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Construction workflows

The paperwork behind every job, automated. Your team keeps the judgment calls.

Preconstruction to payables, inside Outlook, Procore, Bluebeam, Sage, QuickBooks and your spreadsheets.

Workers laying rebar and conduit on a construction deck

Flagship workflow

From invitation to bid to bid package. Seven steps. Your estimator touches two.

Most tools handle one piece. We connect the whole chain, so nothing gets retyped and no addendum gets missed.

  1. ITB arrivesOutlook
  2. Documents filedSharePoint
  3. Bid / no-bidWord
  4. Estimator decidesYour team
  5. RFQs sentOutlook
  6. Quotes levelledExcel
  7. Bid packageYour team

4 workflows

Bidding & estimating

From the invitation to bid to a package ready for review.

An estimator buried under a pile of bid invitation emails and blueprints

Invitation to bid to finished bid package

ITBs filed, documents pulled, bid/no-bid written, RFQs sent, quotes levelled.

Outlook, BuildingConnected, SharePoint, Excel

Estimator approves the bid

Addenda caught before bid day

Each change summarized with the sheets and quantities it affects.

Email, Bluebeam

Estimator reviews changes

Sub quotes levelled and scope gaps flagged

Quotes lined up by scope, with exclusions and gaps called out.

Gmail, Excel

Estimator picks the carry numbers

Takeoff and scope sheets drafted

Your estimator starts from a draft, not a blank page.

PlanSwift, Bluebeam, Excel

Estimator checks quantities

3 workflows

Project management

Less inbox, faster answers from the field.

A project manager staring at a phone full of messages next to a stack of RFIs

RFIs drafted from the field

Site photos become a drafted RFI, logged and chased until answered.

Phone, Procore, Outlook

PM approves before sending

Change orders priced and tracked

Written up from site notes, priced from your rates, tracked to signature.

Procore, Excel

PM signs off on pricing

Submittal register kept current

Logged from the spec book, with reviewers reminded before they're late.

Procore, Outlook

Coordinator reviews the log

2 workflows

Field & site

Paperwork written from what crews already send.

A superintendent writing a daily report in a pickup truck at night

Daily logs from crew texts and photos

Written by 4 PM, filed to the right job, sent to the PM.

SMS, Procore, Google Drive

Super reviews before filing

Safety paperwork collected on time

Toolbox talks, sign-in sheets and clearance letters filed before they're needed.

Email, SharePoint

Safety lead confirms

3 workflows

Accounting & payables

Invoices coded and checked before anyone looks.

A controller behind a towering stack of flagged invoices

Supplier invoices matched to job costs

Matched to POs and cost codes, held when something's off.

Outlook, QuickBooks, Sage 300

Controller approves payment

Lien waivers and holdback tracked

No sub payment without the right waiver. Holdback released on schedule.

Excel, QuickBooks

Controller releases payment

Progress billing drafted

Drafted from percent-complete and approved change orders.

Procore, QuickBooks

PM confirms percent complete

2 workflows

Sales & client intake

For residential and renovation firms.

A contractor on a ladder while missed calls pile up on their phone

Website inquiry to scoped estimate

Photos and measurements collected, estimate drafted from your price book.

Website, Jobber, Buildertrend

Owner taps approve

Quote follow-up that doesn't stop

Followed up until the client books or says no.

Gmail, Buildertrend

Sales takes the call

How it works

One workflow, running in about a month. Then the next one.

  1. Syncafy consultants mapping a client's workflow on a whiteboard in the site office
    1
    Week 1

    Map it

    We map every step, system and judgment call with the person who does the work.

  2. Syncafy developers building and testing the workflow
    2
    Weeks 2–3

    Build it

    Built on your tools and tested on your real past jobs.

  3. A Syncafy consultant beside the estimator as he reviews the first outputs
    3
    Week 4

    Run it with review

    Your team approves every output until you trust it.

  4. Syncafy presenting monthly results to the client
    4
    Monthly

    Measure and expand

    Monthly report on hours saved. Then the next workflow.

Not in construction? The same approach works for other businesses.

We also build AI workflows for dealerships, dental practices, trades, accounting and law firms, and property managers.

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Bring us one workflow. We'll show you how to automate it.

On a free 30-minute call, walk us through the job your team dreads most. Within two business days you'll get a written plan: each step, what can be automated, where a person signs off, and what it costs.

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