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Description

BuildTools is a construction management software platform that helps custom home builders and remodeling contractors manage projects, finances, schedules, and customer relationships. The platform provides centralized dashboards for monitoring active construction projects, budgets, approvals, tasks, and team activity. Its budgeting and job costing capabilities track estimated expenses, committed costs, actual invoices, change orders, remaining balances, and projected margins. Integration with QuickBooks synchronizes financial information between construction project management and accounting workflows. Gantt chart scheduling tools allow project managers to establish task dependencies, identify critical paths, update milestones, and share schedules with subcontractors and clients. Document management features organize construction plans, contracts, specifications, requests for information, and project records with version history and PDF markup capabilities. BuildTools includes a client portal where homeowners can view project photos, approve product selections, sign change orders, and monitor published construction milestones. Its AI assistant helps generate scopes of work, change orders, project summaries, client communications, and other construction documents using existing project information. Additional capabilities include subcontractor bidding, purchase order management, field reporting, punch lists, lead tracking, and company-wide performance analytics.

Description

Join is an integrated platform designed for collaborative preconstruction and design-phase management that brings together contractors, owners, design teams, and trades to enhance transparency regarding costs, timelines, and design through a single interface. By centralizing decisions, cost information, and communication among stakeholders in real time, it empowers users to visualize cost trends through quick reporting, maintain a history of decisions and assignments, evaluate cost and design alternatives alongside one another, and manage project risks, contingencies, and allowances without relying on fragmented emails or spreadsheets. Engineered to accommodate a multitude of decisions for each project, Join ensures that design concepts align with preconstruction milestones, aiding teams in achieving their budgetary, scheduling, and visionary objectives. Its intuitive dashboard is versatile enough to adapt to various workflows, including Design-Build, CMAR, IPD, IFOA, and TVD, while providing executives with overviews that facilitate portfolio management, accurate future job estimations, risk reduction, and performance evaluation. The platform not only enhances collaborative efforts but also streamlines the decision-making process for all involved parties, thereby fostering a more cohesive project environment.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Microsoft Excel Yes 
QuickBooks Online Yes 
QuickBooks Online Advanced Yes 
Xero Yes 

Integrations

Microsoft Excel No 
QuickBooks Online No 
QuickBooks Online Advanced No 
Xero No 

Pricing Details

$499/month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

BuildTools

Country

United States

Website

www.buildtools.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Join

Country

United States

Website

join.build/

Product Features

Construction Management

Accounting Integration No 
Budget Tracking/Job Costing Yes 
CRM Yes 
Change Orders Yes 
Commercial Yes 
Contract Management Yes 
Contractors Yes 
Equipment Tracking Yes 
Estimating No 
Incident Reporting Yes 
Mobile Access Yes 
Offline Access Yes 
RFI & Submittals No 
Residential Yes 
Subcontractor Management Yes 
Timesheets Yes 

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