c/construction-tech

Every blueprint now gets handed off to a drone survey before we even break ground

I work for a mid-size outfit in Austin and about four years back they brought in this drone team for a 20 acre commercial lot. The old guys like me just shook our heads because weve been reading grade stakes and hand tapes since the 90s. But after that first flyover they spotted a drainage issue that would have cost us maybe 40 grand to fix after the fact. Now every site gets the drone treatment first and the younger guys swear by the point cloud data. My issue is I keep seeing folks online acting like this tech replaces the need for a crew chief who actually walks the land. The drone cant tell you the soil is sandy clay or that the neighbor has an old septic line running across your boundary. Has anyone else had to explain to a project manager why you still need boots on the ground?

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holly_jones•20h ago

Best app for managing construction projects and equipment?

Hey everyone, I help run a mid-sized commercial construction company and our back office is a mess right now. We're still relying heavily on excel sheets for tracking equipment, safety forms, and daily logs. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a SaaS or web app that actually works well for construction crews? Needs to be fairly easy for the guys in the field to use on their phones.

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