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Equipment demand is planned too late
Needs are buried in schedules, emails, and spreadsheets until the jobsite is already under pressure.
Construction equipment planning
Plan every phase.Equip every project.
Varduno turns construction schedules into a clear equipment strategy—so the right machines arrive at the right time, with the right commercial model behind them.
Phase-based planning Rental-ready RFQs Usage & cost control
Equipment plan
North Tower · Phase 04
Phase demand
Interior fit-out
Sep 14–Oct 30
47 days
Electric scissor lifts12 units
Articulating boom lifts4 units
Telehandlers2 units
18
Peak units
$31k
Forecast
3
Open actions
Procurement
RFQ ready
17 equipment lines validated and ready to issue.
2 date conflicts
Resolve overlapping demand before mobilization.
The problem
Equipment planning is still disconnected from the project plan.
Project teams know what they are building. Rental partners know what machines they can supply. Varduno connects the missing middle: when equipment is needed, how much is required, and how the cost should flow.
02
Rental decisions lack one source of truth
Teams over-rent to protect the schedule—or under-plan and pay for emergency deliveries and downtime.
03
Ownership and billing get complicated
Shared pools, subcontractor chargebacks, direct billing, and owned assets all require different controls.
One connected workflow
From construction schedule to controlled equipment pool.
A planning layer built for the people who schedule, procure, coordinate, and pay for equipment.
Plan
Build demand around project phases
Translate the schedule into a clear equipment plan by phase, location, trade, and date—before the work starts.
- Phase-based demand
- Category-specific requirements
- Owned vs. rental visibility
Procure
Turn the plan into a rental-ready RFQ
Create a structured request with quantities, specifications, delivery windows, commercial terms, and vendor response fields.
- Standardized RFQs
- Comparable vendor responses
- Fewer missing details
Control
Know who uses what—and who pays
Configure the project’s equipment model and keep usage, responsibility, and costs aligned from mobilization to off-rent.
- Shared-pool policies
- Usage attribution
- Chargeback-ready records
How it works
Make equipment a planned project resource—not a last-minute order.
Varduno gives project teams one repeatable method from early planning through rental procurement and site control.
Sign up and build your first plan- 01
Map the project
Set phases, dates, locations, trades, and site conditions.
- 02
Plan the demand
Define equipment categories, quantities, specifications, and timing.
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Match the supply
Allocate owned assets, identify rental gaps, and issue a complete RFQ.
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Control the model
Track the pool, attribute use, and support the correct billing flow.
Built for the commercial reality
One platform. Four ways to manage who pays.
Set the operating model by project, phase, location, or equipment category. Varduno keeps ownership, responsibility, usage, and cost allocation connected.
Daily or usage-based rates
GC markup rules
Owned and rented assets
Responsibility matrix
Model 1
GC-included pool
The GC rents and provides equipment to every trade.
Model 2
GC chargeback pool
The GC pays first, tracks use, and charges the using trade.
Model 3
Vendor direct bill
The rental partner bills each subcontractor from verified usage.
Model 4
Hybrid managed fleet
GC-owned and rented assets operate in one controlled pool.
Built for complex, equipment-intensive projects
Data centres & industrial
Healthcare & institutional
Commercial construction
Warehousing & logistics
Get ahead of the equipment curve
Bring the project plan and equipment plan together.
Create your Varduno account, set up your first project, and start turning project phases into a clear equipment plan.