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Stonewood Builders Increased Business 5x Without Adding to Their Team
BuildTools helped Stonewood Builders get organized and increase efficiency and profitability without adding a single new hire.
No more surprises, costly mistakes, or overruns. Built by builders for builders, BuildTools is proven project management software for custom builders and remodelers. Now you can organize the chaos of construction, keeping all your project information—budgeting, scheduling, communication, documents—in one place. Find out how you can get more free time and take on more projects using BuildTools. Schedule a Demo
BuildTools helps you simplify the sales process—quickly create quotes and customize them for your clients. Now you can manage your jobs from quote to warranty all within one system.
BuildTools will help you cut time out of the bidding process and keep project bids in one place.
The key to any bid management system is getting buy-in from subcontractors, making it easy for them to get you the numbers you need. BuildTools streamlines the bidding process and makes it easy for subcontractors to submit their bids. We’ve learned that if you don’t make it simple, it simply won’t work.
Simple and powerful. View project schedules for all your resources—subcontractors and employees—across all your projects. Crews are notified of changes automatically so everyone is up to date. Unlike most scheduling systems, BuildTools actually gets used.
Cross-module integration connects everything together—specifications, selections, purchase orders, change orders, schedule phases—all tied to the appropriate budget code.
The need to manage selections in one place that is accessible to the client, designer, and the construction team is vital. BuildTools enables clients to easily approve online selections, integrates with change orders, and more.
Keeping track of tasks with BuildTools is a simple way to maintain transparency across your company. Team members can easily see what needs to be done, when it is due, and who is responsible. Hello, accountability!
Keep tabs on what is happening on your job sites in real-time and make better decisions for scheduling based on information learned from the past. BuildTools daily logs allow your crew to stay on top of what happened today to better plan for tomorrow.
Do you ever find yourself wondering if you have the most current set of plans when you’re heading to the job site? BuildTools provides a simple system for drawing management. Users can easily view drawings and revisions, ensuring everyone has the information they need.
Automatically issue notifications to contractors when and where work is to be completed. Enable your clients to request service work and provide detailed photos for your team to review. Reporting functionality provides you with complete visibility on all of the service work across your entire company.
Communication is the cornerstone of any successful construction company. BuildTools allows for seamless communication from any module. No more “he-said, she-said” arguments. No more searching for a comment or e-mail. Search every message through the unified inbox. Your entire project team’s communication is collected in one place and archived indefinitely.
With every builder using a different construction management app, you can’t expect trades in the field to juggle them all. That would require them to get trained on multiple tools and regularly log in to use them. That’s where BuildTools comes in.
Our patent-pending Project Poster is an industry first. The game-changing feature makes it easy to distribute construction documents in the field and simplifies communication with contractors. No app to install. No login. No training. Just take a photo of the Project Poster at the site and you can access the most current project documents and a real-time schedule, report progress and incidents, upload photos, and more.
In the field or behind a desk, your team will have access to view and upload all job-related files from wherever they are. BuildTools lets you to control permissions on which documents you would like to share with your clients and subcontractors.
Custom building and remodeling projects are exciting for your clients. Progress updates are a great way to keep homeowners involved and engaged throughout the construction process. We’ve made it easy to take pictures from any mobile device, mark them up, and share with clients.
It only takes one mistake to see your profit margin evaporate. With BuildTools, you can easily create and approve change orders online. Create accountability. Eliminate painful closings. Change every aspect of a project with a single CO – multiple budget codes, selections, and specifications.
The need to manage selections in one place that is accessible to the client, designer, and the construction team is vital. BuildTools enables clients to easily approve online selections, integrates with change orders, and more.
It only takes one mistake to see your profit margin evaporate. With BuildTools, you can easily create and approve change orders online. Create accountability. Eliminate painful closings. Change every aspect of a project with a single CO – multiple budget codes, selections, and specifications.
Subcontractor invoices can quickly fall through the cracks when you’re using pen and paper processes or disconnected systems. With BuildTools, you can issue purchase orders right from the budget while also tracking and documenting project costs as they are incurred. Stay up to date with your financials.
Detailed financial reporting is now available at your fingertips! Select from a variety of polished reports to share with your clients: a detailed analysis of their project’s financial standing, when the next payment is due, and insights into payments on the horizon. Our financial statements also incorporate important change orders that need to be paid during any given payment cycle.
BuildTools brings your systems together to reduce double entries and the mistakes that often come with them. With an easy setup, all your projects, cost codes, and subcontractor data is automatically imported.
Ditch the spreadsheets and reduce errors
All you need to build and manage project budgets. Cross-module integration connects everything together—specifications, selections, purchase orders, change orders, schedule phases—all tied to the appropriate budget code. Take control of your costs, managing your purchase orders and track your costs with the system. See the latest costs based on real-time data from the budget, revised budgets, and actuals without spreadsheets or manual number crunching.
Stay on top of changes and keep more money in your pocket. It only takes one mistake to see your profit margin evaporate. With BuildTools, you can easily create and approve change orders online. Create accountability and eliminate painful closings. Change every aspect of a project with a single CO—multiple budget codes, selections, and specifications.
