Trades contractors · Coquitlam, BC
AI automation for Coquitlam trades contractors.
Coquitlam has older homes being renovated, and secondary suites being added, in its established neighbourhoods, and new houses still going up on Burke Mountain. A lot of the trades work here is long residential projects for homeowners who live in or near the job. Those projects are won and lost on communication. We build systems that keep homeowners informed and the office organized, without the owner writing every update by hand.
Homeowners want to know what is happening.
On a renovation that runs for weeks or months, the homeowner wants regular updates: what happened this week, what is next, and what they need to decide. When those updates depend on the owner or project manager finding time at night, they come late or not at all. Then the phone rings, and the next hour goes to explaining the schedule instead of running it.
Selections and changes pile up.
Fixtures, finishes, a panel upgrade, extra pot lights, a moved wall. Every renovation produces a stream of choices and changes, agreed in conversation and written down later, if at all. By the final invoice nobody remembers who approved what, and the extras turn into an argument or a write-off. The homeowner remembers a conversation. You remember a different one. Without a record, you usually lose.
A project record the homeowner can trust.
We build a system that keeps every decision on one project record. Selections get confirmed in writing with the homeowner, with deadlines so late orders do not hold up the crew. Change orders get priced from your rules, sent for signature, and carried into the next progress invoice. Weekly updates are drafted from the crew's notes and photos for the project manager to check and send. The homeowner stays informed, and the office stops answering the same question twice.
Common questions.
We add a lot of secondary suites. Can the system keep the permit side organized?
Yes. The system tracks each application with the City of Coquitlam, what was submitted, and what is still outstanding, and it reminds your team before anything stalls. Your team still makes the submissions. The system just makes sure nothing sits forgotten.
How do we stop eating the cost of small extras?
By writing them down when they happen. The system turns a quick note or text from site into a priced change order for the homeowner to approve before the work is done. Extras stop being a debate at the final invoice.
We build new homes on Burke Mountain too. Is that a different setup?
Somewhat. New builds follow a fixed sequence of stages, draws, and inspections, while renovations are full of decisions and surprises. We map each one separately and build them on shared client and job records, so the office works in one place. We usually start with whichever kind of project is costing you the most in unbilled extras or late payments, then extend the system to the other once it has proven itself.
What if it does not work?
The guarantee is simple: we add one full-time role of capacity within 90 days, or we keep working until we do.
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