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General Contractors

Bid the whole build, track every sub, get the change orders signed

Price a multi-phase remodel or build, keep subcontractor and crew hours straight across weeks of work, and let the owner approve every change order before you buy the material. All in the language of general contracting.

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A general contractor in a hard hat reviewing plans on a clipboard at a framed-out job site
Kitchen remodel — Phase 2 of 4 Owner-approved

Where a build gets away from a general contractor

  • A remodel is really five jobs stacked on each other — demo, framing, rough-in, finish — and a single lump-sum bid buries where the money and the schedule actually go.
  • Two subs, your own crew, and a helper all logged hours this week on the same project — and matching who did what to the right phase is a pile of texts and paper time slips.
  • The owner wanted the island moved and an extra can light, agreed to it on site, then forgot by billing day — and without a signed change order you're eating the framing and the electrician.

From the walk-through to final draw, one project at a time

  1. 1
    Estimates & Quotes

    Price the build by phase — demo, framing, rough-in, finish — with subs and material broken out, and send an itemized bid the owner can approve before a shovel moves.

  2. 2
    Scheduling

    Lay the phases out on the calendar so the framer, the plumber, and the electrician land in the right order, and slide the whole sequence when an inspection or a backordered window pushes the job.

  3. 3
    Customer Management

    Keep the plans, permit numbers, allowances, and 'owner is picky about the trim' notes on the project, so every sub shows up knowing the scope without a call to you.

  4. 4
    Client Portal

    When the owner moves the island or adds a light, log it as a change order and have them approve it on their own link, so the added framing and wiring land on the invoice instead of your margin.

  5. 5
    Team & Payroll

    Your crew's hourly time and each sub's phase totals roll up per project, so a progress draw and payday both come out right without you sorting time slips at the kitchen table.

Everything a general contracting business runs on

Worknizer client portal showing a homeowner approving a general contractor's change order for a kitchen remodel
  • Estimates & Quotes

    Bid a build by phase with subs, labor, and material broken out as line items — so the owner approves a clear scope and no phase gets left off the price.

  • Team & Payroll

    Roll up your crew's hourly time and each subcontractor's hours by project and phase, so a progress draw and payday both total themselves instead of living on paper slips.

  • Client Portal

    Owners get a private link to approve the bid, sign off on every change order, pay each draw, and watch the build move phase by phase — no paper approvals to chase down.

Worknizer talks like a builder

Worknizer sets up around the words your job site already uses — so the app reads like a general contracting business, not generic 'job management' software.

  • Jobs → Projects
  • Customers → Owners
  • Team → Crew & subs

General contracting questions, answered

Yes. Break a build into phases — demo, framing, rough-in, finish — with subs, labor, and material priced on each, so the owner sees exactly where the money goes and nothing gets left off the number.

Every hour your crew logs and each sub's time attach to the project and its phase, so at draw time or payday you see who did what where, instead of matching paper time slips to a lump-sum job.

When the owner moves a wall or adds a fixture, log it as a change order and have them approve it on their portal link, so the added labor and material land on the invoice with a signature behind them instead of coming out of your margin.

Yes. Invoice each phase as it completes — a draw when framing passes, another at rough-in — so a long build funds itself as it goes instead of tying up your cash until the final walk-through.

They can. The owner's private link shows the approved scope, each change order, the draw schedule, and where the project stands, so you field fewer 'what's happening this week' calls and every decision has a paper trail.

Run your contracting business — not the paperwork

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