Keep everyone in the loop
Communication is the cornerstone of any successful construction company. BuildTools allows for seamless communication from any module. No more “he-said, she-said” arguments. No more searching for emails or texts. Search every message through the unified inbox. Keep all notes, photos, and project documentation in one system, archived indefinitely.
Finish projects on time and on budget
Schedule changes happen frequently, and communicating the changes to everyone involved can be difficult and time-consuming.
BuildTools is simple and powerful. View project schedules for all your resources—subcontractors and employees—across all your projects. Crews are notified of changes automatically so everyone is up to date. Unlike most scheduling systems, BuildTools actually gets used and is the fastest construction scheduling system available.
Make fewer phone calls and keep all bids in one place
The key to any bid management system is getting buy-in from subcontractors and making it easy for them to get you the numbers you need. BuildTools streamlines the bidding process and makes it easy for subcontractors to submit their bids. We’ve learned that if you don’t make it simple, it simply won’t work.
BuildTools lets you push a package of documents to a group of subs and lets them respond by to the bid via email or by going into the system. With BuildTools you can select subs by work that they do so you can choose to send global specification or generate a specific report for specific area.
Set deadlines and send reminders to subs, and review the bids electronically. Push them to them to the budget and write POs directly from it.
Losing money on projects?
KEEP TRACK OF ALL CHANGES
Ditch the spreadsheets and reduce errors
All you need to build and manage project budgets. Cross-module integration connects everything together—specifications, selections, purchase orders, change orders, schedule phases—all tied to the appropriate budget code. Take control of your costs, managing your purchase orders and track your costs with the system. See the latest costs based on real-time data from the budget, revised budgets, and actuals without spreadsheets or manual number crunching.
Stay on top of changes and keep more money in your pocket. It only takes one mistake to see your profit margin evaporate. With BuildTools, you can easily create and approve change orders online. Create accountability and eliminate painful closings. Change every aspect of a project with a single CO—multiple budget codes, selections, and specifications.
Communication breakdown with clients and subs?
CENTRALIZE COMMUNCIATION
Keep everyone in the loop
Communication is the cornerstone of any successful construction company. BuildTools allows for seamless communication from any module. No more “he-said, she-said” arguments. No more searching for emails or texts. Search every message through the unified inbox. Keep all notes, photos, and project documentation in one system, archived indefinitely.
Scheduling issues delaying projects?
KEEP EVERYONE ON TRACK
Finish projects on time and on budget
Schedule changes happen frequently, and communicating the changes to everyone involved can be difficult and time-consuming.
BuildTools is simple and powerful. View project schedules for all your resources—subcontractors and employees—across all your projects. Crews are notified of changes automatically so everyone is up to date. Unlike most scheduling systems, BuildTools actually gets used and is the fastest construction scheduling system available.
Can't keep track of bids?
SIMPLIFY BID MANAGEMENT
Make fewer phone calls and keep all bids in one place
The key to any bid management system is getting buy-in from subcontractors and making it easy for them to get you the numbers you need. BuildTools streamlines the bidding process and makes it easy for subcontractors to submit their bids. We’ve learned that if you don’t make it simple, it simply won’t work.
BuildTools lets you push a package of documents to a group of subs and lets them respond by to the bid via email or by going into the system. With BuildTools you can select subs by work that they do so you can choose to send global specification or generate a specific report for specific area.
Set deadlines and send reminders to subs, and review the bids electronically. Push them to them to the budget and write POs directly from it.
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For only $199/month* you get unlimited projects, training, support, and unlimited client and subcontractor access. Only pay for the number of users logging into the system.
*For the first three users. Additional $20/month for each user.
HERE'S WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
We went from doing $5 million worth of work to $25 million, without increasing staff. We’ve been able to grow without breaking because now we’ve got the structure to do it.
Stonewood Builders
Selections, documentations, change orders, scheduling, the ability to send emails and stay on top of everything. You take the human interaction out and let the automation do its thing! We can literally run the entire building of a home using one tool!
Regency Builders
It’s user-friendly for us and for the homeowner, and it’s easy to navigate. It helps me run my business better. It’s as simple as that.
Platinum Series Homes
BuildTools has a great budget module which ties to the financial system, a great purchase order system and change order tracking. Alternative products did not intelligently prepare budgets, purchase orders or financial statements.
Minton Homes LLC
Having my clients have the ability to login and approve change orders has helped keep the project moving and cut back on costly errors.
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We started as home builders, just like you. Our software was born out of a need to better organize and run the building process for our own construction companies. We tried other construction management tools on the market and found they lacked necessary back-office tools and workflows to take our business to the next level.
So, what did we do? We created the only tool your team needs to complete their jobs, while also delivering a best in class client experience. BuildTools is the only platform on the market that was built by builders, for builders. We’ve stood in your shoes and understand your daily challenges. For the first time, builders have a fully integrated set of tools that work the way you work.
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