Job management software for land surveyors
Practice management for the office and job management for the field. Book field crews on one board, keep instrument service dates in the register, log field and office time against every job, bill fee stages, and see finished jobs that haven’t been invoiced yet.
Built for survey work like this
Field work, office processing and staged fees are tracked against every job.
- Detail and contour surveys
- Construction set-out
- Subdivisions
- Identification surveys
- As-constructed surveys
- Volume surveys
- Building set-out
- Monitoring surveys
The screenshots on this page show a sample survey firm. The public demo’s sample company is a trade business, so to see a survey firm set up, ask for a 20-minute survey walkthrough.
Crew bookings and instrument servicing
Book field crews on the week board. Keep total stations, GNSS receivers and levels in the equipment register with their service dates.
- Week board and roster for field crews
- Instrument owners, locations and serial numbers
- Service and calibration intervals with overdue flags
Quote fees and stage the work
Quote with your fee items, then bill larger projects in stages with a progress-claim schedule.
- Fee lines with GST
- Percentage or fixed-amount claim stages
- Claimed to date and remaining on every job
See how progress claims work
Field and office time against the job
Log field and office time against the same job and see what each job really earned.
- Timesheets against jobs, approved weekly
- Job profitability: billed, labour and supplies
- Quote win rate and revenue reports
For Brisbane and Queensland survey firms
BackSight is made in Brisbane by Tim Albash, an engineering surveyor and data manager whose field work is cadastral, subdivision, detail and high-rise set-out surveys. Walkthroughs are a 20-minute screen-share with sample survey jobs, and emails usually get a reply within one business day, Brisbane time.
The free MGA2020 converter covers all of Queensland: zones 54, 55 and 56. Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast are in zone 56, Townsville and Cairns are in zone 55, and Mount Isa is in zone 54.
The founding-firm pilot is open to Australian survey firms with 2 to 25 staff.
Free surveyor calculators: coordinates, bearings, areas, traverses and levels
Start with the free survey fee proposal template, or help shape BackSight through the founding-firm pilot.
Frequently asked questions
Does BackSight replace my survey or CAD software?
No. BackSight handles enquiries, quotes, scheduling, time and invoicing. Your survey computations and drafting stay in the software you already use.
Can I track instrument servicing and calibration?
Yes. Add each instrument to the equipment register with its service interval. BackSight flags anything due soon or overdue and keeps the service history.
Can I bill a large project in stages?
Yes. Split the fee into percentage or fixed-amount stages. Claim each stage once when it is complete.
Can office time be logged against a job?
Yes. Any team member can log time against a job, so drafting and processing hours sit alongside field hours in the job’s labour cost.
Is BackSight only for Queensland firms?
No. BackSight is made in Brisbane, and any Australian survey firm can use it. The founding-firm pilot is open to Australian survey firms with 2 to 25 staff.
BackSight for other industries
Electricians
Quote switchboards, fit-offs and maintenance from your price book, then claim in stages.
Plumbers
Call-outs, hot water and renovations, with the gear that does the work kept in service.
HVAC & refrigeration
Multi-day installs, cool-room breakdowns and staged payments on bigger jobs.