Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for masonry contractors.
A checklist built from how masonry contractors work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Site visits and measured quantities
- Estimates from your own rates
- Material orders and delivery checks
- Crews, attendance and schedule
- Stage bills and retention
- Repairs, restoration and call-backs
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For the office
- For foremen and supervisors
- For masons and labourers
- For store keepers
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Estimates open, won and lost
- Material ordered, delivered and issued by job
- Work laid against work billed
- Wages and advances by mason and helper
- Stage bills raised and retention held
- Dues by client, oldest first
- Subcontractor balances
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Payment gateway
- Accounting software export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Is it for new building, repair work or both?
- Will estimates use our own rates?
- Can it track material sent to a site?
- Does it handle stage bills and retention?
- Can foremen use it from site, and does it work without signal?
- Can we record weather delays?
- Can we bring in jobs already running?
- Who owns the data?
- What does it cost?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Quantities drift between documents
- Deliveries are not checked
- Weather breaks the schedule
- Subcontractor work is poorly recorded
- Old repair work has no history
Prefer to talk it through? See the masonry contractors page.