Construction · Custom software
Construction app development at Orcatec means custom software shaped around how your company bids, builds and bills. Our San Diego team builds field apps, estimating tools, client portals and integrations for general contractors, specialty trades and builders when standard project tools leave gaps.
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You do not need to replace every tool. Most of our construction projects add one missing piece or connect the pieces you already pay for.
Crew logs, photos, weather, materials delivered, safety checklists and punch lists, captured on a phone and synced when the site has signal.
Calculators and bid templates built on your cost database, assemblies and markups, so estimators stop rebuilding spreadsheets.
Progress photos, change orders, approvals, selections and payment status shared with owners, homeowners or subs in one place.
Know which tools and machines are on which site, when they need service and who checked them out, with QR or barcode scanning.
GPS-verified clock-ins by job and cost code, feeding payroll and live job cost reports.
Connect project management, accounting, payroll and CRM systems so budgets, hours and invoices match without manual exports.
Daily reports live in notebooks and group chats. A simple field app puts them in one searchable record per project.
Extra work is agreed on site and forgotten. A short approval flow with signatures turns it into an invoice line.
Hours and materials reach accounting weeks later. Connected time and purchase data shows margin while the job is still running.
Estimating, scheduling and accounting each hold their own copy of the job. Integrations keep one version of the truth.
Our own product is used by contractors to run estimates, schedules, crews and invoices from the office and the field. That experience goes into every custom build.
We designed, built and still run Orcatec, a field service management platform used by home services companies to sell, schedule, dispatch, invoice and get paid, in the office and in the field.
Read the case study →Describe the workflow you want to fix, from bid to closeout. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and a first idea of scope.
Ask questions about specs, contracts and RFIs in plain language and get the answer with a link to the source page.
A foreman talks for a minute at the end of the day and the app drafts the report for review.
Tag site photos by area and trade, and flag missing safety gear or incomplete work for a human to review.
Pull quantities and past costs into a first draft of a bid that an estimator then adjusts.
We meet estimators, project managers and foremen, and map the documents and tools they use today.
A clickable prototype and a written scope with a timeline and budget, reviewed by the people who will use it.
Two-week sprints, then a pilot on one or two live projects before company-wide rollout.
Training, data migration and ongoing updates as your process and crews change.
San Diego builders deal with long drives between sites, coastal permitting, a steady stream of remodels and ADUs, and crews that rarely sit at a desk. We are based in San Diego County and can visit your office or a job site during discovery.
Because we build and run our own software for contractors, we design for gloves, sun glare and weak signal. You own the code and the data. If our ready-made product already does what you need, we will say so.
Orcatec already helps contractors handle estimates, scheduling, crew tracking and invoicing, so you can start without a development project.
When does a construction company need custom software?
How much does construction app development cost?
Can you integrate with the construction and accounting tools we already use?
Will a field app work on sites with no signal?
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Learn more →Tell us what you want to build. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and next steps.