Software for Construction Companies.
We're an Edmonton software development company that builds custom software for construction companies and general contractors — RFIs, change orders, progress draws, holdbacks, subcontractor coordination and job costing in one system, wired into Procore, Sage and QuickBooks, and yours to own. It's what we built Axel to do.
A GC Runs a Second Office
on Top of the Job.
Every contracting business runs quotes, jobs and invoices — the custom-software-for-trades workflow. A general contractor carries a whole second layer on top: RFIs and submittals, change orders at project scale, progress draws and holdbacks, a bench of subcontractors whose paperwork and payments cascade off yours, and prompt-payment deadlines on all of it. Off-the-shelf tools force that layer into someone else's shape. Here's where it leaks — and what we build instead.
RFIs & submittals stall jobs quietly
A question goes to the architect, an answer comes back three days later, and the crew works around it or waits — but nobody's tracking which RFIs are open, who owes the answer, or how long the clock has been running. Submittals sit in inboxes. Sites slow down and no report shows why.
Change orders at project scale
Scope changes get agreed across multiple subs and phases, verbally, then billing day arrives and the paper trail doesn't match the work. On a GC's volume, a handful of undocumented changes per project is real margin, gone.
Progress billing & holdbacks
Draws get assembled from spreadsheets and memory, statutory holdback gets tracked in someone's head, and nobody's quite sure when the holdback is owed back. Alberta's prompt-payment rules put legal clocks on all of it — the format of a proper invoice, the 28-day payment window, the lien deadlines.
Subcontractor coordination & payment cascade
One view of every sub on every job — scopes, insurance, schedules, and the payments that cascade off yours — rarely exists. Under Alberta's Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act, once you're paid, subs must be paid within 7 days; tracking who's owed what stops being bookkeeping and becomes a statutory duty.
Job costing you find out too late
Committed costs, actuals and change orders live in different places, so a project's real margin surfaces after it closes — when it's too late to do anything about it.
Documents scattered across email
Drawings, permits, COIs, safety records, daily logs and photos live in inboxes and phones. When you need the trail — for a claim, a lien, a COR audit — reconstructing it is a project of its own.
One System for the Whole Project.
Custom software shaped around how your office actually runs projects — built, deployed and kept running by the company that built it, and owned by you.
RFI & submittal tracking
Every RFI logged the moment it's raised, routed to who owes the answer, chased against its deadline, with the full question-and-answer trail attached to the job. Submittals tracked through review so nothing stalls a site quietly.
Change-order control
Scope changes captured in the field, priced against the contract, and client-approved in writing before the work happens — across every sub and phase, so final billing matches what was actually agreed.
Progress billing & holdback tracking
Draws assembled from what crews and subs actually logged, issued as compliant proper invoices on the contract's rhythm, with statutory holdback tracked per project — including when it's owed back.
Subcontractor & payment management
One view of every sub: scope, schedule, documents, insurance, and the payment obligations that cascade off yours — including the 7-day subcontractor payment fuse. Who's been paid what, and when, stops being a reconstruction exercise.
Live job costing
Committed costs, actuals and change orders in one place, tied to each project, so margin is something you watch and steer — not something you learn about after the job is closed.
Document control & compliance
Drawings, permits, COIs, daily logs, safety records and photos organized against the job — the structured trail a lien, a claim or a COR audit needs, produced automatically while crews just do the work.
One system
entire back office · Axel · a GC in Edmonton & Calgary
A general contractor working across Edmonton and Calgary ran the office on spreadsheets, texts and memory. We built Axel — one custom CRM and operations platform shaped around how they actually run projects, from intake through the project layer to invoicing — owned by the company that runs on it. Real system, real Alberta contractor, measured by them.
Construction Software, Answered.
Do You Build Software Specifically for Construction Companies and General Contractors?
Yes. We're an Edmonton software development company, and general contracting is one of our deepest builds. We built Axel, a full custom CRM and back-office operations platform, for a general contractor working across Edmonton and Calgary — replacing spreadsheets, texts and memory with one system shaped around how they actually run projects. The construction office runs a project layer — RFIs, submittals, change orders, progress draws, holdbacks, subcontractor coordination — on top of the field workflow, and that layer is exactly what we build for.
How Is This Different From Procore or Buildertrend?
Off-the-shelf construction platforms rent you their workflow, per user per month, and your projects, costs and documents live in their product, shaped by their idea of how a GC works. A custom build is yours: shaped around how you actually run projects, integrated with the tools you keep, no per-seat fees as you scale, and an asset you own. Often the right answer is a custom system that integrates with Procore or Sage rather than replacing them — we'll tell you honestly which fits your operation.
Will It Integrate With Procore, Sage, QuickBooks and the Tools We Run?
Yes — that's usually the point. We build around what stays: your accounting (Sage, QuickBooks), your project tools (Procore), your field apps (Jobber), and your existing document stores. Because the system is custom, an integration your business needs is part of the scope, not a feature request on a vendor's roadmap.
How Does It Handle Alberta's Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act?
Alberta's Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (in force since August 29, 2022) sets hard clocks: proper invoices at least every 31 days, owner payment within 28 calendar days, dispute notices within 14 days, subcontractor payment within 7 days of being paid, and lien registration windows of 60 days for most work. A custom system generates compliant proper invoices, starts the clock when work wraps, tracks holdback, and flags every deadline per project and per sub — so compliance scales with your number of jobs, not the number of people watching calendars. We build software, not legal advice; your lawyer confirms the edge cases.
What Does a Build Cost and How Long Does It Take?
Scope drives price. Larger construction platforms are phased so you get working software early — usually the piece that stops the biggest leak, like change-order control or progress billing — instead of waiting months for one launch. It starts with a 30-minute call where we map how a project moves through your office and put a real number and timeline on the specific system we'd build. Because you own the result, there's no per-seat subscription compounding underneath it.
For Alberta construction companies & GCs
Book a 30-Minute Call.
30 minutes. We map how a project moves through your office today — RFIs, change orders, draws, subs and invoices — show you the biggest leak, and hand you a costed plan for the software that fixes it, whether you build with us or not.
Edmonton, Alberta · No commitment · 587-937-6948