Project management Every plan
One schedule the office plans and the field can read on a phone.
Import your baseline or build it in Purlin. Every sub gets their own three-week lookahead, punch items carry a photo and a pin on the sheet, and meeting minutes turn into tasks with owners and dates.
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
Sample job, built in HTML for this page.
Who does what
Useful on the deck and at the desk.
In the field
- See this week and the next two by trade, not a 400-line chart
- Add a punch item with a photo and a pin on the sheet in under a minute
- Mark a task done from the deck, even with no signal
In the office
- Import the baseline from your scheduling file, or build it here
- Send each sub only their lookahead, by email or in the app
- Track punch items by trade and location through to closeout
What it does
Project management, in detail.
- 01Lookaheads by trade
- Filter the schedule to one sub and send it. They see their activities, the ones they depend on, and nothing else.
- 02Punch lists that close
- Each item has a location, a trade, a photo and a due date. The sub marks it ready, the super verifies it, and it drops off the list.
- 03Minutes that become tasks
- Type the OAC meeting notes once. Any line can become a task with an owner, so the next agenda starts with what is still open.
- 04Delays on the record
- When a daily log notes a delay, it links to the schedule activity it hit. That record matters when the time extension conversation starts.
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Open
Patch drywall at door 214 frame
PL-118 · L2 · Room 214 · Drywall
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Ready
Missing escutcheon at sink
PL-117 · L1 · Exam 6 · Plumbing
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Ready
Touch up paint, corridor 104
PL-115 · L1 · Corridor · Painting
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Verified
Adjust closer, stair door 2
PL-112 · L1 · Stair 2 · Doors
How it works
Four steps, start to finish.
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STEP 1
Bring the schedule in
Upload an XER or MPP file, or start from a template for your project type.
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STEP 2
Assign trades
Tag activities to subs from your directory. Subs get a free login or email updates.
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STEP 3
Run the week
Supers update progress from the field app. The PM sees it before the Monday meeting.
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STEP 4
Close it out
Punch list, closeout documents and warranty contacts sit in one place for the owner.
Limits
What it does not do.
- Purlin is not a full CPM engine. If you level resources or run complex logic, keep your scheduling tool and re-import the file when it changes.
- Re-importing replaces dates on matched activities. Notes and photos added in Purlin stay.
Questions
Can we keep using our scheduling software?
Yes. Most commercial teams do. Import the file whenever the schedule changes and Purlin updates the dates the field sees.
Do subs need to install anything to see their lookahead?
No. They can get it as an email each week, or open it in a browser from a link. The app is there if they want it.
Linked modules
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