01 — Everything you expect
The tools you already know. Nothing to relearn.
The core every GC runs a job on, without the sprawl or the months of setup. Bring your open items and documents on day one.
RFIs
Draft, route and track every question to the design team.
Submittals
A register from your spec book, with ball-in-court aging.
Drawings
Current sets and revisions, searchable by sheet.
Specs
Every section searchable, every answer cited to the page.
Schedule
Import from P6 or MS Project and see what’s driving each date.
Changes
From change event to owner and sub change orders, in one place.
Budget & contracts
Budget, commitments and exposure at a glance.
Pay apps
Sub pay apps checked against the schedule of values and approved changes.
Daily log
Crew, weather and notes, captured from the field by voice.
Photos
Pinned to sheets, searchable by location and date.
Punch & issues
Tracked to done, with subs marking their items ready.
Documents
Files, email and attachments filed to the right project.
Works with what you have
- Spreadsheets
- Your current platform (one-time import)
- P6 and MS Project
Subs, architects and owners never need an account.
02 — The agents
Plus AI agents that work 24/7.
Each agent owns one workflow end to end and hands your team decisions instead of data entry.
AGT-04 · Chase
Chase Agent
Drafts reminders for every overdue submittal and RFI, in your PE’s name, and logs every reply that comes back.
AGT-02 · Register
Register Agent
Reads the spec book and builds a cited submittal register with long-lead items flagged.
AGT-03 · RFI
RFI Agent
Checks whether a question is already answered, drafts the RFI, and routes the answer to the field when it lands.
AGT-13 · Field
Field Answers
Answers the field’s questions from the drawings and specs with the page cited, or says it can’t find the answer.
AGT-10 · Intake
Document Intake
Files every email, drawing set and attachment to the right project and record.
AGT-06 · Cost
Change Guard
Spots potential changes in RFI answers, emails and logs, with the evidence, before the notice window closes.
03 — You stay in charge
Agents do the work. You make the calls.
You approve what leaves
Every email to a sub, architect or owner waits for your OK, then holds 10 minutes so you can recall it.
Every answer shows its source
Citations to the sheet, spec section and page. If it can’t cite it, it says so.
Anything can be undone
Every agent action is logged with who it acted for, and can be reversed.
Some things stay human
Agents never stamp submittals, approve change orders, certify pay apps, move money or sign.
04 — The principle
Early speed compounds.
In 1696, Johann Bernoulli asked which path carries a falling object from A to B in the least time. Not the straight line. The answer, the brachistochrone, drops steeply first, gains speed early, and arrives before anything else. Agents start working the day you’re awarded, so the speed you build early carries all the way to handover.
Plan: the steep drop
Your open items imported on day one, and a submittal register drafted straight from the spec book. This is where the speed is won.
Build: carry the momentum
RFIs and submittals chase themselves, so the field never waits on the office.
Close: arrive first
Punch items tracked to done as the job runs, not scrambled together at the end.
05 — Why switch
Legacy software works when you do. SmartBldr works 24/7.
| Legacy platforms | SmartBldr | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours of work | Legacy:8 a day, when someone’s at a desk. | SmartBldr:24/7. Agents prepare the work; you approve it. |
| How work gets done | Legacy:You fill out forms. The software stores them. | SmartBldr:Agents draft, route and chase. You approve. |
| Where AI lives | Legacy:Bolted on, as a chatbot in the corner. | SmartBldr:Built in. Every workflow is agent-first. |
| Subs and architects | Legacy:Another login for everyone outside the company. | SmartBldr:An email and a magic link. No account needed. |
| Getting started | Legacy:Months of implementation and consultants. | SmartBldr:Your open items and register imported on day one. |
Early access
Get to B first.
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