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Learn T&M and LEM workflows
Short guides for the questions crews and offices actually ask: how to track T&M, what belongs on the ticket, how approvals work, and how to keep extras collectible. Definitions live in the glossary.
T&M workflows
How do contractors track time and materials?
Most contractors still track T&M with a mix of paper pads, phone photos, Excel, and whatever portal the GC requires. The ones who get paid cleanly treat tracking as a ticket loop: capture, rate sheet, signature, bill - not as a timesheet export.
What should be included on a T&M ticket?
A complete T&M ticket answers who, what, where, when, at which rates, and who signed. Missing any of those turns billing into archaeology. Use this as a field checklist.
Approvals and billing
How do you get T&M work approved?
T&M work gets approved when the evidence is fresh and the signer is still available. Write the ticket the day of the work, put rates on it, and get a signature before the crew leaves. Everything after that is recovery.
How can contractors prevent T&M billing disputes?
Most T&M disputes are missing evidence, not missing work. Agree the rate sheet before the extra starts, write a complete ticket the day the work happens, and get a signature while people still remember the shift.
Paper vs digital
Learn FAQ
How is Learn different from the glossary?
The glossary defines words (LEM, T&M ticket, rate sheet). Learn answers how-to questions: how to track T&M, what to put on a ticket, how approvals work.
Where do I go for software category pages?
T&M ticket software, LEM software, digital LEM tickets, field ticket software, and T&M tracking for subcontractors explain which product category matches the document your crew writes.
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