System and method for determining productivity of a drilling project

A method for use with a drilling machine, comprising:

• receiving data about the drilling machine during a plurality of processes associated with each of a plurality of non-excavation phases of a drilling project;
• automatically detecting a start state and an end state of each of the phases;
• generating time stamp data in response to detecting at least the start state of each phase;
• receiving an operator input confirming the start state of a particular phase of the plurality of phases;
• electronically identifying the particular phase based on the operator input;
• storing the identity, a time duration, and the machine data for the particular phase;
• and
• generating an output comprising the identity, time duration, and machine data for the particular phase.

An apparatus for use with a drilling machine, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• a timer device;
• a state detector;
• and
• a user interface;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive drilling machine data during execution of each of a plurality of phases of a drilling project;
• cooperate with the state detector to automatically detect a start state and an end state of each of the phases;
• cooperate with the timer device to determine a time duration of each phase;
• cooperate with the user interface to receive an operator input confirming the start state of a particular phase of the plurality of phases;
• electronically identify the particular phase and one or more phases preceding the particular phase based on the operator input;
• store the identity, a time duration, and the machine data for each of the particular and preceding phases in the memory;
• and
• generate an output comprising the identity, a time duration, and the machine data for each of the phases.