Construction glossary
What is a field ticket in construction?
Also called extra-work ticket, GC ticket, signed field slip.
A field ticket is the signed record of extra or T&M work that happened on site. Contractors use it to document labor, equipment, materials, and approval so the office can bill or back a change order.
What the ticket has to prove
The ticket answers who did the work, what equipment ran, what materials went in, which extra or force-account line it belongs to, and who signed. Without those facts it is a note, not a commercial record.
Field ticket versus daily report
A daily report covers progress, weather, visitors, and delays. A field ticket is the billable extra. Crews often write both the same day. They are not interchangeable.
Field ticket versus change order
Write the ticket when the work happens. A change order may come later as the commercial wrap. Waiting for a CO before capturing hours is how evidence disappears.
Field ticket FAQ
What is a construction field ticket?
The signed on-site record of extra or T&M work, used as evidence for billing or a later change order.
Is a field ticket the same as a LEM?
Often yes in civil and utility work. LEM is the three-column format. Field ticket is the broader name GCs use for the signed extra.
Use your agreed rates on every daily ticket.
These public ranges are a benchmark. SubTrack stores the rates you agreed with the client on a project rate sheet. Crews apply those rates to labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the daily ticket. The same figures carry into reporting and the billing documents you send.