Built inside a working general contractor, not a product lab.
Construction management software written by people who close out jobs, not just pitch them.
Estimating, scheduling, RFIs, submittals, change orders, job cost, and certified payroll in one platform. Every module was built to close a real gap on a real project, then kept because it earned its place. Your data exports any time, in standard formats.
From bid to closeout
Every stage of the job, one system of record.
These are five of the modules teams use every day, in real depth. Fifteen more follow below, and the full catalog runs to 247, on the modules page.
Preconstruction
Price the job the way you'd actually check it by hand.
AI-assisted takeoff reads the plan set and proposes quantities, but nothing in an estimate counts as final until a human has reviewed it. Assemblies and regional cost data fill in unit rates automatically; your own historical costs override the defaults the moment they exist.
- PDF, IFC, and DWG takeoff with element-linked quantities
- 48-country regional pricing packs, or your own cost history
- A QA panel flags unpriced items and wage-floor issues before you commit to a number
Scheduling
A schedule your super will actually open every morning.
Full critical-path scheduling with baselines and float tracking, plus the DCMA-14 check contracting officers actually look for. Generate a first-pass schedule straight from the estimate's own line items, then have a real scheduler review it before it goes live.
- Critical-path Gantt with baseline comparison and resource loading
- The same 14-point DCMA schedule health check federal reviewers apply
- One-click draft schedule from the estimate, gated behind human review
Field execution
RFIs, submittals, and punch lists that reflect what actually happened.
Ball-in-court status shows whose desk something is on right now, not an inbox guess. Every RFI links to the drawing sheet and spec section it references. Punch items are pinned to the exact location on the drawing, with before-and-after photos as proof of closure.
- Automatic overdue alerts before a deadline slips, not after
- Daily reports capture weather, crew, and equipment as a real evidentiary record
- Photo timelines sort themselves from each photo's own GPS and capture-time metadata
Job cost & billing
A pay application built from the same numbers as your job cost report.
AIA G702/G703 pay applications generate directly from job cost and change order data, so the number you bill is the number the job cost report already shows. Retainage tracks per line, and prior certificates carry forward automatically instead of being retyped.
- Actual vs. budget by CSI code, with EAC/CTC forecasting
- A hash-chained posting ledger where an edit breaks the chain visibly
- Job cost to GL reconciliation down to the specific transaction
AI, with a human in the loop
AI that shows its work and stops when it should.
The AI Advisor has real tool access into your live project data, so it answers from the same numbers every other screen reads from, not a static knowledge base. Every AI-generated estimate line and schedule draft carries provenance and stays gated behind explicit human review before it counts as final.
- Conversational assistant with live access to the project it's answering about
- Confidence scoring on every AI-detected quantity, visible until a human verifies it
- AI proposes, a person disposes: the one rule that governs all of it
Your data, always yours
Export everything, any time, in standard formats.
Every project, document, and record exports in CSV, XLSX, PDF, or JSON whenever you want it. No gate, no support ticket required, and no format lock-in that makes leaving harder than it should be.
And that's not close to all of it
More of the platform, in real screens.
Fifteen more modules people run every day. The full catalog is 247+, all on the modules page.
Change Orders
Draft to executed, with automatic cost and schedule impact and a versioned change register.
Procurement & Purchase Orders
Every PO tracked live against committed cost, converted straight from a leveled bid.
Subcontractor Management
COI and insurance expiration tracked proactively, with real performance history across jobs.
Submittals
A structured review workflow that always reflects the real current status, not a stale spreadsheet.
Punch Lists
Items pinned to the exact location on the drawing, with before-and-after photos as proof of closure.
Safety Management
Field safety observations and near-miss reporting, with OSHA 300A/301 logging built in.
BIM Viewer
Real 3D visualization with element-level selection, not just a rendered shape.
CRM & Pursuits
Tracks opportunity stage and win probability, then converts into a live project carrying its history.
Cost Database
Regional pricing packs across 48 countries, or your own company cost history takes priority automatically.
Reporting & Analytics
Pulls from the exact same live data every other module writes to, not a stale monthly export.
Document Templates
Governed template authoring, tagged by document type so the correct format goes out every time.
Contracts Register
Prime agreements and every subcontract tracked side by side, with key dates and terms in one place.
Field Photos
Sorts itself chronologically and by location from each photo's own GPS and capture-time metadata.
Quantity Takeoff
Measure directly off uploaded PDF, DWG, or IFC plan sets, linked straight into the estimate.
Mobile Field App
Daily reports, photos, and a GPS-aware time clock that allocates straight to the right cost code.
Just need takeoff and estimating, not the full ERP?
Groundwork Takeoff is a standalone native app for Mac, Windows, and iPad. Its own product, its own price.
How we stack up
Legacy construction ERPs weren't built for a GC who wants control.
Most platforms in this category lock your data behind a proprietary export, charge per-module, and treat compliance as an upsell. Groundwork doesn't.
See the full comparison →| Groundwork | Legacy ERPs | |
|---|---|---|
| Full data export, anytime | ||
| Certified payroll built in | add-on | |
| 247+ modules, one login | ||
| Per-seat pricing that scales down |
See it running your job in 20 minutes.
No sales deck first. We'll load a project that looks like yours and walk your team through it live.