I saw how terrible most apps for contractors are, so I'm building something better.
It seems to me that most software for the construction industry is geared toward the big companies, it does a million things poorly and costs an arm and a leg.
I'm trying to do something different, and make software for general contractors or small companies. With the input of some contractor buddies, I built a project planning web app for contractors, it's up and running here.
Please take a look at my site, try it out, and let me know what you think of it. As I'm just getting started I'm open to feedback about what would make this really useful or awesome.
Thanks!
Posted Aug 25, 2014, 9:00 AM UTC
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Hi,
Most construction industry software does indeed suck hard so you are totally right on there. Even the big company stuff is terrible, hard to find documents, slow, etc. I have never understood this, as it's a huge industry, the processes are not hard to design software for, and yet it still all sucks. Part of the problem may be that, unlike a Microsoft Word which is versatile and can be used by millions of different end users for word processing, there are thousands of construction contractors all with different needs and ways of doing business.
Anyways, I tried the site out. It's a great start. It will be easy for contractors just starting out to use, and as they grow you can build more features on your end.
I built a mobile application for people who do odd jobs, basically the simplest of construction operations. Check it out here. We are at www.Odd-Jobs.com as well. Could complement your web app.
Good luck!!!