🏗️ FLAIRE for Construction
Bid to closeout on one platform. Estimating, project setup, subcontractor commitments, RFIs and submittals, AIA progress billing, change orders, and certified payroll — every change order accounted for, every job costed in real time.
Why contractors leak margin between systems
Most contractors run estimating software, a project-management tool, accounting in QuickBooks or Sage, certified-payroll software, and email for everything else. Change orders die in the seams. Subcontractor commitments drift. The job-cost report shows the loss after the loss.
Estimator pulls last-job actuals from one place, current material cost from another, sub quotes from email. By the time the bid is on the GC's desk, three competitors are already in front of them.
Field super agrees to a scope change on the spot. The PM hears about it next week. The CO never gets written, the GC denies it, and the cost lands on your next month's WIP.
Electrical was supposed to rough-in Tuesday; nobody told anyone they couldn't. The drywall sub shows up Wednesday with nothing to cover. A two-day delay cascades into a two-week schedule slip.
Progress billings sit at the GC's desk pending approval, retention is held until punch list closes, and lien rights expire if you don't track the dates. Cash is the difference between a profitable job and a writedown.
Built for how contractors actually operate
Three persona-based plays. Pick the one that matches your shop — or run multiple under one tenant if you GC, self-perform, and remodel under the same roof.
General Contractor / CM ($5M–$50M revenue)
You manage subs, schedules, and owner expectations. The wins come from clean buyout against the budget, a CO process that actually captures scope, RFI/submittal turnaround that doesn't kill the schedule, and progress billing the owner can't push back on.
Every bid invitation as an opportunity. Track owner, architect, awarded amount, lost-to, and reason. Past performance with each owner surfaces on every new RFP so you bid the relationship, not just the spec.
Original budget → buyout → commitments → cost-to-date → estimate-to-complete. AIA G702/G703 progress billing with schedule of values, retention, and stored materials. Change orders post to the right line items automatically.
Subs, architects, and owners submit RFIs and submittals through Echo with response SLAs. Punch list captured by spec section, assigned to the responsible trade, closed with photo documentation.
Project galleries by sector (healthcare, education, multifamily, commercial), capabilities, safety record, bonding capacity. SEO that wins prequalification, not just clicks.
Look-ahead schedule generates field notifications. Daily logs from the field auto-roll into weekly reports for the owner. Inspections, deliveries, and crew sizes captured from a phone.
Deep dive into job-cost accounting, AIA billing, change order tracking, committed-cost projections, and WIP/over-under billing for GCs and CMs.
Specialty / Subcontractor (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC)
You bid work, deploy crews, and live or die on labor productivity and material lock-in. The play is fast estimating against last-job actuals, certified payroll on prevailing-wage jobs, and lien-rights protection so the cash actually comes in.
Every GC as an account; bid invitations, awarded jobs, payment history, and disputes all on one record. Aria flags GCs whose payment behavior signals "do not bid below margin."
Crew time captured from the field, allocated to job cost codes. Davis-Bacon / state prevailing-wage rates applied per worker classification; certified-payroll WH-347 generated weekly without re-keying.
Service-side work (post-construction, T&M calls) ticketed in Echo with customer signatures captured in the field. T&M billed before the truck leaves the curb.
Pages for your trade and service area, project highlights, certifications (NECA, MCAA, UA-trained), safety scorecard. Ranks for "{city} commercial {trade} contractor."
Preliminary lien notices generated per state rules when work starts; conditional and unconditional waivers issued against payments. Pay-app reminders fire when GC approval ages past the due date.
Home Builder / Remodeler
Custom, spec, or production homes and high-end remodels. Client-facing the whole way through. The play is converting the design consultation, managing selections cleanly, and keeping the homeowner happy through a process that is genuinely stressful for them.
Every consultation as an opportunity with scope, budget range, and timeline. Track design-fee deposits, contract value, and the conversion rate by referral source — word-of-mouth vs paid vs designer-partner.
Homeowner sees the schedule, photos, daily logs, selections (with deadlines), and the open punch list through one portal. Reduces the "what's happening on my house?" calls by 80%.
