Construction management features for the complete project lifecycle

Explore every module in Home Builder Software. Each page explains the practical job, shows the real product on desktop and mobile, and links directly to the relevant documentation.

The product views on the following feature pages show the running software with example project data; no customer data is displayed.

Project overview features in Home Builder Software

Where the working day starts: dashboards, personal tasks, the project file and the reports that summarize them.

  • Construction dashboard

    Configure a practical home builder dashboard for active projects, contract volume, overdue invoices, open defects, pipeline value, service requests and current workforce figures.

  • AI assistant for construction data

    Ask Home Builder Software about permitted company and project data, see the sources used, and review proposed write actions before anything changes.

  • Permission-aware quick actions

    Start the construction records you are allowed to create from one grouped page while keeping the currently selected project in context.

  • My construction tasks

    Give every employee a focused view of assigned and available work, including phase, due date, checklist status and progress.

  • Home building project management

    Manage every home-building project with contract value, billing, schedule status, progress, customer record, cost groups and current decisions in one project file.

  • Construction business reports

    Review live revenue, receivables, backlog, pipeline, project ownership and receivable age without rebuilding the same construction report in spreadsheets.

Sales and preconstruction features for home builders

From the first inquiry to the signed contract, with the estimate as the link between the two.

  • Custom construction sales pipeline

    Track leads through estimating, proposal and contract stages in a configurable table or Kanban pipeline built for the home-building lifecycle.

  • Construction lead management

    Capture every home-building inquiry with customer, site, expected volume, owner and next step, then move it through the shared sales pipeline.

  • Construction estimating software

    Build itemized home-building estimates with quantities, unit costs, markups, margin, optional items and cost types that can become the project budget.

  • Construction proposal tracking

    Keep open building proposals, customer value, time in stage, next step and binding deadline visible until the customer decides.

  • Customer records for home builders

    Maintain one structured customer record for contact details, address, status, portal access, notes, custom fields and the shared communication history.

Construction planning and project control features

A signed contract becomes dates, documents, selections and resources that people can actually work from.

  • Construction scheduling and Gantt planning

    Plan home-building phases, activities and milestones in a calendar and Gantt view with working days, dependencies, baselines and critical-path information.

  • Construction task management

    Coordinate company, project and personal construction tasks by phase in one dispatch list, with multiple assignees, subcontractors, checkpoints, progress and controlled acceptance.

  • Home buyer selections management

    Manage allowances, priced product options with supplier and lead time, customer decisions and their contract or schedule impact in a dedicated selections workflow.

  • Construction document management

    Store plans, photos, contracts and reports in private company storage with project folders, automatic plan revisions, controlled downloads and optional photo inspection.

  • Project resource and cost planning

    Plan labor, subcontractors, equipment, tools and material by quantity, unit, unit rate and deployment period in the project file before those resources are committed.

Field operations features for the construction site

What happens on site each day, recorded so that it reaches the office as usable evidence.

  • Construction daily reports

    Record one daily report per project and day with weather, crew size, hours, completed work, photos and status for a consistent day-by-day record of the jobsite.

  • Construction RFIs and approvals

    Track questions to architects, owners and authorities with due date, current responder, cost or schedule impact and a controlled answer-to-close workflow.

  • Construction punch list and defect management

    Manage defects across projects from capture and trade assignment through correction and verified acceptance in a list or Kanban board.

  • Construction service requests

    Connect each customer service request with priority, due date, project, customer, description, owner, custom fields and the shared activity history.

  • Construction quantity measurements

    Capture measured work by cost group, item, quantity, unit, date and recorder as a structured basis for progress billing.

  • Printable construction progress report

    Generate a print-ready progress report for owners and lenders from current project, schedule, invoice and daily-report data.

Workforce, time tracking and equipment features

Who is available, which hours went where, and which machine stood on which site.

  • Construction workforce planning

    Coordinate employees, teams, shifts, qualifications, absences and deployment in one workforce module with transparent automatic assignment rules.

  • Construction time tracking

    Let employees clock in and out, select a project or add a manual time entry without making GPS a requirement.

  • Construction equipment tracking

    Track each tool, machine or equipment item by inventory number, serial number, status, location, project, assignee and next service date.

  • Construction working calendar

    Define the company working week, daily hours, timezone, holidays, shutdown periods and additional working days used by every project schedule.

Procurement and subcontractor management features

Subcontractors, awards and purchase orders, with every commitment tied to a project and an approval.

Construction finance and billing features

Budget, change orders, invoices, payments and securities live in the same record as the work behind them.

Project communication and customer portal features

Messages, email and the customer portal stay next to the project instead of disappearing into an inbox.

  • Construction team and project chat

    Keep team channels, direct messages, project conversations and customer chats in one tenant-aware system linked to the relevant history.

  • Project-connected construction email

    Connect a company mailbox through SMTP and IMAP and assign incoming or outgoing messages to projects, leads, customers, subcontractors, service requests or equipment.

  • Customer portal for home builders

    Give home buyers controlled access to progress, schedule, site news, documents, invoices, selections and the shared project conversation without exposing internal costs.

System administration, roles and settings features

Roles, templates, company settings and the data structures every other module relies on.

  • Multilingual construction document templates

    Manage every company document and email template for invoices, proposals, contracts, correspondence and reports in English, German and French, with system originals kept intact.

  • Construction project templates

    Standardize phases, activities, milestones, duration, order, process types, checklists and photo evidence in one blueprint, while keeping every new project adjustable in the wizard.

  • Construction software user management

    Invite, maintain and deactivate Home Builder Software users with roles, project access, position and contact details from one administration area.

  • Construction roles and permissions

    Build company roles from separate view, write and management permissions and apply the same access rules to navigation, screens, actions and server requests.

  • Construction software settings, API and webhooks

    Configure company-wide behavior and manage scoped API keys, signed webhooks and MCP access while keeping storage and AI provider setup under L&I IT-solutions administration.

  • Construction software setup wizard

    Set up storage, company details, processes, existing data, AI, dashboard and final checks through a guided seven-step administrator workflow.

  • Custom construction fields, tables and imports

    Extend standard records without code, create typed company tables and import CSV or XLSX contacts with preview and field mapping.

  • Unified construction activity history

    Keep notes, comments, meetings, minutes, photos, email and portal chat in a reusable timeline attached to the relevant business record.

  • Contextual help and support

    Reach support from every internal screen or open the assistant with a ready-made request to explain the current page, fields, actions and next steps.

Test one process end to end instead of clicking through modules

A trial period can start at a lead and stop at the final invoice, using the parts of the system your team would really touch.