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Field Pocket Guide App
Good Morning Dawgs, I’ve been trying to get this field reference app finished up to be able to test. If any of y’all could take a look and let me know what could be improved for the user experience. Check it out at measuretwiceapp.com It’s got a bunch of feature and I’ll try to work on some tutorials. I’d especially like to hear from multifamily builders as it started out trying to solve frustrations I had remembering and looking up different things and I wanted to make a more streamlined tool for search. It’s got safety standards, measurements, ADA references, etc. I appreciate any help, thanks!
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@Eric Nightingale gave it a look, nice work. Having the calculators, conversions and ADA stuff all in one place is handy. One thing I'd add is where each number comes from. Stuff like switch and outlet heights changes with the spec and ADA reach ranges, so showing the code or source next to it would make guys trust it. Does it work with no signal? That's where I'd need it most.
Morning Dawgs
Derek here, Canadian living out in Idaho. 30+ years in construction, superintendent on concrete tilt-ups right now. On the side I've been building my own software for supers, drawings, schedules and pull planning, because nothing out there fit how we actually run work. Read the Pull Plan Reader thread and that's exactly the stuff I chew on. Glad to be here, looking forward to learning from you guys.
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@Adam Hoots appreciate it, glad to be here.
Pull Plan Reader
Dawgs! Over the past few jobs we have run the Pull Plan both analog (Sticky Notes and Boards on the wall) and online (we used Touch Plan). Analog is great because of the natural conversations that happen when the foremen are up at the boards, updating their commitments and bumping shoulders with each other - the "hum" of conversation in a room during our sessions was organic and the lifeblood of the job. Then we needed 2 assistant level guys spending 3-4 hours on a Friday collecting data, entering it on a spreadsheet, chasing foremen down for variance reasons or "Hey you haven't updated your plan yet". Ultimately it was a chaotic way to get the "Learning" part of our LPS done. When we utilized Touch Plan, all of that worry went away because the program tracks all that for you, forces people to put variance reasons on any commitment that changes its finish date, tracks PPC in any way you could want and pumps out pretty reports. The problem is that "hum" in the room during foreman's meetings was gone. We tried to replicate it throughout the job and while we still had an effective pull plan, it wasn't nearly as effective as analog. I am wondering if others have had this same experience and if anyone would be interested in a program that can pump out statistics based on a picture of your analog boards? Would like to discuss this a bit further with you all tomorrow but please give me some feedback!
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@Jeff Reilly I used to run it on sticky notes and had a hard time getting guys to buy in, so I never really got the hum you're talking about. What's worked better for me is building the pull plan myself and sending each foreman a commitment request. They can take my date, offer a different one, or tell me what they need before they can start. Then it's their date, not mine. Curious if anyone's mixed the two, board in the room and requests after.
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@Adam Hoots it's my own program, the one I mentioned in my intro. I build the pull plan in it and each foreman gets a text with a link, no login or app needed. They can accept my date, offer a different one, say they can't, or tell me what they need before they start. Here's a sample of what the foreman sees: https://app.siteworks.app/c/XLqj-2QwGUJLdqImuQSfeYobWqmWpYvc
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