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What we see in construction.
The technology and process challenges that come up in nearly every engagement we run in this industry.
01
Pursuit visibility across long cycles
Construction pursuit cycles are long and involve many stakeholders. Most firms cannot tell you where pursuit dollars are sitting at any given moment.
02
Field-to-office data lag
Information from the jobsite often takes days or weeks to reach project accounting. By then, the margin damage is done.
03
Subcontractor coordination chaos
Sub coordination runs on email, paper, and tribal knowledge. Better tooling transforms project execution and reduces claims risk.
04
Estimating disconnected from CRM and accounting
Most estimating happens in standalone tools, then gets re-keyed into CRM and accounting. The data loss along the way is enormous.
05
Safety and compliance documentation
OSHA requirements, safety incident tracking, and certification management often live in paper or disconnected systems.
06
Equipment fleet and asset tracking
Knowing where equipment is, what it cost, and what it earned per job is the difference between profitable jobs and losses.
How We Help
What we deliver for construction firms.
Pursuit and bid management platform
Salesforce-based pursuit tracking with bid management, win/loss analytics, competitive intelligence, and proper sales team coordination.
Mobile field execution
Salesforce Mobile and Field Service Lightning for daily reports, time tracking, photo capture, weather logs, and project status updates from the field.
Subcontractor portal
Experience Cloud portal for subs — bid submission, document management, payment tracking, and coordination workflows.
Real-time job financials
Procore + Salesforce + Tableau integration for live job profitability, budget vs actual tracking, and PM-level visibility.
Safety and incident management
Mobile-first safety incident reporting, OSHA tracking, certification expiry alerts, and toolbox-talk infrastructure.
Equipment and asset platform
Asset tracking with utilization metrics, maintenance scheduling, depreciation, and job-level allocation reporting.
Regulatory & Compliance Matters
What we navigate in construction.
Compliance is not a separate workstream — it is embedded in every workflow we deliver. The major frameworks we work within:
OSHA 1926 (Construction Standards)
Safety program evidence, training records, incident reporting, and site-specific safety planning.
Prevailing Wage / Davis-Bacon
Certified payroll workflows, fringe benefit calculations, and prevailing wage compliance evidence.
EEO / OFCCP (Government Contracts)
Affirmative action program compliance, applicant tracking, and government contractor reporting.
Surety / Bonding Requirements
Bonding capacity tracking, surety relationships, and project financial reporting for bond underwriters.
Lien Rights & Notices
Preliminary notice tracking, lien deadlines by state, and waiver workflow management.
Environmental & Stormwater (SWPPP)
Stormwater pollution prevention plans, environmental compliance evidence, and inspection workflows.
Signature Service Categories
The major construction practices our team runs.
Each category represents a deep specialization with dedicated playbooks, accelerators, and experienced practitioners.
01
Pursuit & Bid Management
Long-cycle pursuit tracking, competitive intelligence, win/loss analytics, and pursuit team coordination.
02
Estimating & Pre-Construction
Estimating workflow design, historical data leverage, and pre-construction productivity.
03
Project Operations & Financials
Project accounting integration, real-time profitability, and field-to-office data flow.
04
Subcontractor & Trade Partner Platforms
Experience Cloud portals for subs, bid submission, payment tracking, and coordination.
05
Safety, Compliance & Asset Management
Safety incident tracking, OSHA compliance, certifications, and equipment fleet management.
Platforms & Tools
The technology stack we typically deploy here.
Salesforce + Procore integration
Sage 300 / Viewpoint Spectrum
Field service mobility
B2W / HCSS estimating
PlanGrid / Autodesk
Tableau for job financials
DocuSign for change orders
Equipment management platforms
Safety management systems
Experience Cloud subcontractor portals
Integration Ecosystem
The platforms we connect to in construction.
Our team carries hands-on experience across the systems your firm already runs. Integration is rarely the bottleneck.
Procore
Autodesk Construction Cloud
Sage 300 CRE
Viewpoint Vista / Spectrum
Foundation Software
Acumatica Construction
CMiC
Salesforce Manufacturing/Custom
PlanGrid
Bluebeam Revu
Procore Estimating / Sage Estimating
BuilderTrend
CoConstruct
STACK
JobNimbus
eSUB
HCSS
B2W
Recent Engagements
Real work for construction clients.
