not fill up unexpectedly.
Yes. Costs for removal, storage, testing and transport, and revenues on delivery, are recorded per batch. This shows what reuse earns compared with removal.
Check that first. Some packages keep batches and notifications in good order, which is a large part of the work. Custom development makes sense if you want to match supply and demand across projects, or see costs per batch.
Surplus soil going to the project that needs it?
Tell us how many projects and depots you have, how the soil balance is currently tracked and which systems you use. We will show you what the matching, the balance and the costs look like.