Construction

Construction software development for Australian builders. One record of the job, from the site diary to the invoice, so the office knows what the site knows the same day.

How do builders get site data to the office the same day?

Builders get site data to the office the same day by capturing it once, on the phone the supervisor already carries, and letting it flow to the claim. We build that layer for Australian builders and contractors: site diaries, variations, payment claims and subcontractor compliance in one job record. It sits alongside Procore, Xero or MYOB, starts with a $9,000 + GST Rapid Insight Workshop, and the code is yours.

The result is a variation that gets billed instead of forgotten, and a margin you can see before the job closes.

What happens to a variation, from site to claim?

A variation usually starts as a verbal instruction and reaches the contract administrator weeks later, if at all. Captured once, it gets paid.

Captured on site

The supervisor logs what changed, who asked for it and two photos in under a minute, offline if the signal drops.

Approved in writing

The client or PM approves on their phone, so nobody argues later about who agreed to what.

Priced by the PM

The project manager prices it from the same record, with the photos and times already attached.

On the next claim

It lands on the progress claim and in Xero or MYOB, so work done on site gets paid for.

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Built for gloves, sunlight and no signal

Construction runs across subbies, suppliers, consultants and a client who wants an answer today. Procore and your accounts package each cover a slice, so your team fills the gaps by hand. We build to match how a site runs: big buttons that work in gloves, screens readable in sunlight, and capture that works offline and syncs when the phone finds signal. The office gets the numbers without chasing anyone for them.

Weather, variations, and subbies who never quite line up — we build systems that take all three in their stride.

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How we work with construction teams

We start on site, learning how the job actually runs. Then we find where the money leaks: records written up twice, variations never captured, or compliance gaps found during an audit. We work in short sprints alongside your team and test in real site conditions before anything ships.

  • A dedicated team, not a ticket queue
  • Integrations scoped and tested before the build
  • Support that carries on after handover

How construction teams work with us

Every one of them starts with a Rapid Insight Workshop: a paid session that maps your operation and hands back a prioritised roadmap. What you do next depends on what it finds.

Apex

We stay embedded and work through the roadmap with you month after month, closing the gap from the site through to the invoice. One monthly fee, measured against results we agree at the start. From $15K a month, six-month minimum term.

Amplify

One build, scoped in writing before anything starts, then quoted at a fixed price against that scope. A one-year warranty, and the code and the IP are yours. Typically $100K and up.

Ignite

Put a site app in the hands of one crew and see what it changes. Fixed price, $25K to $50K, and working software in four to eight weeks — enough to test it with real users before you spend more.

Questions we get from construction teams

Usually you would not replace it. The platforms cover the middle of the job well and fall down at the edges — the approval your business runs on, the report the client demands in their format, the handover pack nobody can produce without a week of copy-paste. That edge is where the hours go, and it is cheaper to build than to change how you work to suit the tool. We build alongside what you already run rather than arguing with it.

With a paid workshop. It maps the operational picture from the site through to the claim: which systems you run, where records are being entered twice, what the friction costs you each month, and which fix returns the most. Most builders have never mapped this: only 3.9% of construction businesses had a digital business strategy, according to the [ABS](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/technology-and-innovation/characteristics-australian-business/2024-25) (2024-25). You get a prioritised roadmap back before committing to a build. From there you either test one idea first (Ignite), build one thing at a fixed price and own it outright (Amplify), or keep us on to work through the roadmap with you month after month (Apex). We will tell you honestly which one fits.

That is what we design for. Capture screens are built to be readable in sunlight, usable in gloves, and quick enough that someone will actually use them between tasks. Anything captured on site works offline and syncs when the phone finds signal, so a dead spot does not mean a lost record.

Yes, and this connective layer is often the whole job. We regularly integrate with Xero, MYOB, project management platforms and scheduling tools, so a variation raised on site flows through to the claim without being retyped. Integration scope is confirmed and tested before build begins, because that is where these projects usually go wrong.

They are captured once on site and carried to the claim without being retyped. The four steps are laid out above: capture, approval, pricing, claim. Procore or your job system stays where it is; only the gap between site and invoice gets closed.

Yes, and it follows the security-of-payment rules you already work under. In South Australia that means the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act: payment claims, payment schedules and the response deadlines that come with them. We build the register your contract administrator needs, so every claim received has its due date, its schedule and its status in one place, and retention amounts are tracked per subcontract until release at practical completion and the end of the defects period. Your accountant still pays from Xero or MYOB; the system just stops a deadline slipping past in someone's inbox.

You do. The code, the database and the documentation are yours, held in your own accounts, so leaving us does not mean losing your job history, variation records or claim registers. We build on common, well-supported technology that another developer can pick up, and the handover includes how it is deployed and where the data lives. Data that sits in Procore or your accounting system stays there under your existing licence. If you change builders, project managers or software partners, the records your directors and auditors rely on stay with the business.

Yes, and it goes into the architecture from the start rather than being added before an audit. That covers inductions, licences, insurances and safe work method statements, with expiry tracked and the evidence captured as the work happens. When someone asks for the record it is a query, not a week of paperwork.

Yes. We work in stages rather than big-bang replacements. What you have now stays in place until the replacement is proven, changes run through testing, and we roll out job by job so the programme keeps moving and you keep control of spend and risk.

Yes. If you are not sure whether to build, extend or replace, we scope a proof of concept that answers the question first. It is a much cheaper way to find out that the platform you were counting on does not expose the data you need.

The first step is the $9,000 + GST workshop, which sets the scope. The build is then priced against that scope in the stream that fits, shown in the three options above.

Most builds take two to 12 months. The workshop comes first and hands you a prioritised roadmap about three weeks later. We ship in stages around your live jobs, so something like variation capture can go live well before the full system is done.

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