Construction. Change orders signed before the work changes.
Remodelers and design-build firms whose clients want to see progress, sign change orders quickly and pay draws on time.
A morning at Holloway Build Co. An example practice.
Holloway Build Co. and everyone in it are invented to show the app in a company’s own words: jobs, change orders, estimates and site visits.
Thursday
Good morning, Maggie. Four things need you.
Needs you 4
Draw 4 viewed three times, unpaid
The Brennans · $28,400 · due FridayKevin Brennan approved the window package
Ridge Avenue · 5 units · six-week lead timeAmara Okonkwo asked to move the shower niche
Lake Street Bath · 12 min agoEstimate EST-318 opened a third time
The Fenwicks · garage & ADU · undecided 6 daysToday Thu
In motion 7 jobs
Ridge Avenue Kitchen & Addition
Rough-ins · inspection WednesdayLake Street Primary Bath
Finishes · tile starts MondayWilmette Basement Finish
Change order 07 outGreer Dental Suite Build-out
Finishes · millwork WednesdayYour words. On every screen.
- Client
- client
- Project
- job
- What they decide
- change order
- Proposal
- estimate
- Invoice
- pay application
- Order
- material order
- Visit
- site visit
- Lead
- project manager
- Part of a project
- area
- What they sign
- contract
Your phases. As the client’s timeline.
- 1Preconstruction
- 2Demolition
- 3Framing
- 4Rough-ins
- 5Finishes
- 6Closeout
The queue. What needs you, and what’s out with clients.
Example rows from Holloway Build Co.’s morning, in the order the app puts them.
Needs you
- Draw 4 viewed three times, unpaidThe Brennans · $28,400 · due FridaySend reminder
- Kevin Brennan approved the window packageRidge Avenue · 5 units · six-week lead timeOrder materials
- Amara Okonkwo asked to move the shower nicheLake Street Bath · 12 min agoReply
- Estimate EST-318 opened a third timeThe Fenwicks · garage & ADU · undecided 6 daysFollow up
Waiting on clients
- Change order 07 is waiting for a signatureWilmette Basement · $3,900 · sent 4 days agoSend reminder
- Rough framing inspection booked for MondayHinman Addition · 8–12 windowSchedule
- The electrical sub hasn’t sent their lien waiverGreer Dental · needed before Draw 5Send reminder
What you’d use. Plainly, including what isn’t built yet.
- Jobs and phases
- Preconstruction to closeout, with the next inspection or delivery on the client’s timeline.
- Change orders
- Priced, sent and signed in the portal before the work changes, with the amount added to the job.
- Estimates and contracts
- Your estimate becomes the contract, signed and fingerprinted, with the draw schedule attached.
- Pay applications
- Draws by milestone, paid by bank transfer or card into your own Stripe account, with lien waivers tracked alongside.
- Material orders and subs
- Orders by supplier and subcontractors by trade, tracked to their dates.
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