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Practical ways to handle the calls, texts and follow-ups around a construction job. Start with a real problem. Leave with a process you can test.

By the Buildalytic editorial team. Worked examples are illustrative; sources and product context are included in each guide.

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Fictional sage tiles, ivory stone, wood and a brass handle beside a navy selection folder in a design studio.

Homeowner communication and procurement / 10 min readMar 9, 2026

Homeowner selection deadlines: connect the decision, review and purchase-order handoff

Plan selection follow-up from source-backed purchasing and delivery assumptions. Includes a fictional calendar-day example, version changes and a blank CSV.

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A fictional solar project administrator reviews plain application documents in an office with a distant solar-roofed home outside.

Specialty trades and utility coordination / 10 min readMar 6, 2026

Solar interconnection application checklist: build a utility-specific, version-controlled packet

Coordinate application records, authorized documents and technical-review handoffs for the actual utility process. Includes a fictional packet roster and blank CSV.

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A construction finance manager and operations manager evaluating a laptop together in a quiet meeting room, a plain evaluation checklist beside them

Payroll and compliance / 7 min readMar 3, 2026

Certified-payroll software vs. payroll processing: a buyer’s acceptance test

Test certified-payroll software using source records, exceptions and correction handoffs. Includes a vendor acceptance checklist and blank CSV.

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A fictional closeout coordinator reviews document folders in a quiet completed commercial lobby.

Closeout and payment readiness / 10 min readMar 3, 2026

Closeout documents and retainage: find the actual payment blocker

Connect missing closeout records to the actual payment-review process. Includes a fictional blocker register, a request sequence and a free blank CSV.

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Project managers review drawings and source documents at a desk

Controlled workflows / 3 min readMar 1, 2026

Where human approval belongs in a construction AI workflow

Decide which construction AI actions may draft, request approval or execute, and keep the approving person and action receipt visible.

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Two fictional construction professionals discuss a field worksheet at a quiet site-office counter.

Change orders and field evidence / 10 min readFeb 28, 2026

Does a signed T&M ticket approve a change order?

Separate field acknowledgment, work direction, pricing and formal change approval. Includes a fictional decision map and a free blank ticket-to-change CSV.

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A calculator, pencil and three abstract construction calculation sheets arranged on a pale desk.

Change orders and pricing review / 10 min readFeb 25, 2026

Change-order markup calculation: show the base, sequence and credits

Reproduce a change-order total with explicit cost bases, credits, simple and compounded markups, and rounding. Includes worked calculations and a blank CSV.

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A fictional project coordinator compares a warehouse pallet label with a clipboard in a quiet aisle.

Payment readiness and procurement / 10 min readFeb 22, 2026

Stored-materials billing: build the evidence packet before the cutoff

Organize eligibility, location, quantity, value and review records for stored materials. Includes a fictional storage-to-installation reconciliation and a blank CSV.

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A procurement coordinator in a contractor office calling a supplier while comparing two neutral hardware samples and a plain product folder, no logos or readable text, candid natural light

Brody voice workflows / 7 min readFeb 21, 2026

Backordered construction materials: call for the facts, then route the alternative for review

Use Brody to check backorders, collect supplier alternatives and route the evidence for review. Includes a call script, worked case and tracking CSV.

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A fictional office coordinator sorts ivory document folders at a construction-company records station.

Billing documents and lower-tier coordination / 10 min readFeb 19, 2026

Collect lower-tier lien waivers without losing the document trail

Build a source-linked lower-tier roster, route the correct document request and reconcile exceptions with accounting. Includes a fictional collection example and blank CSV.

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A fictional project coordinator photographs a small wall scuff in a quiet commercial interior.

Change orders and commercial records / 10 min readFeb 16, 2026

Backcharge documentation: build the timeline before the commercial review

Organize the condition record, contract questions, communications, corrective-work evidence and proposed costs. Includes a fictional calculation and blank CSV.

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A fictional quiet utility corridor with visible pipe and a closed field-record notebook outside temporary barriers.

Civil construction and field records / 10 min readFeb 13, 2026

Underground utility as-builts: capture the record before burial

Coordinate field records, survey-source metadata, photos and reviewed deliverables before utility work is concealed. Includes a fictional evidence roster and blank CSV.

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