A remodel is a contract value that moves. TradesBackbone tracks it: the deposit, the change order the client approves before the framing changes, the draw at each stage, the retainage at the end, and the lien waiver status beside the permit — with purchase orders and job costing on Pro so you know whether the kitchen made money.
The General Contracting / Remodeling pack is pre-selected when you start from this page.
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Raise the change order on the job with its own line items, send it, the client approves from their phone, and the contract value is revised before the work happens. The Change Order Log report lists every one against the job.
Invoices can be a deposit, a draw with percent complete, or a retainage release, each against the revised contract value. The Draw Schedule Status report shows what has been billed and what is still to come. Card and ACH links on every invoice.
The general contracting pack adds Permit #, Lien Waiver Status, Permit Required, Architect Contact and Retainage % to each job. The WIP Summary Report reads from the jobs in progress.
Raise purchase orders to vendors, record their bills against the job, track crew hours with the time clock, and the job costing report shows the margin on the kitchen once the last bill is in. Double-entry books and QuickBooks Online sync are on the same tier.
Assign a crew to the job, complete the Site safety check and Job completion sign-off checklists on the phone, and upload photos at each stage. Photos, checklists and change orders stay on the job the client and the office both see.
Choosing General Contracting / Remodeling at signup configures the app for construction. It is configuration, not a separate product — you can change it in Settings.
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Straight answers about how TradesBackbone runs a construction business.
A change order is raised against the job with its own line items, sent to the client as a link, and approved there. On approval the job's contract value is revised and later draws read from the revised figure. The Change Order Log report lists them per job.
Yes. Alongside ordinary invoices you can issue a deposit invoice, draw invoices with a percent complete, and a retainage release at the end. The Draw Schedule Status report shows what has been billed against the contract.
The general contracting pack adds a Lien Waiver Status field to every job, next to Permit # and Retainage %. It is a record on the job; generating the waiver documents themselves is not something TradesBackbone does.
On Pro and Elite. Purchase orders go to vendors, bills are recorded against the job, crew hours come from the time clock, and the job costing report shows revenue against cost per job. QuickBooks Online sync is on the same tier.
For a shop of 3 to 25, it is the office: customers, estimates, change orders, draws, POs, bills, costing and follow-ups. It is not scheduling software for a 200-person builder and does not do plan takeoffs or Gantt charts.
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