Frequently asked questions

Mutu is construction software that helps businesses see, manage, book, reuse, and report on the equipment, materials, tools, and assets they already own. It gives teams a live view of what is available across sites, yards, and projects so they can avoid unnecessary buying, hiring, and waste.

Mutu is built for construction, civil, infrastructure, electrical, contracting, and asset-heavy businesses that manage equipment, materials, tools, vehicles, and resources across multiple sites. It is especially useful for companies that want to reduce procurement costs, improve asset utilisation, and report on sustainability outcomes.

Mutu helps teams find and reuse items they already own before buying or hiring new ones. By improving visibility across projects and sites, Mutu reduces duplicate purchasing, unnecessary equipment hire, disposal costs, and wasted materials. Mutu companies save $100k each year on average by repurposing materials and equipment they already own.

Almost anything can be added to Mutu, including construction materials, plant and equipment, tools, vehicles, office furniture, IT equipment, temporary works, surplus stock, and reusable site resources. If an item has value and could be reused, tracked, booked, or reported on, it can be listed in Mutu.

Mutu works in three simple steps: reveal, reuse, and report. First, teams add equipment, materials, and assets into the app so everyone can see what exists. Then staff can search, book, and reuse those resources across projects. Finally, Mutu reports on cost savings, equipment utilisation, waste diverted from landfill, and CO2-e avoided.

Yes. Mutu acts as an equipment management tool by helping companies track tools, plant, equipment, and other assets across the business. Staff can search the asset register from site, book equipment they need, and receive notifications for requirements such as test-and-tag, calibration, maintenance, or servicing.

Mutu helps businesses track where assets are, who has them, and whether they are being used. This reduces the risk of ghost assets, misplaced equipment, double handling, and unnecessary hire costs. It gives teams a shared source of truth for the physical resources across their business.

Yes. Many companies hire equipment because they do not know what is already available internally. Mutu gives teams instant visibility of idle or available equipment across sites and yards, making it easier to reuse existing gear instead of hiring more.

Yes. Mutu makes it easy for site teams to photograph and list leftover materials directly from their phone. Other teams in the business can then see those materials and request them for another project, helping reduce skip waste, landfill costs, and unnecessary new purchases.

Mutu records reuse activity in real time and turns it into measurable sustainability data. Businesses can report on waste diverted from landfill, CO2-e avoided, disposal costs saved, procurement costs saved, and plant and equipment utilisation. These reports can be used for internal tracking, tenders, client reporting, and sustainability initiatives.

Yes. Mutu gives companies real data they can include in tenders, proposals, and sustainability reports. By showing measurable cost savings, reuse activity, carbon savings, and waste reduction, Mutu helps businesses demonstrate practical sustainability initiatives when competing for work.

Yes. Mutu is designed for businesses operating across multiple sites, yards, depots, and projects. Teams can search the whole business from their phone and see what resources are available, where they are located, and how to access them.

Yes. Mutu is app-based and designed for fast site use. Staff can add items, take photos, browse available resources, and book what they need directly from their phone. The goal is to make reuse and asset visibility simple without adding paperwork.

The Mutu Guarantee means Mutu guarantees you will save the cost of the platform within 12 months, or your subscription will be fully refunded. It is designed to give companies confidence that the platform will deliver measurable financial value.

Mutu tracks reuse actions where a business avoids buying, hiring, or disposing of resources unnecessarily. These actions are reported as cost savings through the dashboard, helping companies see the financial impact of reusing the equipment and materials they already own.

Yes. Mutu reports on CO2-e savings connected to reuse and landfill diversion. This allows companies to measure the environmental impact of reusing materials and equipment instead of sending resources to landfill or purchasing new items unnecessarily.

Spreadsheets are often outdated, hard to access from site, and do not make it easy to book, reuse, or report on assets in real time. Mutu gives teams a live, mobile-friendly system for adding items, searching resources, booking equipment, tracking usage, and producing cost and sustainability reports.

Traditional asset management software often focuses on recording what a business owns. Mutu goes further by helping teams actively reuse those resources across projects, reduce purchasing and hire costs, manage equipment availability, and report on financial and environmental outcomes.

Yes. Mutu can support maintenance and servicing workflows by sending notifications when key actions are due, such as test-and-tag, calibration, servicing, or other equipment checks. This helps teams keep assets compliant, visible, and ready for use.

Mutu offers a quick impact calculator and demo process to estimate potential savings, landfill diversion, and avoided CO2 emissions. You can book a demo to see how Mutu would work across your equipment, materials, sites, and teams.

Yes. Mutu is the #1 resource-sharing app in Australasia, used by construction, civil and commercial service companies across New Zealand and Australia.

Yes — Mutu integrates with Procore, connecting resource management to your project management workflows. Talk to us about the rest of your stack.

Items are added from a phone in under a minute, so most teams start listing on day one. Enterprise plans include structured onboarding and rollout support across the company.