Construction Mobile Applications

Projects Overview

Construction projects are broken into numerous tasks completed by contractors and sub-contractors. Often, after project completion, a final inspection results in pending items and repairs before official project completion. Called the “Punchlist”, often involves various follow-ups between the customer and the contractor and could be automated.

Solution

When designing WalkThru, our priority was to deliver an exceptional user experience keeping in mind the user base of the app may not be tech savvy. We designed the solution with added automation in mind including things notifications to interested parties, media uploads, and reporting.

Its a mobile app that allows contractors to:

• View deficiency details and blueprints
• Upload and annotate photos 
• Set deadlines and watchers
• Receive updates from contacts
• Close outstanding tasks 
• Automatically notify managers
• Remind users of outstanding tasks
• Generate reports

Working Process

Step 01

Research

Performing market research with home builders to identify some paint points

Step 02

Development

Develop quick proofs of concept in a cross platform software stack

Step 03

Deploy & Refine

Deployed solution, demonstrated to customers and implemented further feedback.

Conclusion

Digital Fractal developed a SaaS product, catering to home builders and the construction industry. Many times, a home builder's final payment is tied to how soon the final deficiencies are cleared. We developed a solution that a hold builder could use to document defieciencies during the construction process, assign to contractors and provide feedback to the customer on when they were done. The mobile application was first developed with Ionic framework, then to Xamarin and finally with Native iOS and Android.