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What is actually happening in Australian residential construction, and what it means for the way you run jobs. Software comparisons, market analysis, and the trends worth paying attention to.
JobMan is a genuinely good manufacturing system, and for a high-volume production workshop it is probably the better fit. But most Australian cabinet makers are not running a factory. They are winning work from builders and pricing joinery off a drawing set, and that is a different problem.
Procore is not bad software. It is software priced and designed for a different business than yours. Here is what actually goes wrong when a residential builder runs enterprise construction management, and what to look at instead.
Buildertrend stopped publishing its pricing. For an Australian builder trying to compare options that is a problem, and it is not the only one. A commercial look at what you are signing up for.
Buildxact is Australian, it is estimating-led, and it does that job well. The trouble starts after the quote is accepted, because that is where a build actually loses its margin.
Tradify is a clean, well-built tool and it suits a small crew. The two things worth checking before you commit are what happens to the bill as you grow, and what its builder Connections feature actually requires.
simPRO is built for larger trade businesses and it is capable software. The things to weigh before you start are custom pricing, implementation fees, and the fact that you cannot try it without talking to sales first.
Payment disputes grind builds to a halt. The fix isn't better lawyers -- it's better visibility. Here's how transparent builders avoid the courtroom entirely.
ServiceM8 is cheap to start and genuinely good for small field service work. The pricing model is the thing to understand, because it charges you by how many jobs you do, and jobs are the point.
Fergus does job costing better than most and Australian plumbers and electricians rate it for good reason. The questions worth asking are what per-user pricing does over time, and what happens before the costing starts.
From sole traders to volume builders, who's using Paperless to run their construction business, and why they made the switch.
Zeher Khalil is exposing building defects across Victoria on TikTok. With the VBA replaced and new regulations incoming, here's what builders need to know.
You know email isn't working. Documents get lost, variations go unsigned, and clients email at midnight. Here's what actually replaces it.
The builders getting the best referrals aren't the cheapest. They're the ones whose clients never have to chase them for updates.