The Groundwork Team
Written by the people who build Groundwork and run construction jobs on it: estimators, project managers, and the engineers who ship the software.
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Construction ERP Buyer's Guide: What to Actually Evaluate
A practical checklist for evaluating construction management software, beyond the feature-comparison chart every vendor hands you in a demo.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffOffline-First Takeoff: Built for Where Jobsites Actually Are
Trailers, basements, and dead zones are where construction happens. What cloud-only takeoff does when the WiFi dies, and what offline-first really means.
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How-ToAIA G702/G703 Pay Applications, Explained
What the Application and Certificate for Payment actually requires, line by line, and where GCs typically get the schedule of values wrong.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffBluebeam Revu 20 End-of-Life: Your Complete Migration Guide
Revu 20 hit end-of-support July 31, 2026 and end-of-life December 31. What perpetual holders lose, what the options cost, and a 30-minute migration plan.
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How-ToHow to Write an RFI Owners Actually Answer
A vague RFI gets a vague answer, three weeks late. Here's how to write one that gets a usable answer the first time, without burning a cycle.
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How-To · TakeoffThe 12-Point Takeoff Accuracy Checklist
A 12-point pre-bid accuracy checklist: verify scale per sheet, enforce count-once, audit units, overlay revisions, reconcile exports, and find scope gaps.
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ComparisonsBest Procore Alternatives for General Contractors in 2026
If you're evaluating alternatives to Procore, here's an honest field guide, including when Procore is still the right answer for your company.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffGet Your Saturday Back: The Estimator Burnout Problem
Estimators report roughly double the bid volume of past years. Where the hours actually go — and five workflow changes that give the weekend back.
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ComparisonsGroundwork vs. Procore: The Honest Comparison
Procore is good software with pricing built around Annual Construction Volume. Here's how the two platforms differ, credit included where due.
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Compliance & PayrollHawaii Prevailing Wage (HRS Chapter 104): A GC's Guide
Hawaii runs its own prevailing wage schedule, layered against federal Davis-Bacon rates on federally-funded work. Here's how the two interact.
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Comparisons · TakeoffTakeoff Software for Mac: The Honest 2026 Picture
Bluebeam killed Revu for Mac in 2023 and the iPad app in 2025. What Mac estimators can actually use in 2026 — and what a native app really buys you.
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Compliance & PayrollHow to Fill Out WH-347 (Without Getting It Wrong)
A line-by-line walkthrough of the federal certified payroll form: what each field actually wants, and the mistakes that trigger a DOL audit.
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Comparisons · TakeoffBluebeam Alternatives in 2026: The Honest Roundup
Revu 20 support ended July 31, 2026. An honest look at STACK, Togal.AI, Kreo, PlanSwift, and Groundwork Takeoff — real list prices and real trade-offs.
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Compliance & PayrollCertified Payroll Software: What It Actually Needs to Do
Most 'certified payroll' features are a glorified WH-347 template. Here's what real compliance software has to get right, and why it matters.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffAI Takeoff: A Reality Check From People Who Ship It
What AI takeoff genuinely does well, where it breaks on real drawings, what that 76% time-savings study measured, and why assisted-with-review wins.
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Comparisons · TakeoffPlanSwift Alternatives Now That Perpetual Licenses Are Gone
PlanSwift sells two annual per-seat tiers and no perpetual option. What happened to owning your takeoff tool, the license language to demand, and the alternatives.
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How-To · TakeoffAssemblies: Why They Beat Raw Quantities
What an assembly is, the materials-plus-labor-plus-waste anatomy, a worked drywall partition example, organizing a library by CSI division, and arm-and-draw.
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How-To · TakeoffThe Electrical Count Takeoff Guide
How to run an accurate electrical count takeoff: read the symbol legend, count devices by type, measure home runs and conduit, and reconcile panel schedules.
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How-To · TakeoffHow to Do a Concrete Takeoff: Slabs, Footings, Rebar
A practical concrete takeoff method: slabs from SF to CY, footings by the linear foot, piers, rebar weight, waste and order rounding, with a worked example.
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How-To · TakeoffThe Takeoff-to-Excel Workflow, Done Right
What a bid-ready export contains, naming conventions estimators wish everyone used, batch exporting multi-sheet sets, and when CSV beats XLSX.
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How-To · TakeoffThe Addendum-Day Playbook: Revisions Without the Panic
An addendum three days before bid day need not blow up your estimate. Version discipline, sheet overlay comparison, clouding, and re-measuring only deltas.
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How-To · TakeoffHow to Do a Drywall Takeoff, Step by Step
A step-by-step drywall takeoff: measure wall runs, convert LF to SF, deduct openings honestly, then run board, stud, track, fastener, and mud math.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffPerpetual vs. Subscription: The Real 5-Year Math
Five-year cost tables for owning takeoff software versus renting it, what happened to perpetual licenses, and six questions to ask before you buy.
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Buyer's Guide · TakeoffWhat Is a Construction Takeoff? The Complete Guide
A construction takeoff is the measured list of quantities behind every bid. What it includes, the measurement types, and how quantities become prices.
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