Cost-plus, fixed-fee, or hybrid contracts with selection allowances. Allowance overages get caught at the moment of selection — not at the final invoice when the homeowner is in shock.
Before/after galleries, project tours, design-style filters (modern farmhouse, transitional, etc.), and a consultation booking form that pre-qualifies budget and scope.
Year-end walk-through reminder, NPS survey after move-in, referral asks at the right moment, and a homeowner-anniversary touch — remodels come from past clients more than any other source.
One project, bid to closeout
A single job from first bid invitation to final retention release — running across all five products without the PM, super, and bookkeeper re-keying anything.
Invitation lands as an opportunity with owner, architect, due date, and bonding requirement. Past work with the same owner surfaces automatically — bid against history, not against memory.
Estimator pulls historical unit costs by CSI division. Sub bids attached per scope. Markup, fee, and bond cost added. Estimate posts as the project budget when the job is won.
Subcontracts issued through Echo with insurance and W-9 collection. Submittals routed to the architect with response SLAs. Buyout savings (or overages) post against the budget in real time.
Look-ahead schedule pushes field notifications. Daily logs roll into the weekly owner report. RFIs and change directives captured from the phone with photo and location stamps; CO drafts auto-generate.
AIA G702/G703 generated against the schedule of values with stored materials and retention. Approved change orders post to the right line items; cost-to-complete updates the projected margin in real time.
Punch list closed with photo evidence in Echo; retention release tracked against lien-waiver collection. Warranty period opens; warranty calls route back to Echo against the same project record — cost captured for the next bid.
Go deeper on each product
Every FLAIRE product is preconfigured for construction — CSI cost codes, AIA billing templates, lien-notice rules per state, certified-payroll classifications, and submittal/RFI templates seeded on day one.
Bid pipeline by sector, owner and architect relationships, GC payment history (for subs), past-project surface on every new RFP, prequalification tracking.
See how Nova fits →CSI-coded job cost, AIA G702/G703 progress billing, committed-cost projections, WIP / over-under billing, change-order tracking, certified payroll, cost-plus and fixed-fee contracts.
Explore Atlas →Project portfolio by sector, capabilities pages, safety record, bonding capacity, prequalification microsites for GCs.
Explore Vega →RFI and submittal routing with SLAs, subcontract issuance with insurance/W-9 collection, owner and homeowner portals, punch list with photo documentation.
Explore Echo →Look-ahead schedule push, daily logs and weekly reports, preliminary lien notices per state, pay-app reminders, and accounting connectors (QuickBooks, Sage 100/300, Foundation).
Explore Pulsar →Five products at a discount versus buying each separately. Shared project, shared cost codes, shared AI — from day one.
See bundle pricing →Compliance baked in
Construction lives under OSHA, DOL Davis-Bacon, state prevailing-wage statutes, mechanic's lien laws (different in every state), AHJ permit and inspection regimes, and minority/women/disadvantaged business-enterprise reporting. FLAIRE captures the right artifacts at the right times so audits, lien deadlines, and certified-payroll submissions are routine instead of last-minute scrambles.
Davis-Bacon and state prevailing-wage rates applied per worker classification per project. WH-347 certified payroll generated weekly with the right fringe and benefit detail; state-specific variants supported.
Per-state preliminary lien notice deadlines (often 20–90 days from first work) tracked per project. Conditional and unconditional waivers issued against payments; lien filings prepared when collection requires.
OSHA 300, 300A, 301 logs maintained per project. Near-miss reporting from the field; toolbox talk attendance captured. Annual 300A summary ready to post by February 1.
Subcontractor certifications tracked (MBE, WBE, DBE, SBE, HUBZone). Per-project participation roll-up against the goal; agency-format reports (DOT, state, city) generated from the same data.
Bid to closeout — one connected platform.
Configure FLAIRE for your GC, specialty contractor, or builder in days. CSI cost codes, AIA billing, lien-notice rules, and certified-payroll classifications seeded on day one. 15-day trial, no credit card.
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