For excavation contractors

Damage bills, checked before you pay.

Send us the bill. We audit every line and hand you a dispute packet to send.

Built for the contractors who dig

  • Fiber
  • Directional drilling
  • Water & sewer
  • Gas

Utilities have whole departments sending these bills. Contractors have nobody checking them.

  • Audit the invoiceEvery line, every charge
  • Check the marks811 ticket and positive responses
  • Track every deadlineUntil the bill is closed
Damage invoice3 flagsClaim CLM-0918, Sample Utility Co.$18,460Crew labor, 31 hrs$4,65031 hrs billed in one dayOverhead on labor, 45%$2,093Overhead 45%Fiber cable, 600 ft$7,800600 ft replaced, about 40 ft damagedTraffic control$1,240Splice crew$2,677Line items5Flagged3Flagged amount$14,543
Invoice audit

Every line on the bill, checked.

Hours over 24 a day, overhead, markups, new-for-old upgrades, loss-of-use charges, duplicates, bad math and missing backup. Each problem line is flagged with the reason.

No more paying for charges nobody can back up.

Fiber marksClaimant's lineNo responseNone
Locate photosTime-stampedOn file12photos
Fault check

Were the lines marked right?

We check the bill against your 811 ticket, each utility's positive response and your photos of the locate marks.

No more taking the blame for a line nobody marked.

Dispute packetCase RD-01423 documentsResponse letter4 pagesReadyRecords request2 pagesReadyExhibit list14 exhibitsReadyYour signatureNeededYou
Dispute packet

A dispute packet you sign and send.

A response letter, a records request and an exhibit list, written from the findings. It goes out in your company's name, from you.

No more starting a dispute letter from a blank page.

Outcome logSampleBilledFinalRD-0131RD-0133RD-0135RD-0137RD-0139RD-0142
Outcome log

What you were billed, and what you paid.

Every case is logged from the first bill to the final amount: withdrawn, reduced or paid.

No more losing track of open bills.

Inside every case

One file for every strike

Bills come in by email and photos by text. Everything about the strike stays in one place.

File

Case file per strike

The ticket, the responses, the photos and the bill, kept together for each strike

Remind

Deadline reminders

Every response window, tracked before it closes

  • May 16Dispute letter

May 16 Dispute letter

Email

Bill intake by email

Forward the bill. We read it and open the case.

Bill from Sample Utility Co.

1 min ago

$18,460.00

Log

Outcome log

Billed against final, for every case you send us

  • RD-0142

    Open

    Sample Utility Co.

    Fiber strike, billed $18,460

    $18,460

  • RD-0139

    Reduced

    Example Gas Co.

    Service line, billed $9,800

    $6,100

  • RD-0137

    Withdrawn

    Sample Water Dept.

    Sewer lateral, billed $2,600

    $0

  • RD-0135

    Paid

    Example Electric Co.

    Conduit, paid as billed

    $4,200

  • RD-0133

    Reduced

    Sample Telecom Co.

    Copper cable, billed $12,400

    $7,900

Text

Photo intake by text

Crews text photos of the marks from the site. They land in the right file.

12

Photos received

Audit

Flagged line items

Each problem charge, with the reason it's wrong

31 hrs billed in one day

Billed: 31 hrsMax: 24 hrs

Pricing

Start with a free review

Your first bill review is free. After that, you only pay when a bill comes down.

Free first review

Send us one bill. We audit it and show you what we found.

$0

one bill

Get a free bill review
  • One bill, any size
  • Line-by-line invoice audit
  • Marking check against the 811 ticket
  • Findings in plain English
  • No obligation after the review

Small bills

For bills under $10,000. One flat fee, charged only if the bill is reduced.

$250

flat fee per bill, only if reduced

Send a small bill
  • Everything in the free review
  • Dispute packet you sign and send
  • Records request for missing backup
  • Deadline reminders
  • Outcome log for every case

Large bills

For bills of $10,000 and up. Our fee is a share of what comes off the bill.

25%

of the amount taken off the bill

Send a large bill
  • Everything in Small bills
  • Full case file per strike
  • Fault check on every utility
  • Follow-up letters through to close
  • Nothing owed if the bill isn't reduced
How it works

Four steps, start to finish

You send the bill. We do the checking. You stay in control of what goes out.

01

Send the bill

Forward the damage bill by email, or snap it and text it. Add the 811 ticket number if you have it.

New billSample Utility Co.Received$18,460
You
Forward the bill and any backup

Strikeback
Read the bill and open a case
02

We build the file

We pull the 811 ticket, each utility's positive response and your crew's photos of the locate marks into one case file.

Positive responseUtilities on ticket1 missing4/5
You
Text in photos from the site

Strikeback
Collect the ticket and responses
03

We audit it

We check every line for hours over 24 a day, overhead, markups, new-for-old, loss of use, duplicates, math and missing backup, and check whether the line was marked.

Labor hoursBilled for Apr 18Flagged31hrs
You
Answer a few questions

Strikeback
Flag each problem line
04

You send the dispute

You get a response letter, a records request and an exhibit list. You sign them and send them in your company's name. We track the deadlines until the bill is closed.

Dispute packetLetter, request, exhibitsReady3docs
You
Sign and send the packet

Strikeback
Track every deadline
FAQ

Straight answers

What we do, what we don't, and what it costs.

No. Strikeback never contacts the utility or the recovery firm, and never negotiates for you. We give you the findings and the documents. You sign them and send them in your company's name.

The invoice can still be audited. Fault and the amount are separate questions. Even when a strike is on you, the bill can include hours over 24 a day, heavy overhead, new-for-old upgrades or charges with no backup.

The bill and anything that came with it. If you have them, the 811 ticket number, the positive responses, and photos of the locate marks and the strike. Your crews can text photos straight in.

Your first review is free. After that, small bills are a flat fee charged only if the bill is reduced, and large bills are a share of what comes off the bill. See pricing above.

We start when the bill comes in and tell you up front when to expect the findings, so you can plan around the bill's due date.

Michigan first. Marking duties and damage rules differ by state, so we're starting where we know the rules. Tell us where you work and we'll let you know when we get there.

Get in touch

Got a bill sitting on your desk?

Email it to us with any questions. We'll tell you what we'd check first.

Email us

Don't pay a damage bill before someone checks it.

Send us the bill. The first review is free.