Contractor management software for the whole business
Run the contracting business, not just the build. Jobs, crews, subcontractors, suppliers, purchase orders, documents and the money all sit in one system, so what is committed on a job is visible before the bills arrive rather than after.
The problem
Most contractors manage the business across a scheduling app, a spreadsheet of subs, a folder of PDFs and an accountant who sees the numbers two months late. Nothing reconciles: a sub whose insurance lapsed still gets sent to site, committed purchase orders never reach the budget, and the job that lost money only looks profitable until the last invoice lands.
How BuildersBridge solves it
Every job in one view
Projects with phases, tasks, budgets and daily logs, so the state of each job is a page rather than a phone call.
Crews on one calendar
Shifts, tasks, inspections and deliveries across every active job, instead of a separate schedule per project.
Subs and suppliers on file
A directory of every supplier and subcontractor, storing insurance and WCB expiry dates and flagging coverage that has lapsed.
Committed cost, before the bill
Purchase orders issued against a job become committed cost immediately, and approved vendor bills become actual cost — both land in budget-vs-actual on their own.
Documents against the job
Contracts, permits, insurance certificates and site photos filed against the project they belong to, with who can see what controlled per file.
The money end to end
Estimates become contracts, contracts become progress bills with GST/HST/PST in Canada or state sales tax in the US, and payments are recorded as they arrive.
Frequently asked questions
- What is contractor management software?
- It is the system a contracting business runs on: jobs, crews, subcontractors and suppliers, documents, purchase orders and invoicing in one place, rather than a scheduling tool plus a spreadsheet plus an accountant's file. The point is that the operational side and the financial side use the same records.
- What should contractor management software include?
- At minimum: project and phase tracking, a crew schedule, a supplier and subcontractor directory, purchase orders that feed job costing, document storage tied to the job, and invoicing with the right tax. If committed cost is not visible before the bills arrive, the costing half is not doing its job.
- Does it track subcontractor insurance and WCB?
- Yes. Each supplier and subcontractor record stores insurance and WCB expiry dates, and coverage that has lapsed is flagged so it surfaces before someone is scheduled on site.
- How is this different from construction project management software?
- Project management answers what is happening on a job. Contractor management also answers what it is costing you and who you owe — crews, subs, purchase orders and billing included. BuildersBridge does both in one system, which is why an approved estimate becomes a project budget without anyone retyping it.
- Is this contracting software or job management software?
- Both terms describe it. Contracting software usually means the whole business — jobs, crews, subs, documents and billing — while job management software emphasises the work itself. Software for construction contractors needs to do both, because the job and the money it consumes are the same record here rather than two systems reconciled later.
- Does it work for a small contracting business?
- Yes. Plans start at a size that suits an owner-operator and include the whole crew rather than charging per user, so adding a project manager or field staff does not change the bill.
- Does it handle Canadian and US contractors?
- Yes. GST, HST and PST are applied by province for Canadian work and state sales tax for US work, and the supplier directory tracks the coverage documents each country expects. (BuildersBridge is software, not tax or compliance advice.)
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