Construction glossary
What is a T&M ticket in construction?
Also called time and materials ticket, T and M ticket, field T&M slip.
A T&M ticket is the on-site record of time-and-materials work. It lists labor, equipment, and materials (often as a LEM), the rates that apply, and typically a client signature. It is the document. Time and materials is the billing method.
Ticket versus contract type
Time and materials is how the extra is priced: actual hours and materials at agreed rates. The T&M ticket is the field evidence of what happened. You can have a T&M contract without clean tickets, and you will fight every invoice. You can also write T&M tickets as backup for work that later rolls into a lump-sum change order.
What should be on the ticket
Project, date, scope or extra description, labor by class and hours, equipment by class and hours, materials with quantities, rate references, and a signature block. Photos help. Missing classes or rates create billing disputes. A full checklist lives in the learn guide on what to include on a T&M ticket.
T&M ticket versus LEM
In many civil and utility shops the T&M ticket is a LEM: Labor, Equipment, Materials. Crews using either name usually mean the same field document. SubTrack structures tickets as LEMs so the three columns stay consistent.
T&M ticket FAQ
What is a T&M ticket?
The field document that records billable time-and-materials work: labor, equipment, materials, rates, and usually a client signature.
Is a T&M ticket the same as time and materials?
No. Time and materials is the billing method. The T&M ticket is the document that proves what was done under that method.
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.