Ops Platform Builder · Specialty Contractors

Your team is doing
manually what
should be automatic.

I build and run the internal ops platform your contracting business needs: AI estimating, live job costing, AIA invoicing, vendor automation, all on top of JobTread and QuickBooks. No new software. I stay on as your embedded tech partner after launch, not a vendor who disappears once it ships.

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Results from a real engagement
9x
Automated tools built for one painting contractor, on their existing stack
8wk
From zero ops visibility to a full internal platform
140+
Active jobs tracked on a live dashboard in real time
$0
In new software subscriptions required for any of it
Sound Familiar?

Your team is spending hours on things that should take minutes.

You're already on the right platforms. JobTread and QuickBooks have everything: job data, costs, invoices, financials. The problem is none of it talks to each other, and someone on your team is manually bridging the gap every single day.

That's not a software problem. It's an ops layer problem. That's what I build.

  • Estimates built from scratch every time, no catalog, no consistency, no speed
  • Vendor invoices from Sherwin-Williams or Home Depot re-keyed by hand into JobTread and QuickBooks
  • AIA G702/G703 billing assembled manually every cycle, slow, error-prone, and painful
  • No single view of job profitability. GP% only visible after the job closes
  • Sales pipeline lives in JobTread with no urgency signal, so stale proposals slip through
  • Google review requests depend on someone remembering to send them
  • Owners asking the office for updates that should be visible on a dashboard
  • JobTread and QuickBooks running in parallel with no shared vocabulary or data flow

This is for you if

✓
You're a specialty contractor: painting, roofing, flooring, HVAC, or similar
✓
You're already on JobTread and/or QuickBooks
✓
You're doing $1M–$10M in revenue with 10–50 employees
✓
You want an ongoing technical partner, not a vendor who disappears after delivery

How Pricing Works

This is a retainer relationship, not a fixed-price package. You pay a one-time setup fee for the initial build, then an ongoing monthly retainer for continued support, new tools, and maintenance. The exact number depends on your team size, how many active jobs you run, and how deep the integration goes.

Growing Operation
5–15 people
Ops handled by an owner or one office person on the side, alongside everything else they do. First priority is getting the basics (estimating, job costing, vendor invoices) off manual entry.
$1,500–$2,500/mo retainer
$1,500–$2,000 one-time setup
Established Team
15–40 people
Dedicated office staff, multiple active job types, and enough volume that manual processes are actively costing hours every week. Most engagements land here.
$2,500–$4,000/mo retainer
$5,000–$10,000 one-time setup
Multi-Division Operation
40+ people
Multiple divisions or business lines, institutional clients, more complex reporting and access needs. Setup scales with how much of the org the platform needs to serve.
$4,000–$6,000+/mo retainer
$10,000–$25,000+ one-time setup

These are starting ranges, not quotes. Your actual retainer depends on your team, your job volume, and what discovery finds. I'll give you a real number after a short call, not before.

Some tools involve minimal AI processing costs (typically pennies per transaction) depending on usage, billed at cost. No subscriptions, no new platforms, no markups.

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Scoped upfront.
Built to keep going.

Discovery
One call to understand your setup, your pain points, and what you actually need, followed by a short audit to see how your team really works day to day.
1–2 weeks, depending on team size
Proposal
A scoped proposal within 48 hours: what gets built first, the setup fee, and the retainer that fits your team's size and complexity.
48 hours
Build
I build the first version. You get progress updates. No disappearing acts, no scope creep, no surprises.
1–8 weeks
Embed
Launch is the start, not the finish. I stay on as your ongoing tech partner, with new tools, fixes, and support as your business changes.
Ongoing retainer

9 tools. 8 weeks. One painting contractor who can now run their business without asking the office.

A commercial painting contractor in Georgia ($3M+ revenue, 140+ active jobs) was running on gut feel. Estimates built from scratch. Vendor invoices re-keyed by hand. AIA billing assembled manually every cycle. No visibility into job profitability until it was too late to act.

In 8 weeks, I built their entire internal ops platform on top of the JobTread and QuickBooks they were already paying for. Zero new software. Nine tools live and in use by the whole team.

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8 wk
From first conversation to deployed platform
9
Tools built on their existing stack
Live
Real-time GP%, pipeline, AR, and cost data
$0
New software subscriptions required

Guides for contractors on JobTread & QuickBooks

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Let's talk about
what your team
shouldn't be doing.

If you're on JobTread or QuickBooks and your team is still doing manually what should be automatic, let's talk. One 20-minute call. I'll tell you exactly where the gaps are and what's possible. No pitch, no pressure.

Or email directly: andres@tradeopslab.com