A few examples of how these capabilities show up in practice — drawn from recent and active engagements (client names anonymized where appropriate).
01
Pursuit and bid management for a $250M general contractor
Implemented Salesforce as the pursuit system of record — RFP tracking, competitive intelligence, win/loss analytics, and pursuit team coordination across 6 regional offices. Win rate up 18%.
02
Subcontractor portal with bid submission and payment tracking
Launched an Experience Cloud portal where subs submit bids, manage documents, track payment status, and coordinate schedules. Subcontractor satisfaction up significantly; AP workload down 25%.
03
Real-time job profitability dashboards
Integrated Procore project data with Salesforce and Tableau to deliver live job-level gross margin visibility to project managers. Surfaced two underperforming projects early enough to course-correct margin.
04
Estimating workflow rebuild for a $180M GC
Connected estimating spreadsheets to Salesforce with structured templates, win/loss capture, and historical benchmark queries. Estimating accuracy improved measurably.
05
Mobile field reporting for 400 field staff
Deployed Salesforce Mobile with daily reports, photos, time capture, and weather logging — feeding directly into project accounting. Field-to-office data lag dropped from 5 days to same-day.
How Clients Engage Us
Four ways to work with us on construction initiatives.
From short diagnostics to fractional leadership, every engagement model is designed around the client's stage and needs.
Model 01
Discovery & Strategy
Construction-specific assessments across estimating, operations, and field execution.
Model 02
Fixed-Scope Implementation
Defined projects for CRM, sub portals, mobile field apps, or estimating integration.
Model 03
Managed Services
Ongoing platform administration for GCs, subs, and specialty contractors.
Model 04
Fractional Construction Technology Leadership
Senior construction technology leadership for growing contractors.
Outcomes We Deliver
The metrics we actually move for construction clients.
Engagements are measured by movement on the numbers that matter. These are the directions of travel we commit to.
01
Bid response time
Reduce 30-50%
02
Bid win rate
Increase 10-20 points
03
Project information lookup time
Reduce 60-80%
04
Change order processing time
Reduce 40-60%
05
Subcontractor onboarding time
Reduce 50-70%
06
Safety incidents per 200K hours
Reduce 20-40%
Signature Frameworks
Proprietary methodologies for construction work.
Every engagement leverages reusable assets — frameworks, blueprints, and diagnostics built up over hundreds of client projects.
Framework 01
Bid-to-Build Pipeline
A reference architecture for moving opportunities from prequalification through bid, award, and project handoff without losing data or context.
Framework 02
Field-to-Office Sync
Our approach to connecting field-captured data (daily reports, photos, RFIs, punch lists) into back-office systems with minimum friction.
Framework 03
Subcontractor Operating System
A framework for prequalifying, contracting, insurance-tracking, paying, and managing subcontractors at scale.
Framework 04
Project Financial Visibility
A blueprint for connecting accounting (Sage/Viewpoint), project management (Procore), and CRM so cost-to-complete is real-time and accurate.
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AI Automation in Construction
How GCs, specialty contractors, and developers are deploying AI to compress bid response time, improve project visibility, and lift bid win rates.
A practitioner-level look at how construction firms are deploying AI across estimating, project information access, field-to-office sync, and subcontractor management — with real adoption patterns and ROI frameworks.
Inside the report:
- ✓Bid response acceleration and pursuit decision support
- ✓Project information AI: search across drawings, RFIs, submittals
- ✓Field-to-office sync with AI-assisted daily reports
- ✓Subcontractor onboarding, insurance, and compliance automation
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Insight & analysis from our construction team.
Practitioner-level analysis from the consultants delivering the work.
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Our Capabilities
How we help construction clients.
Systems Integration
Connect the systems that run your business — CRM, ERP, billing, data, AI, analytics — into one cohesive architecture.
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Custom applications, platform extensions, integrations, and engineered solutions built when off-the-shelf software won't fit.
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Strategic guidance from certified architects plus production AI deployments. System selection, roadmaps, audits, Agentforce, custom agents, and AI strategy — all under one practice.
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Align marketing, sales, and customer success into one revenue engine. Process, forecasting, attribution, and tech-stack optimization.
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