Solutions
Where to start, depending on what you run.
Every customer gets the same product. What changes is what you load first and which parts you live in afterwards.
General contractors & builders
PROJECT-LED
Most of your cost is committed to subs, usually before the schedule has settled. Load your trade roster, then put your next few subcontracts out to bid instead of arranging them by phone — the committed cost and the dates land on the project in the same move, and you find out what that trade really costs across your jobs.
Week oneVendor roster import, trade coverage, insurance tracking
ThenSchedule with bid windows on the critical path
Watch forCost-plus and guaranteed-maximum-price tracking
Property managers & owners
PORTFOLIO-LED
Whether you manage for owners or own the portfolio yourself, you are judged on how fast work gets covered and on what you can justify afterwards. Start with the buildings: units, owner contracts, not-to-exceed limits. After that a maintenance request can go straight out to the vendors who cover that trade near that address, and the cost history stays attached to the unit.
Week oneProperties, units, owner contracts and spending limits
ThenService orders with claim-based dispatch rules
Watch forOwner portal with cost history per property
Multi-site facilities teams
SITE-LED
You run your own crews and a bench of outside vendors, and the standing question is which of them should take the next job. Classify both in one place, offer the work internally first, and let the numbers tell you per site what each route actually costs.
Week oneSites, internal crews and field-staff classification
ThenInternal dispatch first, with vendor fallover
Watch forCost per site from your own history