Product
Six modules that share one record of the job.
Most construction software is six tools wearing one logo. In Purlin, a daily log, an RFI, a sheet, a change order and a cost code are linked records, so following a problem from the deck to the budget takes clicks, not phone calls.
All modules
Every plan: 4 Builder and up: 2
| Name | Who opens it most | Works offline | Plan | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project management | Project managers, supers, subs | Lookahead and punch list | Every plan | View module: Project management |
| RFIs and submittals | Project engineers, PMs, architects, subs | Read and draft | RFIs every plan · Submittals Builder+ | View module: RFIs and submittals |
| Daily logs | Superintendents, foremen | Full | Every plan | View module: Daily logs |
| Job costing | PMs, project accountants, owners | Read only | Builder and up | View module: Job costing |
| Drawings | Everyone on the job | Downloaded sets | Every plan | View module: Drawings |
| Bid management | Estimators, preconstruction | No | Builder and up | View module: Bid management |
Linked records
The links are the product.
Four connections do most of the work. Each one replaces a phone call, an email chain or a spreadsheet someone keeps by hand.
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01 Daily log links to RFI
A delay noted in the field becomes a drafted RFI with the photos attached.
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02 RFI links to Drawing
The published answer pins itself to the sheet it changes, so the crew sees it there.
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03 RFI links to Change order
Mark a cost or time impact and a change event opens in job costing.
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04 Bid links to Budget
The awarded bid becomes a commitment against the right cost code.
01 · PM
Project management
Schedule, three-week lookaheads, punch lists and meeting minutes on one job.
- Lookaheads by trade
- Punch lists that close
- Minutes that become tasks
L2 steel beams, grid A to D
Steel
Beam pocket fix, C/4
Steel
L2 deck pour
Concrete
L1 mechanical rough-in
Mechanical
Roof membrane
Roofing
L1 framing inspection
Inspection
L1 drywall hang
Drywall
02 · RFI
RFIs and submittals
A log that shows whose court the ball is in, and how long it has been there.
- Ball in court, always visible
- Linked to the sheet
- Linked to the money
| No. | Subject | Ball in court | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFI-042 | Beam pocket conflict at grid C/4 | Architect | Oct 14 | Open 3d |
| RFI-041 | Door hardware set, corridor 104 | Owner | Oct 10 | Overdue 2d |
| RFI-040 | Slab edge detail at stair 2 | Structural eng. | Oct 16 | Open 1d |
| RFI-039 | Plumbing chase width, L1 | Your team | Oct 6 | Answered |
| RFI-038 | Roof drain locations | Closed | Oct 2 | Closed |
03 · LOG
Daily logs
Weather, crews, deliveries, delays and photos, filed from the truck. Works offline.
- Offline is the default
- Crew counts in seconds
- Delays and deliveries on the record
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Filed 4:41 PM
Riverside Clinic Addition
R. Castillo · Delay flagged: steel at C/4
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Filed 3:58 PM
Larkspur lot 14
D. Moreno · Drywall delivery received
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Saved on phone
Elm Street remodel
K. Bauer · Will sync when the phone finds signal
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Not filed yet
Warehouse 9 tenant fit-out
S. Ibarra · Reminder goes out at 5:30 PM
04 · COST
Job costing
Budget, commitments and change orders by cost code, synced with accounting.
- Commitments count
- Change orders with a trail
- Two-way accounting sync
| Cost code | Budget | Committed | Actual | Pending CO | Projected | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-300 Cast-in-place concrete | 286,000 | 271,500 | 198,240 | 0 | 279,800 | +6,200 |
| 05-120 Structural steel | 412,000 | 389,400 | 301,120 | 4,850 | 418,900 | -6,900 |
| 06-100 Rough carpentry | 94,500 | 88,000 | 41,300 | 0 | 92,100 | +2,400 |
| 09-250 Gypsum board | 168,000 | Not bought | 0 | 0 | 168,000 | 0 |
| 22-000 Plumbing | 236,000 | 228,700 | 96,400 | 2,100 | 237,600 | -1,600 |
| Job total | 1,196,500 | 977,600 | 637,060 | 6,950 | 1,196,400 | +100 |
Sample job. Variance = budget minus projected. Red means the code is trending over.
05 · DWG
Drawings
The current set on every tablet, with RFIs and punch items pinned to the sheet.
- Title blocks read for you
- One current revision
- Overlay compare
- Current set
- A-101 Site plan
- A-201 L1 floor plan
- A-301 L2 framing plan
- A-302 L2 ceiling plan
- S-201 L2 steel framing
- Superseded
- A-301Rev 2, Sep 18
06 · BID
Bid management
Bid packages, invites, Q&A and side-by-side leveling, then award into job costing.
- Your directory, your subs
- Know who is really bidding
- Q&A answered once
05 Structural steel package
- 14 Invited
- 11 Viewed
- 6 Will bid
- 4 Submitted
| Scope | Ridgeline Steel | Northfork Fab. | Keel Structural | Ashby Iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base bid | $389,400 | $402,000 | $371,900 | $415,500 |
| Shop drawings | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Embeds and anchor bolts | Included | Included | Excl. +$12,400 | Included |
| Metal deck | Included | Included | Excl. +$11,600 | Excl. +$11,600 |
| Erection and cranes | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Leveled total | $389,400 Lowest leveled | $402,000 | $395,900 | $427,100 |
Fictional bidders. Exclusions get a plug price so every column covers the same scope.
Every module
The basics, on every plan.
- Users Unlimited on every plan
- Field app iPhone, iPad, Android. Offline first
- Permissions By role and by trade
- Project inbox Forward any email into the job
- Search Every log, RFI and sheet, one box
- Exports CSV, PDF and originals, any time
Bring one real job to the demo.
Thirty minutes with a former PM or superintendent. We load one of your RFIs and one of your drawings, and show you what your field crew would see tomorrow morning.
- Plans from $199 / month
- Users Unlimited, every plan
- Trial 14 days, no card
- Leaving Export everything, any time