Moasure case study
Ten24 Services: Saving Over 90% Measuring Time with Moasure
Discover why Derk Arnold and his team now use Moasure on every job
Related Industries:
General Contracting
Asphalt
Concrete
Dallas, Texas
TBC Employees
Derk Arnold
General Contractor
Derk Arnold
General Contractor
Dallas, Texas
TBC Employees
Moasure’s impact at a glance:
Time
savings:
>90%
Favorite feature:
Square footage
Moasure user since:
2025
About Ten24 Services LLC
At Ten24 Services, general contractor Derk Arnold and his team bring a broad range of construction expertise to projects across Dallas, Texas – projects vary from multifamily and residential work, to commercial sites of every shape and scale. Whether they’re preparing a parking lot, building a backyard patio, or installing turf, asphalt, or concrete, every job requires measurement data they can rely on.
Each site comes with its own challenges, especially when working with varied terrain and irregular layouts. Understanding the contours of each area is essential to planning and executing durable, accurate work, ensuring every project is delivered efficiently, safely, and to the highest standard.
The Challenge
Manual Methods with Multiple Tools
As a general contractor, Derk and his team are often having to venture to different outdoor and indoor sites, but one thing always remains the same – the need to measure up the project accurately:
“I was using wheel tapes, wind up tapes, measuring tapes, all the old timey ways that took forever to get something done… [it would] take 30, 45 minutes to measure something out to get your square footage or your perimeter.”
This workflow slowed down the job and created extra trips, especially on sites with odd shapes or uneven terrain. Even after measuring, there was more work to do:
“You had to come up, drive up here, get the measurement, go back home, do the math, get everything put together, do your formulas to be able to figure out how much you needed.”
After measuring a site, Derk then had to work on the manual calculations himself to try and estimate costs, material volumes, and more, adding extra time to the process. That was until he discovered the tool that transformed his workflow, for the better.
"With Moasure 2...we like to come out and get the whole perimeter around it, and also the square footage, so we can build that takeoff quickly and accurately to be able to get that into our customers."
The Solution
An Evolution in Measuring and Productivity
Derk purchased Moasure 2 in May 2025, and has been using it ever since. It gives him fast, accurate, usable site data as he walks the area:
“It will give you the square footage. It will give you the perimeter. It will give you the volume. It will give you the ups and downs, high and lows, all that information.”
For general contractors like Derk, no two projects are identical, and having a tool in his kit that provides fast and reliable data is critical – especially when dealing with projects on complex and uneven terrain. By placing the device down at regular intervals, Derk measures his sites as he’s traversing the ground underneath him, letting Moasure do the heavy lifting. He explains the method:
“You walk out about seven to eight seconds, hold it tight that way you get a good measurement and then pick up your pace, and just keep working your way through as you go all the way through your zone that you're trying to measure.”
And when it comes to teaching someone else how to use Moasure, it’s a quick and simple process that Derk can complete in under five minutes:
"When speaking to another general contractor or a concrete guy, asphalt guy, whatever it may be, a landscaping guy, the amount of time it takes to show somebody to use this is very friendly, very user friendly. The amount of time to show them would take less than three minutes to get them moving and grooving on the ground.”
Speedy Elevation Checks
Not only is square footage and perimeter data important to Derk’s estimates and project work, but understanding the changes in elevation is key to ensuring proper drainage too. He shares:
“With the elevation, it helps out when you're doing like concrete to be able to get the slope going away from a building…so we don't have any problems with water coming in.”
Moasure provides Derk with both the accurate elevation change data, as well as a clear visualization of the site’s undulations in context, helping him to communicate even better with his customers and review the site on a larger scale. With just a few taps in the Moasure app, Derk can use features like Cross Section to view elevation changes between any two selected points.
Multiple Areas, Mapped
As the team at Ten24 Services began exploring different features of Moasure’s Bluetooth-connected app, they found more ways to boost their on-site efficiency. Instead of measuring separate sections individually, they now map multiple areas in the same diagram:
“With Layers, we'll be able to get a starting point A and then a second point, and then you'll be able to go in add in different spots. So, in the back on the patio, we'll have one spot that's a asphalt section, that's 50 by 30, and the other spot will be a 30 by 30. So we'll be able to get two measurements in one pass as we go through that.”
Having multiple zones displayed within one layered diagram gives the team at Ten24 Services a better idea of how each surface interacts with one another – something they were unable to do using traditional measuring tools. For them, this makes planning and layout decisions much more informed.
"With the amount of product, the amount of takeoffs and the amount of measuring, in floorplans and in layouts that I did, I would say within 30 days, it paid for itself."
The Result
Reduced Time Measuring and Accurate Takeoffs
By switching over to Moasure, Derk has dramatically shortened the time it takes him to complete each measurement, and turn around an estimate so it’s ready for his client. For accurate square footage in particular, Moasure gives Derk valuable time back:
“With the square foot, it speeds up the process, it puts it all together for us in a timely manner to be able to speed up that estimate and get it out to the customer.”
What used to take Derk between 30-45 minutes with traditional tools, now can be completed in just a few minutes using Moasure – he adds:
“[Moasure] has sped up my measuring techniques 1000%...it's gonna give you everything that you want in a matter of about two to three minutes.”
Professional, Polished PDF Reports
Not only does Moasure dramatically improve the time it takes for Derk to measure up sites, but his customers feel the real benefit, too. For them, more accurate measurements mean tighter estimates, and a greater understanding of what the project will entail.
“You have your customer right there with you and you're able in the click of a button or in a matter of 30 seconds or less, you're able to see it, send that PDF format of that same design out to your customer while they're standing right there.”
Moasure’s automatic PDF generation further speeds up the reporting process, allowing Derk to share measurement data in a polished format with his company logo, on the spot, with his customer. This streamlines his documentation process and keeps his client well informed from the very start of the project – this also helps to reduce the risk of disputes.
Minimized Material Wastage
With Moasure delivering accurate square footage and volume calculations, Derk’s significantly reduced excess ordering, and avoided the costly guesswork common in construction takeoffs:
“When using Moasure 2, I've been able to cut down on my material waste. This thing has got about 99% on anything that I've measured so far, a 99% accuracy on its measurements, so it's been really able to speed up the process of putting these takeoff and estimates together, but also cutting down on any waste.”
Now, the team at Ten24 Services can plan more efficiently, order more effectively, and complete jobs more economically.
Paid For Itself in 30 Days
It didn’t take long for Derk to see a return on investment. In fact, Moasure proved its value to Derk in just one month of use:
“Within 30 days, it paid for itself. No worries, no concerns about that whatsoever.”
For the broad range of projects Derk and the Ten24 team work on day to day, they now rely on Moasure to give them accurate, fast data. Going forward, Moasure is the tool they’ll come back to time and time again:
“It's not even in the same ballpark when you're using the Moasure 2 compared to a wheel tape in my opinion…the wheel tape hasn't been back in my truck since.”
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