CoConstruct Review

The true value of CoConstruct is that it keeps the selections process simple, fun, and flexible for both team members and clients. As our experts like to put it, CoConstruct is a win-win construction management tool – while your clients are served in an individualized and knowledgeable fashion, your agents collect information for smarter decisions and accurate financial planning.

This way, businesses achieve their main goals: winning projects, streamlining planning and delivery, and projecting costs and prices that suit both their pockets, and the pockets of their clients. How exactly does CoConstruct make this possible?

Streamlined scheduling & projects coordination

CoConstruct is a flexible system that helps companies make the right selections, and works well for standardized and custom projects. With your team, you’ll be able to efficiently organize your activities as well as other project components such as prices, specifications, and relevant documents and files. CoConstruct makes this possible with custom scheduling, to-do lists, and in-team sharing, all with the main purpose of making bidding simpler and less time-consuming.

Managing projects and tasks will be easy using the system’s drag-and-drop mechanism, thanks to which schedules are coordinated both for field and office agents. All tasks and action items will be displayed on a single list, completely open for adjustment, and fully accountable for future reporting processes.

The system has even an alternative method of saving time, i.e. single-entry estimations that allow agents to build specs in seconds, and to avoid costly mistakes. All cost items on the selection list will also be open for quick editing, and the updated data will flow seamlessly to your budget and QuickBooks base for smarter-cost estimation.

Simplified bidding

The simpler your trade communication is, the more rewarding your bidding processes will become, and that’s exactly what CoConstruct is trying to achieve.  The system helps create bids in minutes, as all specs and estimate data will flow inside them without you having to enter it manually. The system will also keep an eye on updated files and bid details, and make those visible without even a single notifying email. Note that the system offers beautiful pre-made templates you can use to make proposals more engaging.

This way, you won’t have to wait on your trades to make a move, but rather stay in control of their activities, and send them automated reminder as the due date approaches. Once all data is gathered and arranged in a single system, your projects will be instantly ready for submission. Thanks to this intelligent system, you will focus only on promising works and projects, and have a bigger chance to win them because of improved quality and time effectiveness.

Better internal and external communication

CoConstruct has a dedicated communication modules and an array of advanced functionalities that make communication easier. The rationale is to keep field and office agents coordinated, and to give them an internal network where they can suggest ideas and exchange files.

From the clients’ perspective, CoConstruct makes your brand appear credible and more professional, as you’re able to dedicate time for each person with a question or a request. Your agents have all client information displayed on their screens, and are thus able to serve them accurately and in time. At the same time, they will have your info database available 24/7 and on all devices.

Still, the best part of having external communication under control is the intelligence it provides. It helps you improve your lead management skills. With CoConstruct as your ‘intermediate and counselor’ you will track all contact details and history and assign tasks in line with it, and be able to score and categorize leads in the desired manner. This will help you make special offers and prioritize hot leads, and consequently take sales to a whole new level.

At the same time, you will have the chance to improve your punchlist and warranty process, and boost your reputation among potential clients. CoConstruct gives you the tools to impress subscontractors and improve communication with them, but also to obtain the feedback needed to tackle bottlenecks.

Budgeting, accounting, and finance control

CoConstruct offers a seamless integration with QuickBooks and Xero, which means you will easily relate your project costs to planned and up-to-date spending. Your invoices will become clearer and more consistent, with no recurrent costs or hidden fees your client should worry about.

Another thing CoConstruct is really good at is budgeting and forecasting project costs, as once you set specs and selections, your budget values and cost codes are automatically generated. Each time an adjustment is made to your selection list, it becomes visible in the budget as well, and you don’t have to change anything manually. Summarized cost information beginning with latest expenditures will always be available to your colleagues and clients.

Marketing & Customized Branding

Here comes one more of CoConstruct’s unique functionalities. This system is incredibly simple and easy to use, but nevertheless shads good light on your service and accountability. You can design it in your own way and make it more business specific, and use any of the company’s professional marketing materials (custom videos, PP presentations, etc.) to promote your work.

Native mobile apps

CoConstruct’s functionality is not limited to traditional desktop apps, but open to use by field agents who control work while happening (both from Android and iOS devices). The mobile apps are also designed for clients, in which case you’re invited to make them brand-specific, and include your own logo, image, and contact information. Basically, what clients see is not CoConstruct, but an app that belongs to and was designed for the activities of your company.