Been heads down building out our full back-office automation stack at Ferguson Brothers and figured I'd share what's actually running (and what's still in progress). The three streams I'm working on: Stream 1 — Field time cards → productivity metrics Crew submits time cards in the field → routes into Notion → mapped against our cost code unit table → surfaces productivity rates by trade/task. Goal is to know our actual labour productivity so I can estimate from real numbers, not guesswork. Stream 2 — Billable receipts → job costing Any receipt that belongs on a job goes through a shared Google Drive folder structure (one folder per job) → automatically routed into JobTread as a cost → tagged and coded → shows up in the budget instantly. No more manual entry at end of week. Stream 3 — Overhead receipts → QBO direct Company expenses (materials, tools, subs that aren't job-specific) bypass JobTread and go straight to QuickBooks. Keeps the books clean without cluttering job records. The backbone of all three is Claude + JobTread MCP — Claude has live read/write access to JobTread so I can query job data, build estimates, review budgets, and push records without switching screens. Still building but the architecture is pretty much locked. Happy to go deeper on any of it. What are you building? (written with the help, guidance and tutelage of Claude).

I've working as a Contract Administrator and Estimator for the last 2 years for a tier 2 concrete subcontractor. Let's connect if you are in the same industry.

Honest question for the group across all sectors — residential, commercial, industrial: How do you actually get your leads- p.s. yes this was written with the help of AI! I run a high-end residential Carpentry and aspiring GC outfit based out of North Vancouver (BC), and almost everything for us comes through referrals — past clients, GC’s, realtors, architects, the occasional sub who passes a name along. It works, but it’s unpredictable. Some weeks the phone won’t stop, then it goes quiet and there’s not much I can do to turn it back on. Curious what’s actually working for people. Not sure if there’s a voting function but, at least tell me the story behind it in the comments and we can dive deeper! What’s your #1 lead source? • Word of mouth / referrals • Repeat & commercial clients • Online (website, content, social) • Paid ads (Google, Meta) • Referral partnerships with trades/contractors • Other What I really want to know is whether your pipeline is steady or feast-or-famine like mine. If someone’s figured out the steady part, tell me how you did it. Cheers!

Hey Everybody A knew month so I thought I’d start a new welcome thread. Please comment and introduce yourself. Let me know what you are trying to achieve and if you have any questions about the resources. If you click on the “Classroom” tab you’ll get access to all the resources. My goal in June is to keep growing my consulting business and focus on re-building my construction project management course. The original is around 9 hours, but the new one I want to be around 30 hours and cover a few more important topics like software, AI and personal skills. Let me know if you have any questions!

Hey everyone 👋 New month — figured I'd kick off a fresh thread. We've been building out some new skills lately, along with starting to integrate the elite Contractor OS Skills. A few that have been saving real time: **Voice memo to scope** — record a site walkthrough, drop the transcript in, get a proper scope out the other side. Early stages but promising. **Cost-plus invoicing** — pulls your time and materials together and builds a draft invoice. Currently saving me about an hour. What are YOU working on this weekend? First skill, full system build, or just getting started — drop it below 👇